Re:Stop being a productivity nerd, and chill out
by feint on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @11:36PM
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yes, im young and possibly creative (debatable) and do work at a startup...but unfortunately not in the vallley.
I do manage a team (of 8) very creating and talented developers and designers. I don't force my ideas on them - in fact i let them work however and whenever they want.
The reason why I don't like time management - it focuses on time rather than result. Tim Ferriss explains this much better than me. 80% of the work you do will only result in 20% of the product. Therefore most of your time is actually wasted. To fix this, one needs to focus on results and efficiency rather than time. Pick the three most important tasks (which more often than not aren't the most urgent, suprisingly) and tackle those.
I do manage a team (of 8) very creating and talented developers and designers. I don't force my ideas on them - in fact i let them work however and whenever they want.
The reason why I don't like time management - it focuses on time rather than result. Tim Ferriss explains this much better than me. 80% of the work you do will only result in 20% of the product. Therefore most of your time is actually wasted. To fix this, one needs to focus on results and efficiency rather than time. Pick the three most important tasks (which more often than not aren't the most urgent, suprisingly) and tackle those.