Thierry P. Gaillard
Date: 06/01/2025
Continuous work takes less time than doing it in multiple interrupted sessions.
Personal tip: fight interruptions. Batch similar tasks together.
20% of efforts produce 80% of results.
Personal tip: focus on what truly matters. Save time on non-essentials.
Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
Personal tip: set strict deadlines for each task.
Beyond a certain threshold (around 90 minutes), time spent ceases to be productive
Personal tip: know your limits. Take a break or switch tasks when focus drops.
To everything there is a season and a time
Personal tip: focus on only one thing at a time.
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law
Personal tip: build in buffer time. Anticipate the unexpected.
Additional effort past a certain point yields proportionally smaller gains
Personal tip: systematically evaluate ROI on your time. Stop unproductive grind.
Given multiple options, a human will instinctively choose the one requiring the least effort
Personal tip: simplify your workflows. Eliminate unnecessary friction.
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it that way
Personal tip: prepare fallback plans. Stress-test your systems in advance.
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence
Personal tip: play to your strengths, and delegate effectively to qualified colleagues.
Adding manpower to a late project only makes it later
Personal tip: maintain strict scope control and uphold milestones across every project phase.
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