# Strategy
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Mike Flint - Warren Buffett's Pilot and the 5/25 Rule
The story of Warren Buffett advising his longtime personal pilot Mike Flint to list 25 career goals, circle 5 most important, then treat the remaining 20 as an 'avoid-at-all-cost list' to maintain laser focus on priorities.
Reverse Goal Setting
Planning methodology that works backward from desired end state to present day. Helps identify necessary milestones and dependencies by starting with the destination and mapping the path in reverse.
Stop Doing List
Productivity practice of identifying and eliminating low-value activities. Complements to-do lists by explicitly tracking what NOT to do for better time allocation.
Structured Delay
Time management technique of intentionally delaying responses and decisions to batch work more efficiently. Strategic procrastination that improves productivity through batching.
Thinking Time Practice
Time management approach that recognizes and values unstructured thinking, reflection, and creative ideation as essential work activities. Advocates for scheduling dedicated time for strategic thinking, problem-solving, and creative exploration without immediate deliverables.
Time Multipliers
Strategic approach focusing on activities that create more time in the future through delegation, automation, and elimination. Prioritizes investments that compound time savings.
Value-Based Time Tracking
Time tracking philosophy that focuses on the value created rather than just hours worked. Emphasizes outcome measurement, impact assessment, and strategic time allocation over simple hour counting for knowledge work.
Work Smarter, Not Harder Origin
The popularization of the phrase 'work smarter, not harder' in industrial engineering and time management literature, emphasizing efficiency and effectiveness over brute force effort in achieving productivity goals.