Productivity & Learning
9 concepts
- Eisenhower MatrixYou end a frantically busy week realizing that none of the work that actually mattered got done.
- Parkinson's LawYou spent the full afternoon on a task and cannot identify how the second half improved the output.
- Minimum Viable ProgressA project has stalled for weeks because the gap between here and done makes starting feel pointless.
- Deep WorkYou arrive home exhausted and can list the day's activities but not a single output requiring your best thinking.
- Maker vs. Manager ScheduleThe afternoon you blocked for deep work just got split by a thirty-minute meeting dropped in the middle.
- Bike-SheddingThe room erupts in debate over which font to use for the report cover while the budget projections sit unreviewed on page twelve.
- Spaced RepetitionYou read the book six months ago, found it valuable, and now cannot recall a single specific insight from it.
- Feynman TechniqueYou try explaining something you thought you understood and discover mid-sentence you are reaching for jargon to cover a gap.
- Four Burners TheoryYou keep promising to restart exercise once this deadline passes — and the next deadline is already forming.