Short "brown-bag" presentation by Gudjon Mar to discuss a range of productivity hacks at OZ

1. PRODUCTIVITY
HACKS
@
OZ
USING
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2. VIDEO
EXPERIENCE
API &
TOOLING
USER &
COLLECTION
CONTENT &
CHANNELS
SPEC SPEC
PLANNING REVIEW
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3. High-level company
objectives and
milestones.
issues
GitHub Issues to further break
these into low-level engineering
and programming issues.
Asana
GitHub
Issues
ç Broad scope
ç Roadmap
ç Mission and Goals
ç Corp Tasks
ç Delivery Milestones
ç Maintaining Tickets
ç Engineering Issues

4. INBOX
WHAT IS IT?
IS IT
ACTIONABLE?
YES
WHAT’S
NEXT ACTION
@me
FILE
INCUBATE
ELIMINATE
MULTI-STEP
DELIGATE TO PROJECT AT DATE
PROJECTS
WAITING FOR LIST
YES
NEXT ACTION
NOTO PROJECTPLANNING
REVIEW FOR
ACTIONS

5. UPCOMING / LATER
§ BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY A UPCOMING/LATER ITEM
§ KEEP THINGS IN OTHER LISTS THAT ARE REALLY ASPIRATIONAL

6. CHUNKING DOWN
FOCUS ON THE TREES, NOT THE FOREST
HABIT #1
§ SMALLER PIECES WILL HELP TAKE ACTIONS MORE QUICKLY
§ HELPING TO COMBAT THE FEELING OF TOO MUCH TO DO
§ BREAK INTO MILESTONES AND THEN “MICRO-MILESTONES”
§ SMALL TASKS ARE DOABLE—PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY

7. ENERGETIC CREDIT FOR COMPLETION!
HABIT #2
§ LET FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COMPLETIONS
§ TAKE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CREDIT FOR ALL ACTIONS COMPLETED
§ NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE BIG ITEM IS 100% DONE
§ GENERATE ENERGY ALL ALONG BY RECOGNIZING EACH COMPLETION

8. TIME-PLANNING—PUT A STOP TO PUTTING IT OFF
HABIT #3
§ USE A TIME-PLAN TO GET BEYOND PROCRASTINATION
§ IDENTIFY POWER TIMES FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
§ USE POWER TIMES FOR MOST DIFFICULT ITEMS
§ USE DOWN TIME FOR ROUTINE STUFF
§ SCHEDULE A SPECIFIC DAYS FOR ITEMS

9. MAKE WEEKLY REVIEWS
HABIT #4
Make an agreement with yourself that
you will do a weekly review.
§ MAKE YOUR WEEKLY STATUS REPORT
§ WEEKLY SORT THROUGH THE INBOX
§ PUT ITEMS ON DUE DATE
§ RE-PRIORITISE, PROCESS