Comments on: The Not-To-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stuff | Flip This Wholesaler http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/comment-page-1/#comment-55594 Stuff | Flip This Wholesaler Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:10:33 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/#comment-55594 [...] other news, after reading this article by Tim Ferriss for the 100th time, I’ve decided that I need to do something about my addiction to my [...] [...] other news, after reading this article by Tim Ferriss for the 100th time, I’ve decided that I need to do something about my addiction to my [...]

]]> By: Oleg Mokhov http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/comment-page-1/#comment-55113 Oleg Mokhov Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:18:36 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/#comment-55113 Hey Tim, Less is more. Minimize the number of activities to maximize the activities themselves. Analyze what activities throughout the day give you the most desired results. Then, focus on them while ruthlessly cutting the rest out (or, how you suggested, if absolutely needed to get done then batch-process them in one quick burst). You only have a limited amount of time and energy throughout the day. By having the least amount of activities to do, and all of those activities being important to you, you can maximize doing them for maximum results (and happiness). Thanks for the not-to-do list, so true how it's just as--if not more--important to focus on not doing something to allow maximum resources to do what we need, Oleg Hey Tim,

Less is more. Minimize the number of activities to maximize the activities themselves.

Analyze what activities throughout the day give you the most desired results. Then, focus on them while ruthlessly cutting the rest out (or, how you suggested, if absolutely needed to get done then batch-process them in one quick burst).

You only have a limited amount of time and energy throughout the day. By having the least amount of activities to do, and all of those activities being important to you, you can maximize doing them for maximum results (and happiness).

Thanks for the not-to-do list, so true how it’s just as–if not more–important to focus on not doing something to allow maximum resources to do what we need,
Oleg

]]> By: 24 Productivity Tips From the Best Productivity Blogs http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/comment-page-1/#comment-51606 24 Productivity Tips From the Best Productivity Blogs Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:59:10 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/#comment-51606 [...] 11. Do not work more to fix overwhelm, prioritize. “If you don’t prioritize, everything seems urgent and important. If you define the single most important task for each day, almost nothing seems urgent or important. Oftentimes, it’s just a matter of letting little bad things happen (return a phone call late and apologize, pay a small late fee, lose an unreasonable customer, etc.) to get the big important things done. The answer to overwhelm is not spinning more plates — or doing more — it’s defining the few things that can really fundamentally change your business and life.” Tim Ferriss, “The Blog of Tim Ferriss” [...] [...] 11. Do not work more to fix overwhelm, prioritize. “If you don’t prioritize, everything seems urgent and important. If you define the single most important task for each day, almost nothing seems urgent or important. Oftentimes, it’s just a matter of letting little bad things happen (return a phone call late and apologize, pay a small late fee, lose an unreasonable customer, etc.) to get the big important things done. The answer to overwhelm is not spinning more plates — or doing more — it’s defining the few things that can really fundamentally change your business and life.” Tim Ferriss, “The Blog of Tim Ferriss” [...]

]]> By: Danny Davis http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/comment-page-1/#comment-51135 Danny Davis Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:15:21 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/#comment-51135 Tim I have been meaning to say this for 2 months now, but I have a serious man crush on you. You have inspired a freshman in college to take on the world by turning the mantra, "What's the worst that could happen" into "What's the best that could happen." You are by far one of my greatest heroes and and rank slightly below Jesus in my book. Tim I have been meaning to say this for 2 months now, but I have a serious man crush on you. You have inspired a freshman in college to take on the world by turning the mantra, “What’s the worst that could happen” into “What’s the best that could happen.”

You are by far one of my greatest heroes and and rank slightly below Jesus in my book.

]]> By: Claire http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/comment-page-1/#comment-49014 Claire Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:17:21 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/#comment-49014 'The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.' (~Hans Hofmann) ‘The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.’ (~Hans Hofmann)

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