Re:Richard Branson’s Six Secrets to Productivity
by bane on Monday October 01, 2012 @08:48AM
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Hands off delegation
So basically figure out how to get other people to do the work for you. Sounds like the way lots of startups try and get "the crowds" to provide content and stickiness.
Re:Richard Branson’s Six Secrets to Productivity
by bennyg on Monday October 01, 2012 @09:21AM
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No, it basically means: get the smartest and most creative people to do the jobs that one person shouldn't try to multitask. You're right, you can get a lot of stuff done by yourself, but after a certain point the workload and efficiency of doing it all yourself plummets. So you go and get the best people to do those jobs. The best people don't want you watching over their shoulder - that's hands-off delegation.
Re:Richard Branson’s Six Secrets to Productivity
by s_henry_paulson on Monday October 01, 2012 @04:25AM
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>"Richard actually often gets up early at 6am to run"
I think getting up early is often tied to productivity by itself, however the attribution here is only to the exercise. Oh well, it's not a scientific paper.
>“I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.”
I think this doesn't apply to anyone but perhaps the crowd here. Many people tend to want to have a clear delineation between work and home life to avoid work creeping too much into family/personal time.
Re:Richard Branson’s Six Secrets to Productivity
by lifeisstillgood on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:42AM
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in his autobiography, During his fight with BRitish Airways his wife dragged him to a barbecue with friends. He spent all but the first five minutes in the car calling and organising his teams for a crucial meeting Monday Apparently he felt it was the closest to divorce he had come.
We have to take with a pinch of salt how rosy life was for people who have succeeded and look back hoping their kids were not too fucked up by them. (it's a worry we all have - just likely to be more so for people who spend life running round the globe)
* Exercise
* Keeping lists
* Love what you do
* Don’t get the lawyers or accountants involved too early
* Hands off delegation
* Set big audacious goals
There is no evidence or references in the article that confirm that Richard Branson either said or endorsed any of these things.
So basically figure out how to get other people to do the work for you. Sounds like the way lots of startups try and get "the crowds" to provide content and stickiness.
http://www.wordpower.ws/quotations/richard-branson-quotes.ht...
Sorry for being to geeky ^_^
I think getting up early is often tied to productivity by itself, however the attribution here is only to the exercise. Oh well, it's not a scientific paper.
>“I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.”
I think this doesn't apply to anyone but perhaps the crowd here. Many people tend to want to have a clear delineation between work and home life to avoid work creeping too much into family/personal time.
We have to take with a pinch of salt how rosy life was for people who have succeeded and look back hoping their kids were not too fucked up by them. (it's a worry we all have - just likely to be more so for people who spend life running round the globe)