Excerpts from Randy Pausch Time Management Talk

Randy Pausch's video on time management:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0

Here's the slide he uses:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/RandyPauschTimeManagement2007.pdf

My take aways:
- Time shortage is a systemic problem and needs a systemic approach.
- You don't FIND time, you MAKE time.
- Learn to say NO.
- Don't approach life like you have all the time in the world.
- Do the hardest thing first. If you have to eat a frog, don't spend too much time looking at it. If you have to eat 3, eat the largest one first.
- Prioritize based on your 1 hour time value.

Tools:
- Make a TODO list - Quadrant.
- Work desk - multiple monitor, speaker phones
- Thank you note
- Group your phone calls. Call at lunch. Hang up on yourself mid sentence.
- Delegate - don't be vague. assign specific thing, specific deadline, specific penalty/reward.
- Delegate - assign task and give them authority and trust.

Excerpts from Warren Buffett videos

Your most valuable asset is your earning capacity.

Habits are very important. Form good habits early on, as it's harder to change later down the life.

When we hire someone we look for 3 things - intelligence, integrity and energy.

Don't do anything with the rationale that everyone else is doing it.


Q: What do you do when you know that what you love to do, does not pay well.
A: I've never met someone who's chosen what he loved and regretted it.