Some practical questions to ask oneself to get more stuff done

Did you know that only 2.5% of males and .5% of females are INTJ? Yet software companies are full them.

<i>Is this work worth my hourly rate?</i> The question isn't stated accurately - it needs to take into account the overhead of organizing someone else to do it, the risks and hassles of miscommunication and so on.<p>However, he's likely thinking of tasks where the answer is clear enough - things like laundry and cleaning. The margin for error is so great, it overcomes any reasonable overhead. As Buffett/Munger say, you don't need to know a man's exact weight to know if he is fat.

With regards to the second question, it seems that sometimes a hack today to save time could cost a lot down the road, when the hack becomes some integral component somewhere. It's not always that easy to decide whether the short-term benefit of using a hack is greater than the long-term benefit of doing it right.