Hi, wrote down some thoughts on a generalized framework to think about how to get work done. In spirit of taking my own advice and getting feedback on making sure I'm moving in the right direction, posting here. Please rip it to shreds or lemme know if it's useful.

What is getting something done?

Very broadly, amount of time doing something * how fast you do it

Amount of time doing something

Function of 2 things: motivation, and “having time”

What is motivation?

Very broadly, we can define it as desire to do something that we feel is going to be long term productive but maybe short term unpleasant.

How to get motivation?

For easy tasks (lose weight, sleep earlier), necessity is the mother of invention. it’s good to force necessity**.** See: child being born and going to sleep at 9 PM.
For hard tasks (creative work), where there’s a will there’s a way. You should theoretically just increase your desire for it, which will therefore force your brain to find a way.
- Practically, maybe watch videos on Ray Dalio or whatever. Your instagram is kinda good at this now, actually.

What is having time?

Basically doing tasks that once again are long term better but short term may not yield immediate benefit.

*How to get time?

Have to set aside a time that we’re gonna do this and only this: see, Sabbatical Saturday, side project Sunday

How fast do you get it done?

Function of 2 things: direction and velocity

Direction

How do we know we’re moving in the right direction?

Feelings

Trust that if you’re moving in the right direction, it just feels right. This of course requires ability to read your feelings correctly and trust that your feelings are right. If you don’t have these, figure out how to get those first.

Feedback

Seek truth: ask people you respect if this is useful/you’re on right track

Velocity

Are we moving as fast in this as we can?

Tooling/methodology

Block some time to “sharpen your saw”: make sure you keep track of the methods other people use.

Feedback

Get idea gen: work with others/see how others are doing it and see if you can incorporate those

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