Some practical questions to ask oneself to get more stuff done

http://blog.aparicio.org/2010/02/01/getting-stuff-done/

by samaparicio • 16 years ago

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hannah74• 16 years ago

Did you know that only 2.5% of males and .5% of females are INTJ? Yet software companies are full them.

Not to mention that they compose a significantly over-represented portion of the HN community (if these polls and analysis can be deemed representative).

Most recent poll - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=943722 Analysis thereof - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=946249 Earlier poll, showing even greater skew to INTJ - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204240

sree_nair• 16 years ago

How on earth did someone find that stat?. Just curious.

samaparicio• 16 years ago

I think they come from this:

http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/population-g...

ehsanul• 16 years ago

With regards to the second question, it seems that sometimes a hack today to save time could cost a lot down the road, when the hack becomes some integral component somewhere. It's not always that easy to decide whether the short-term benefit of using a hack is greater than the long-term benefit of doing it right.

etherael• 16 years ago

YAGNI(UYD) ;)

10ren• 16 years ago

Is this work worth my hourly rate? The question isn't stated accurately - it needs to take into account the overhead of organizing someone else to do it, the risks and hassles of miscommunication and so on.

However, he's likely thinking of tasks where the answer is clear enough - things like laundry and cleaning. The margin for error is so great, it overcomes any reasonable overhead. As Buffett/Munger say, you don't need to know a man's exact weight to know if he is fat.

Some practical questions to ask oneself to get more stuff done

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