Carl Richards
4 things in productivity Carl uses or recommends, from 2 episodes.
Carl's top picks in productivity
What Carl uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Let's just pretend you have 10 units of energy to make a decision and then live with it... A lot of people will spend eight of those units researching the decision before they make it... And Ann was like, no, I make the decision and then spend all my units making it the right one... two units on researching the decision, make it, and then spend eight on making it the right one, which I love."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"The number of touch points data — I really found it useful, and I think I would still do this if I were to start a firm again. It was 12-4-1. A monthly touch point, four times a year more in-depth — probably a phone call — and one of those quarterly things was in person. If you did nothing else and replied rapidly, you would be massively ahead on a competitive level."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"One is just satisficing versus maximizing or optimizing, right? Like just decide that something's good enough and then you grow to love it."
All 4 of Carl's productivity picks
- Ann Garcia Principle Recommends it "Let's just pretend you have 10 units of energy to make a decision and then live with it... A lot of people will spend eight of those units researching the decision before they make it... And Ann was like, no, I make the decision and then spend all my units making it the right one... two units on researching the decision, make it, and then spend eight on making it the right one, which I love." Only Carl
- Someday Maybe List Uses it "What if we just made a someday maybe list and we put it over here to the side. I have a someday maybe list that I'm destroying in the next two months... because the someday maybe list is distracting me from 10 years of compounding on one idea." Only Carl
- 12-4-1 Touch Point Framework Recommends it "The number of touch points data — I really found it useful, and I think I would still do this if I were to start a firm again. It was 12-4-1. A monthly touch point, four times a year more in-depth — probably a phone call — and one of those quarterly things was in person. If you did nothing else and replied rapidly, you would be massively ahead on a competitive level." Only Carl
- Satisficing Recommends it "One is just satisficing versus maximizing or optimizing, right? Like just decide that something's good enough and then you grow to love it." Only Carl