Recently, I was feeling a bit frustrated that I hadn't yet put a reel together from our recent visit to Moustache Bikes. But Ronald's is epically better anyway. Do I even still need to make one? After reading Jason Fried's recent post about having less to do, maybe I don't have to, afterall.
As I've been scrambling for time recently, this quote stopped me in my tracks:
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” – Peter Drucker
I can't endorse all of Drucker's philosophies but Jason Fried's? Maybe! I don't think he's ever lied! I took a look, and I've referenced him at least 5 times:
- 1. Nº17 all the way back in 2015 about How to go from lone freelancer to full-fledged entrepreneur
"Hating to work for someone else doesn't automatically make you capable of working for yourself." – Jason Fried
- 2. Nº37 about why work doesn't happen at work
- 3. Nº39 about how being tired isn’t a badge of honor
- 4. Nº72 about how 40 hours being plenty of time to get great work done
- 5. And now, Nº302 is about simply having less to do!
Seem like a theme? Here's the scoop:
- ⏳ Time-management hacks, life hacks, sleep hacks, and work hacks, all aspiring to rearrange your daily patterns, aren’t the problem. Too much shit to do is the problem.
- ⚖️ It’s not time management; it’s obligation elimination.
- 🔪 Be ruthless about eliminating either work that doesn’t need to be done or work you don’t want to do. (For me, Puck at Get Your Things Done is invaluable for the last part! Thank you, Puck!)
- ⏰ Time isn’t something that can be managed. Time is time—it rolls along at the same pace regardless of how you try to wrestle with it.
These ideas from his LinkedIn post & more can be found in his book "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work"
I'll do my best to take Jason's & my own advice. It sure does sound nice!
as always, thank you for reading, and have a good rest of the week,
Jon
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