Robert Pozen is one of those rare individuals who truly seem to have more hours in the day than the rest of us.
For instance, he would teach a full course load at Harvard Business School while serving as the full-time chairman of a global financial-services firm.
He wrote Extreme Productivity to teach us how he did it, and how we can squeeze a little more out of our day too.
Today I read a summary of the book Extreme Productivity by Robert Pozen.
I learned that the world’s most productive people focus on doing the right things instead of doing more things.
Here is an idea and an exercise to consider this week, inspired by the book:
The Two Column Calendar
Most people fill their calendars with meetings and other tasks without thinking about whether or not they are the most impactful things they can do to get closer to their long-term goals.
To combat this, the world’s most productive people use a two column calendar – with the events and todos listed on the left hand side, and the justification for each activity on the right.
Eventually, events and todos that don’t serve your long-term goals will start disappearing from your calendar, and you’ll become much more productive.
Exercise:
For one or two days this week use the two column calendar. After you’ve done that, make note of how many of your events and todos you struggled to connect to your long-term goals. Then, come up with a game plan for how you’ll deal with these events in the future.
If you want more, you can read a summary of this book here today (you’ll need to create a free account first): https://readitfor.me/read-rothbard
