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Lenny's Written Position

Blocking off dedicated deep work time on your calendar and defending it aggressively is one of the most effective ways for PMs to increase productivity.

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Having a trusted TODO system with concrete actions and a list of people you are waiting on eliminates the time wasted re-figuring out what to work on.

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Podcast Moments

Jake Knapp00:00:00
“It's not really about productivity, it's not about time management. It's really just about, look, at any given day, we're lucky if we can have one great moment where we have our peak attention and we use it well. The notion with the highlight is imagine it's the end of the day if someone asks you, 'What was the highlight of your day,' what would you say? That's the anchor of everything.”

Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (authors of Sprint and Make Time, co-founders of Character Capital) · Jake Knapp + John Zeratsky

Ethan Evans00:00:00
“People think invention takes all this time, but you only need two hours once a month. The thing is, once you have one good idea, it often takes years to express that.”

Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon) · Ethan Evans 2.0

Nir Eyal00:00:51
“Time management is pain management. The reason we get distracted is not because of what's happening outside of us but what's happening inside of us.”

Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked) · Nir Eyal

Marty Cagan00:00:00
“Be careful. If you need to spend a little time on the problem, fine, but don't spend a lot of time because you need to save as much time as possible to come up with the winning solution.”

The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group · Marty Cagan

Cutting Room Floor

Guest insights on this topic that Lenny hasn't (yet) written about in his newsletters. Potential material for future posts.

Ethan EvansUnsynthesized
“People think invention takes all this time, but you only need two hours once a month. The thing is, once you have one good idea, it often takes years to express that.”

Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon) · Ethan Evans 2.0

Nir EyalUnsynthesized
“Time management is pain management. The reason we get distracted is not because of what's happening outside of us but what's happening inside of us.”

Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked) · Nir Eyal

Marty CaganUnsynthesized
“Be careful. If you need to spend a little time on the problem, fine, but don't spend a lot of time because you need to save as much time as possible to come up with the winning solution.”

The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group · Marty Cagan