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Time and attention are a knowledge worker’s most precious and irreplaceable natural resources. And, yet, most of us find our lives riddled with attention leaks that sap hours from every week. What can we do to understand where those leaks are coming from? And how we can start to command greater respect for time and attention — as well as ensuring that we respect that of our colleagues?
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HELLO.
WHO MOVED MY BRAIN?
REVALUING TIME & ATTENTION
MERLIN MANN43FOLDERS.COM
Who Moved My Brain? by Merlin Mann is ©2010 Merlin Mann.It is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License.Based on a work at www.43folders.com.
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YOU ARE A
BARGAIN.BIG
YEAH.BUT, WHY?
KNOWLEDGE WORKIS MOSTLY
IN YOUR HEAD
INVISIBLE&
KNOWLEDGEWHUH, NOW?
BLACK BOX CAREER
{ } (thing you do)
specsmeetings
emailpizzaetc.
FlawlessWork
plop!
Great j
ob!
REMEMBER
RICHARDSCARRY?
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(A DRAMATIZATION)
EXHIBIT A
BERRY WATSON, CA. 1976
GRANDPA’S JOB
1933 19661940 1950 1960
Boss
Grandpa
Deadbeat Deadbeat Deadbeat
Main Boss
Other Boss
You
Tech Committee
That MarketingPerson
HR Committee
SecondaryTeam
ProgrammingPartner
PrimaryTeam
Old Bosswith Questions
Sr. EngineerWho Hates You
OPPORTUNITY COST
∞
SELFISH?
HARD-LY.
FINITE TIME,FINITE ATTENTION
Concept: Joel Spolsky / JoelOnSoftware.com
SO?
FIVE PATTERNS(THINGS THAT TEND TO WORK)
FIVE PATTERNS
1 Identify Leaks
2 Govern Access
3 Minimize Notifications
4 Work in Dashes
5 Renegotiate
IDENTIFY LEAKS
GOVERN ACCESS
WHO GETS ACCESS NOW?
MINIMIZE NOTIFICATIONS
“DING!”
WORK IN DASHES
TRAINING:10/50 DASH
10 min Collect & Process
50 min Work
10 min Collect & Process
Etc...
RENEGOTIATE
QUALIFYING “YES”
• Kinda• Maybe• Later
• A Little
QUALIFYING “YES”
FIVE PATTERNS
1 Identify Leaks
2 Govern Access
3 Minimize Notifications
4 Work in Dashes
5 Renegotiate
HERE’S YOU: OK, GENIUS,SO, WHO DIDMOVE MY BRAIN?
HERE’S ME: ANYONE WHOMYOU’VE LETMOVE YOUR BRAIN.
BE A DAD
THANKS.
(NOW, YOU.)
REALLY. THANKS.
WHO MOVED MY BRAIN?
REVALUING TIME & ATTENTION
MERLIN MANN43FOLDERS.COM
Who Moved My Brain? by Merlin Mann is ©2010 Merlin Mann.It is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License.Based on a work at www.43folders.com.
