Sleep: Sleep Deprivation Isn’t a Badge of Honor

Developer David Heinemeier Hansson says that sleep deprivation isn’t a badge of honor that shows how hard you work—it just makes you dumb and miserable.

Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark.

in the tech industry (especially young startups) and in college, people
often brag about staying up all night to get work done, but in the end
it just keeps you from performing at peak levels

In a world where millions of things shout for your attention, there will never be enough money to buy all the things that suit your fancy, or the time to do all the things you want to experience.

The key is to focus and prioritize.

For years, I scouted around for the latest in time management and organization to-do list software. But more and more, I see myself falling behind. WE cannot just list off the things we want to do , and tick them off one by one, because any list will most likely get added to faster than you can do them.

Initially, we think we are keeping time because we most likely do the easier

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thing first. but as your list gets longer and the easy task gets ticked off, and the difficult things remain, it becomes a challenge and a chore.

I started to accept that the way to go is to do the Important things first.

In the company, there is the same problem. when you assign tasks, employees take time to do it, because they also have their own task list to do. If you have people who know how to prioritize, and whose priorities jives with yours, you are lucky. but most likely, you face the regular prospect of employees not doing the important things because they got caught up with things they want to do first.

It may be that these things are easier to do, or not really important at all.

I am starting to think that when you head an organization, the matter of success is directly correlated not only on how capable your members are, but how your priorities and focus jive ad gets done. What do you think?

I think e-books time has come.

And if it really is that big, I guess authors has to start being serious about putting their content into that format.

It has always been a chicken and egg situation - should I release my movie in blu Ray or HD format? let’s see if the platform succeeds first. Should i release a Mac version of my software. let’s see if the OS succeeds first.

Should i release my content in e-book form? Maybe its about time.

Analyst: Amazon.com’s Kindle to generate $750 million by 2010 | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Calling it the iPod of the book business, CitiGroup analyst Mark Mahaney says the Kindle e-book reader will generate three-quarters of a billion dollars for Amazon.com in less than two years.

That should account for up to 3 percent of Amazon’s business.