I recently stumbled upon Haiku in Evolvingexcellence.com
The key to haiku productivity is to limit yourself to an arbitrary but small number of things, forcing yourself to focus on the important stuff and eliminate all else.
So how does this apply to productivity? Well, if you think this will allow you to accomplish twice as many tasks, you’re wrong. You’ll accomplish fewer tasks. But you will most likely be more effective, because you will have to choose only the essential tasks — the ones that will give you the most benefit for your limited time.
What are the other benefits of Haiku Productivity, besides increased effectiveness? Besides forcing you to focus on essential tasks that have a large Return on Investment (ROI), it forces you to eliminate the non-essential tasks. No other system forces you to do that. It forces you to make the best use of your time. It forces you to limit the time you spend on things, which means you have more time for other things that are important to you, and you are able to focus on what you want to focus on, instead of everything coming at you.
Can you define your mission statement in 17 syllables or less? Can you use it for your daily work routine?
For example for my daily routine this is my mission statment
A blog / webcast a day
Quality time with family
Learn one new thing daily
The first statement is about giving back to the world which has given me so much - spiritual dimension, the next is about what is most important to me - personal and the last is about professional growth.
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