The 4-Hour Workweek Tools That Still Work — The Art of Refusal and The Low-Information Diet (#809)

This time, we have a slightly different format, with the book that started everything for me, The 4 -hour work week. Readers and listeners of The Will what would I change or update, but an equally interesting question is: what I would do it Change? What is the test of time and has not lost any potential? This episode presents two of the most important chapters of the audio chef of The 4 -hour work week. The chapters push him to defend his little attention, one saying not to the people, the other saying not to excess information.

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Because listening Another episode that presents content directly from The 4 -hour work week? Listen here the prior to this chapter that includes tools and frames that I use this day, including Pareto’s law and Parkinson’s law.

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• [00:00:00] Begin.
• [00:07:24] The low information diet.
• [00:09:45] Cultivating selective ignorance.
• [00:14:32] How to read 200% faster in 10 minutes.
• [00:17:09] Questions and Actions: Go to an immediate medium of a week.
• [00:21:05] Develop the habit of asking: “Will I definitely use this information for something immediate and important?”
• [00:22:03] Practice the art of not pretending.
• [00:22:49] Comfort challenge: Get phone numbers.
• [00:25:14] Interruption interruption and the art of refusal.
• [00:28:16] Not all evils are the same.
• [00:29:36] Time Wasters: Become an ignorant.
• [00:30:09] Limit email consumption and production.
• [00:33:05] Incoming screen and limit outgoing phone calls.
• [00:36:10] Dominate the art of rejecting and avoiding meetings.
• [00:38:33] In order of preference, guide people towards email, telephone and meetings in person.
• [00:38:59] Respond to email by email whenever possible.
• [00:40:50] Meetings should only be heroes to make decisions about a predefined situation, not to define the problem.
• [00:41:53] If you absolutely cannot prevent a meeting or call from occurring, define the final time.
• [00:43:00] The cubicle is its temple, does not allow casual visitors.
• [00:44:24] Use the puppy dog ​​nearby to help your superiors and others to develop the habit without gathering.
• [00:46:48] Consumers: lots and does not fail.
• [00:50:05] How much does your time cost?
• [00:50:45] Estimate the amount of time you will save by grouping similar tasks and a lot of collaboration.
• [00:51:14] Determine how many problems cost to solve in each period.
• [00:53:02] Empowerment failure: rules and readjustment.
• [00:59:44] Questions and Actions: Create systems to limit your availability.
• [01:01:55] Batch activities to limit the set of configuration and provide more time for Dreamline milestones.
• [01:02:25] Establish or request autonomous rules and guidelines with an occasional review of the results.
• [01:03:18] Tools to eliminate paper distractions, capture everything.
• [01:05:28] Tools to evaluate and avoid unwanted calls.
• [01:07:12] Tools for programming without return and above.
• [01:08:23] Tools to choose the best email lots.
• [01:09:13] Tools to send emails without the black hole of the inbox.
• [01:10:20] Web navigation prevention tools/Internet use.
• [01:11:10] Comfort challenge: Check the terrible two.
• [01:12:07] Lifestyle design in action.

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