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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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.

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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.

Can Three Simple Questions Save You Eight Hours a Week?

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Outsourcing and Delegating: Maximizing Efficiency in Personal and Professional Life

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Introduction

3min

Boosting Productivity through Questioning and Delegation

2min

The Evolution of Outsourcing and Remote Work

2min

Outsourcing Tasks for Efficiency and Productivity

3min

Promotion of Podcast Subscription, Website, and LeadX Academy

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In this episode, I’m going to give you 3 Harvard questions that can save you 8 hours each week on average.

What you’re going to learn:

The results of a productivity experiment conducted by Harvard professors Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cone that helped participants achieve massive time gains
How to delegate your tasks (even if you don’t have a staff to delegate to)
Online services you can use to take over annoying tasks like grocery shopping, internet research, making doctor appointments (the list goes on and on)
How I manage my own company with a completely virtual team

Key Quotes:

“41% of knowledge workers time is spent on discretionary activities that weren’t very satisfying and could also be done by others.”

“From general freelancers to miscellaneous chores, you can get help for almost any task and probably for less money than you think.”

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Extreme Productivity with Kevin Kruse

3 Questions To Save 8 Hours A Week

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Three questions for extreme productivity

Applying the three questions

Adding efficiency to personal and professional life

Can Three Simple Questions Save You Eight Hours a Week?

Outsourcing and Delegating: Maximizing Efficiency in Personal and Professional Life

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts