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Extreme Productivity with Kevin Kruse

3 Questions To Save 8 Hours A Week

Apr 13, 2016
Learn how to save 8 hours a week with 3 Harvard questions. Find out the results of a productivity experiment, how to delegate tasks, and discover online services for assistance. Explore the growth of outsourcing and remote work, and get tips on outsourcing tasks for efficiency. Plus, learn about LeadX Academy for personal development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Knowledge workers can achieve massive time gains by asking three key questions: What items can I drop? Can I delegate this task? Can I find a more time-efficient way to accomplish this task?
  • Even small business owners and freelancers can benefit from delegating tasks by utilizing on-demand services and online platforms to outsource various activities and chores.

Deep dives

Three questions for extreme productivity

In a productivity experiment by professors Julian Birkenshaw and Jordan Cone, they found that knowledge workers spent 41% of their time on discretionary activities and achieved massive time gains when trained to ask three questions. The first question was, 'What items can I drop from my list?' The second question was about delegating tasks, and the third question focused on finding more time-efficient ways to accomplish tasks.

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