You’re not really busy

As part of an internal workshop at Forter, I needed to do a 5 minutes talk about something that's relevant to our day to day. This is it :)

Transcript

1. You’re not really busy Bonus: there is no solution in this talk -- Oren Ellenbogen, a not-busy person on planet earth
2. “How are you?” 100 out of 99 people will tell you that they’re “busy busy busy” It’s a fucking epidemic
3. Busy? Let’s solve it! Busy is for chumps You need to be happy :)
4. Happy? You’re high 3 AXIOMS Because 3 is a happy number: <3
5. Axiom I Work → Work → Death leads to more and eventually
6. Axiom II People are terrific at adding to your todo list (just look at your Inbox or Calendar)
7. Axiom II People are terrific at adding to your todo list. You’re terrific at accepting it.
8. Axiom III Probability for high-quality, joyful work: p(planned work) > p(internal interrupts) > p(external interrupts)
9. We all work; Work is work; We all die Better go down with a huge fucking smile on our face, like this: How?
10. Feeling busyhappy: planned work Decide what it is before the day starts. Pick one big item.
11. Feeling busyhappy: how did I do? Did you work enough hours on the one thing you planned for the day ?
12. Mark your calendar before going home Did I work enough hours on the one thing I planned for the day? Green if so, Yellow if so-so, and Red if FUCK no.
13. Optimize for happy Celebrate green days. You made it! Understand triggers for yellows & reds. Act differently.
14. Have a terrific green day There is no busy, just feelings and perspective