\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Jorge Juan (jorgejuan007)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (productivity-laws.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Jorge Juan (jorgejuan007)) /Subject (Productivity Laws Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3432F} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F3F2} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Productivity Laws Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Jorge Juan (jorgejuan007)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/35958/cs/11590/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Jorge Juan (jorgejuan007) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/jorgejuan007} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 26th April, 2017.\\ Updated 22nd May, 2017.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PRODUCTIVITY LAWS}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Parkinson's law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{bb\}\}{\bf{Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{bb\}\}{\bf{Corollaries}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Stock–Sanford corollary & If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Horstman's corollary & Work contracts to fit in the time we give it \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Asimov corollary & In ten hours a day you have time to fall twice as far behind your commitments as in five hours a day \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Computers corollary & Data expands to fill the space available for storage \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{bb\}\}{\bf{Generalization}} Induced Demand} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource & The reverse is not true \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Law of demand & the lower the price of a service or commodity, the greater the quantity demanded \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Law's Time Form & The amount of time that one has to perform a task is the amount of time it will take to complete the task. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Parkinson's law (cont)}} \tn % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{bb\}\}{\bf{Coefficient of inefficiency}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Size of a committee or other decision-making body at which it becomes completely inefficient.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Optimal Size & 3 to 20 members \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Inefficient & 21 or more \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Parkinson's law is a reference to the self-satisfying uncontrolled growth of the bureaucratic apparatus in an organization. \newline {\emph{Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (London, John Murray, 1958)}} \newline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's\_law} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Hofstadter's law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Douglas Hofstadter's 1979 \newline {\emph{G{\"o}del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Murphy's Second Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Everything takes longer than you expect}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Corollary to the law:}} {\emph{Everything takes longer than it should, except obviously sex}} \newline {\bf{Corollary to Corollary}} {\emph{As the desire increases, so does the number of interruptions and the time available decreases}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Sturgeon's law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Ninety percent of everything is crap}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Corollary:}} {\emph{Stupid persons and stupidity acts reach as high as 99\% of crap's causes}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Carlson's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{If you focus on a task without any break or interruption, it will take you less time to finish it}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Once you start doing something finish it! \newline Avoid interruptions and be focused!} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Fraisse's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Time is a subjective variable depending on our own interest in the activity performed}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.}} Albert Einstein} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} DeCaprio's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Everything takes more time and money}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{So, be aware if you have enough} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Annie DeCaprio, Highbridge N.J., Harper's August 1974}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Drazens Law of Restitution}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Louis D. Rubin}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Hendricksons Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{If you have enough meetings over a long enough period of time, the meetings become more important than the problem the meetings were intended to solve}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Stigler's law of eponymy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer}}\{\{bb\}\}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Mark Twain & It takes a thousand men to invent a (...) important thing—and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Matthew effect & This pattern of recognition, skewed in favor of the established scientist, appears principally (i) in cases of collaboration and (ii) in cases of independent multiple discoveries made by scientists of distinctly different rank. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 11) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Boyer's law & Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mathilda Effect & The effect applies specifically to women. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Alfred N. Whitehead's Corollary & Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Stigler's law of eponymy (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Terentius (190-159 BC) & Nothing has yet been said that's not been said before \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{Examples:}} Hubble's law derived by Lemaître. The Pythagorean theorem to Babylonian mathematicians. Halley's comet observed by astronomers since at least 240 BC. Stigler himself named the sociologist Robert K. Merton as the discoverer of "Stigler's law"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Lance's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{If it aint broke, don't fix it}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Equivalent form: {\emph{Don´t touch it if it works}} \newline Machine at work: {\emph{Experiments with soda water}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Lowerys Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Just when you get really good at something you don't need it anymore}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Corollary:}} {\emph{Or simply you don't like anymore}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Pym's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Actions speak louder than words}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Corollary:}} {\emph{Although actions speak loud there is always someone who is deaf, or simply too stupid to understand}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Newton's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Every object at rest will stay at rest, and every object in motion will remain in motion}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{if you are procrastinating, you are at rest, so it will be difficult for you to move} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{If you are working you are moving, it is hard to stop because you feel happy when you accomplish your tasks} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-check-square-o\}\} Illich's Law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{After a certain time, personal productivity tends to decrease, even reaching negative values}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Consider this: we have limited work capacity and can't be completely focused too long. \newline Everybody needs breaks and sleep. And Love, of course.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-question-circle\}\} Jevons' paradox}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Technological progress increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the rate of consumption of that resource rises because of increasing demand}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Jevons' Complementary Corollary}} (Edward Glaeser)} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Improvements in information technology lead to more demand for face-to-face contact, because face time complements time spent communicating electronically} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-question-circle\}\} Downs–Thomson paradox}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{The equilibrium speed of car traffic on a road network is determined by the average door-to-door speed of equivalent journeys taken by public transport}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Improvements in the road network will not reduce traffic congestion} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In fact, improvements in the road network can make congestion worse if the improvements make public transport more inconvenient or if it shifts investment, causing disinvestment in the public transport system} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{aka the Pigou–Knight–Downs paradox} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-university\}\} Pareto's Principle}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{80\% of the outputs come from 20\% of the inputs}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{We spend most of the day working on tasks that don't get us closer to our goals} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Principle of factor sparsity} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-university\}\} Laborit Principle}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{We have got a natural tendency towards those tasks that require less effort from us}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{We are far from be objective when choosing tasks} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-ban\}\} Habits that ruins productivity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Over / Under Planning & Sit down and come up with a plan but do not waste too much time \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Multitasking & Do not do too many things at a time \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Over-cluttered to-do lists & Prioritise what's most important and only include those tasks on your list \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Avoid delegate & Delegate some work to skilled professionals and partners you can trust \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Working without protocols & You need to establish a set of practices to kick your productivity \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Taking many meetings & Unless it's absolutely necessary avoid meetings \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Do not say 'NO' & Do no let others decide for you. Not important? Then say 'NO' \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Not taking breaks & Break big tasks into smaller pieces and plan breaks in between \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Checking your email constantly & Save some time every day to check your mail, the rest to work \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\{\{fa-ban\}\} Habits that ruins productivity (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Being overconnected & Being too available raises your chances of being interrupted and distracted \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} Not measuring your results & Do you know what the actual results of your efforts are? \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Remember that rules – even productivity rules – are made to be broken & Breaking habits offers new perspective and helps recharge us \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Author: Jorge Juan \{\{fa-hand-o-left\}\}\{\{fa-magic\}\}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Ver.1.5 May 2017} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}