HOW TO BE EFFICIENT@klopix

These are the tips that I personally use in my own life in order to be efficient.

→ Helpful app: Safety Technique StopWatch (136kB, .exe.rar, sorry unixoid-folks — only for win32 now).

→ Secrets of success @TED2009.

→ Time management (Russian, по-русски, lj user fritzmorgen).

→ Efficient enjoyable workplace ↓↑
√ Fresh air.
√ Several table tops for different purposes, preferrably perpenducularly opposed to each other.
√ Entire absence of outer noise (however, you may wanna listen to music).
√ Tea (infinite supply, and bathroom facilities).
√ Incredibly nice lightening.
√ Very few cloth on.
√ Very personally organized, no standard layout acceptable.

Oct 25 2009

(1) What does “to be efficient” exactly mean?

- To me, being efficient means to achieve a given goal in least possible amount of time.
 

(2) Why is it (to be efficient) so damn important?

- Because I believe that the essense of happyness is achieving my own goal in least possible amount of time, which means efficiently.
 

(3) Single-tasked brain

- Try to really focus and concentrate your total attention on a single task you're performing. Put everything that may distract your attention from the topic FAR AWAY. Set your cellphone on silent mode. Put foam-earplugs inside your ears. Officially delegate solving small problems to subordinates. Don't answer instant messages (don't even launch those apps).

- Dress up in clean cloth, do body warming workout if needed. Prepare yourself for a nice concentrated job. And y'll be amazed how well you can do it.
 

(4) Safety Stopwatch Technique

- Periodic workouts. I strongly recommend to do a physical workout during a break — whatever it is most convenient and similar for you — pushups, curtseys, stretchings, tightenings, backbone twisting, ear squeezing, eye exercises, et cetera. The blood flow is extremely ultimately important for your great and productive state of mind. Just pump the blood, (wo)man! I personally do workouts even during working time! Just every once in a while I feel uncomfortable/ stuck/ passive — I move my body.

- You may wanna use an ultimately simple app (136kB) I wrote (sorry unixoid-folks, only for win32 now).
 

(5) Do ugliest thing first

- To achieve an objective there is always a list of subitems to accomplish. And generally I start doing things I'm good at, untill eventually I forget the main reason of the activity.

- Do toughest thing first. Yes, I either don't know how do it at all, or had a very small experience earlier. But hey, that's actual learning!

Ivan Yurlagin