lifehack: "Productivity experts are a dime a dozen. It seems like every other person who starts to follow me on Twitter is a self-proclaimed productivity expert of one kind or another. It’s definitely one of those industries where it can be very hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, to find a productivity expert that isn’t just “self-proclaimed”, but actually is a bona fide expert who can help people and companies alike to increase their productivity. So, what makes a great productivity expert, anyway? It’s a combination of results, writing/professional credentials, and a unique take on the world when viewed through the lens of increasing and dissecting productivity. The list below is by no means comprehensive, so don’t take it to heart if your favorite productivity expert didn’t make the list below. If you were going to make a list of every single great and renowned productivity expert, the list would be too long to read.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Putting the “Pro” in Productivity: 3 Experts Who Know Their Stuff
lifehack: "Productivity experts are a dime a dozen. It seems like every other person who starts to follow me on Twitter is a self-proclaimed productivity expert of one kind or another. It’s definitely one of those industries where it can be very hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, to find a productivity expert that isn’t just “self-proclaimed”, but actually is a bona fide expert who can help people and companies alike to increase their productivity. So, what makes a great productivity expert, anyway? It’s a combination of results, writing/professional credentials, and a unique take on the world when viewed through the lens of increasing and dissecting productivity. The list below is by no means comprehensive, so don’t take it to heart if your favorite productivity expert didn’t make the list below. If you were going to make a list of every single great and renowned productivity expert, the list would be too long to read.
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Woah, those quotes make very little sense. That article felt like a lot of the same. I wonder out of all those books which ones are still orginal. Jim Collins said, “A great piece of art is composed not just of what is in the final piece, but equally important, what is not. It is the discipline to discard what does not fit — to cut out what might have already cost days or even years of effort — that distinguishes the truly exceptional artist and marks the ideal piece of work, be it a symphony, a novel, a painting, a company or, most important of all, a life.”
I don't understand how the discipline to discard what does not fit marks the ideal life? I don't think you can apply productivity methods to life in general.
Does anyone else think it's weird to be a "professional productivity" person? What does that even mean? I think a college student who gets all of their assignments done on time and goes to bed before 11pm every night is just as much an "expert" as a CEO of a productive company. I hardly think there is an amateur/professional level system for something like work ethic and productivity. Is it the fact that they have been published on the subject? (I did like the quote about money coming from great products, but that's not exactly an original idea. Like Hannah said, it doesn't seem that any of the ideas are especially novel.)
I disagree. I think that the quotes actually speak very well towards productivity, especially after reading "Getting Things Done" by David Allen for production resource management. It's not that the ideas these experts speak on are especially novel, but it is the individual way they break it down and choose to focus in on it. As his quote says, Allen takes it as individual steps. With his approach, you don't look at the project as a whole, because that's when it gets to be overwhelming. You break it down into smaller pieces that are much more manageable, which builds up to the larger scheme of it all.
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