Create Space: How to Manage Time, and Find Focus, Productivity and Success (Derek Draper, 2018)

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Review: this is a book for you to achieve breakthrough, if you are not already doing something you may not fully benefit from the essence of this. When you are puzzle why many things you do doesn't matter, try create space for each area. Rated 8/10
  • Space is vital for deeper self-insight and sense of purpose, better strategic and creative thinking, richer relationship, delivering what really matters - therefore you can’t deliver your best or really grow as a leader unless you first create space 
  • 4 Overarching dimensions: space to think (intellectual and psychic freedom) / connect (emotional capacity) / do (prioritising) / be (step back and reflect)
  • To think, create space to reflect > learn > decide
  • Balancing between intuition, reflection, analysis, action
  • Reflecting cycle: 1. What is going to happen? > 2. What do I think about this? > 3. How do I feel about this? > 4. What could happen instead? > 5. What has happened? > Back to 2.
  • Reflective practice: temporal space (time), physical space (where>, relational space (who can help), psychic space (internal resources)
  • Breathing technique: breathe in 4 secs, hold 4 secs, breathe out 4 secs, hold 4 secs
  • People who been parentified tends to be defensive and never ask for help as their past experience proves to be futile
  • DEEP: decision making (astute / innovative / strategic), execution (accountable / focused / agile), emotions & motivation (ambitious / well-adjusted / resilient), people skills (self-aware / empathic / inspiring)
  • Famous people minimise decision fatigue to improve the day's productivity
  • Decision making: what is the goal > reflect > gather data, analyse, tap into intuition > reflect > list alternatives > reflect > decide > review and reflect
  • Decisions clouding: confirmation bias, illusion of control, optimism bias, source credibility, repetition effect, prospect theory, recency, anchoring, groupthink, sunk cost fallacy
  • Relationship ladder: we are together > we are connected > we care for each other > we can rely on each other > professional intimacy
  • High performing organisation (HPO): culture (values / beliefs / stories), purpose (vision / goals / strategy), design (structure / power / leadership)
  • 4D rule of time management: do, defer, delegate, drop
  • How to dream: start with why, dreaming of death, how does it feel, reconnect with your dreams
  • 3 gateway to create space: set strategy, adopt mindset, raise productivity

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