Step 4: Elevate the System's Bottlenecks

You want to create checklists for systematic tasks.

Write down the process from start to finish as you remember it . Assume you’re creating a workflow for someone who knows absolutely nothing about the work so it is as simple as possible. This will force you to think of all...

A Grand Gesture is a radical change to your normal environment coupled with significant investment of effort or money, designed to support deep work. These dramatic changes increase the perceived importance of the task and help you work with unprecedented intensity.

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This final step is probably just as important as step one, if not more important, because it will help you to further develop your decision making skills for future problems. 

This step is also fundamental because it may require you to seek out new information and make some changes ...