Yaro Starak (Twitter: @yarostarak) www.entrepreneurs-journey.com The two primary productivity concepts I apply
are the following...First, the 80/20 Rule, which helps me to identify which tasks
deliver the biggest rewards and thus I should focus on. Two, the “Theory Of
Constraints”, which helps me to identify what is the immediate constraint
holding me back from a desirable result. When I focus on the tasks that remove
the constraints that lead to the biggest results, I don't have to do much work to
deliver an outcome. In my opinion intelligent task selection is the single most
important part of productivity, hence these two concepts are vital to my success.
Yaro Starak is the author of the Blog Profits Blueprint, founder of the Entrepreneurs-Journey.com blog. He’s made over a million dollars selling digital products via blogging. Jon Stein (Twitter: @jonstein) www.betterment.com I manage my time tightly. There are three things I do: tell
the Betterment story (mission and vision), hire the best people in the world to
work on our vision, and create an environment in which our team can do the best
work of their lives. If I'm not doing these three things, I'm likely wasting time.
To manage my time, I keep a running list of my priorities, force ranked in terms
of importance. Whatever is at the top of the list is what I work on first. As emails
come in, I manage to inbox zero (pausing my inbox so that I can process new
mail in batches), and I add work items to my list. Then I work on the top item on
the list.
Jon Stein is the CEO and founder of Betterment. Passionate about making life better, and with his experience from his career of advising banks and brokers on risk and products, he founded Betterment in 2008. Jon is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Business School, and he holds Series 7, 24, 63, and is a CFA, Chartered Financial Analyst.
