If you could improve the efficiency of any task in your job by 100x, what would it be?
Oksana Chyketa
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Joanfihu@joanfihu
Communication. As an autistic person, communication is difficult with neurotypicals. Some sort of AI large language model to proof read my outbound messages would be useful. Same for inbound messages, neurotypicals don’t talk straight, which is confusing. A model to “straightify” a message would be useful too.
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@nrparsons Examples:
NT: Neurotypical
ND: Neurodivergent
At the end of a conversation:
NT: “We should catch up soon.”
ND: “Bye.”
NT doesn’t actually mean to catch up. It’s a formalism.
NT: “You should use a factory model in this test.”
ND: “Change the code and use a factory model.”
NT uses should when it’s a MUST. Perhaps to not offend?
NT: “I can’t come today. I’m not feeling very well”
ND: “I’m not interested. Thanks for letting me know”
90% of the time, NT isn’t unwell. He/she is not interested.
NT: “We will look into your suggestion next quarter.”
ND: “Your suggestion is a bad idea because of X”
95% of the time, NT has not intentions to review that suggestion.
NT: “We need more help with engineering management”
ND: “Do you want to be an engineering manager?”
@joanfihu Thank you so much for taking the time to share these examples. I feel like the cool thing here is that the ND examples you provided are so much better in honesty and integrity, they're a better way to communicate with anyone (i.e. there's no downside to working to communicate more like that, for someone who doesn't already do so). It reminds me of the ideas behind radicalcandor.com, which I aspire to implement in my communication.
Your post here give me a better understanding how these statements of empty politeness/formalism are especially unhelpful for some people (though imho ultimately not good for anyone), and motivates me to keep working on avoiding this kind of stuff. Thank you for your openness in sharing!
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theGist
Reading all the emails and slack messages 😑
Communicating with wholesale suppliers.
It’s mostly done through emails. I send an order by email, it takes a while until it’s confirmed and I don’t know the status if I miss the email. Managing all the docs related to a purchase is also a drag. And every supplier has their own “system” (e.g. “email this person and always CC this address”) and everything is all over the place.
Then you want to add a few more items to an order, then the whole process begins again.
Pitchery
Decision making .. i can only imagine the time being saved. The only flip side will be the opportunity to learn lessons (from wrong decisions). But positive far outweighs the negative.
deal making for win win solution
Meeting -- shorter but with clearer outcomes please!
Loopin
@tom_williams4 recommend checking out Loopin (loopinhq.com)
analytics skills! If I can quickly get and read the data, then I can make fast and right decisions
@olya_zabalkanskaya agreed with this :P
@olya_zabalkanskaya i am interest
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automate repetitive tasks
Codis
Writing emails...
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I can say that communication skills are important for me because 85% of our success in the workplace depends on how well we communicate with others and only 15% is based on our professional qualifications.
Trickle
Amazing capacity of memory in my brain, so I can pick any thing up in my mind within several seconds!
Research and development part. Think about that, I can read 100 academic paper and try their solutions...
Product Hunt
Switching between browser tabs. I use the trackpad to look for the needed tab when I have a lot of tabs opened. Using a keyboard shortcut makes me zoom out of the task I am doing and it leads to context switching when I see an unrelated tab.
@bchhabra2491 try Ctrl+Shift+A in Chrome - search for the tab you need
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@bchhabra2491 suffered from this too:) Just consider closing the not-need or unurgent tabs. Sometimes I just bookmark a few of them to not lose them and find when needed.
Collabwriting
@bchhabra2491 @oksana_ch Not sure if it'd be helpful, but we've been working on a free extension that might help with that.
It's mainly meant for online research, but the basis is that you can make highlights directly on web pages, leave comments, group them around topics and then easily store or share the info.
Product Hunt
@sandra_idjoski That sounds great. Have you launched any version? Would love to try.
Collabwriting
@bchhabra2491 Yes, here's the link: collabwriting.com/extension
Would love to hear your thoughts on it, if you decide to test it out 😊
6-Figure Websites
Always outbound prospecting. Any way I can make reaching out to prospects easier is a YES from me.
Automation of processes is very important, as well as understanding by employees of the tasks they perform.
Very often both the first and the second suffer and this needs to be improved.
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@vkhoroshkov I think that sometimes documentation may help with understanding tasks better🤔
@vkhoroshkov Check out Questmate.com, might be exactly what you’re looking for :) Happy to jump on a chat at any time!
organizing stuff, this is what takes most time...
@sanjay_somashekar sure I'd be happy to have a look at it
@thatswam sounds great! We are looking forward to launch it on PH in the next 90 days, would love to give you access to our product today. Please feel free to book a call here - https://calendly.com/sanjaysomas...
If I could schedule the brand media posts with my mind instantly, without waiting for creatives, that would be fun. Seems like Elon problem, hope he fixes it fast. heheh!!