I had the same "problem" that you have in the past.
I created a company wile studying engineering, while traveling the world and learning languages.
I solved it... well I did not solve it at all.
For creating a company alone you need marketing, sales, hiring people,self management, handling money and planning skills.
It felt I was not doing nothing at all. It was hell.
But somewhat it worked really well in the end. I started delegating some work, but I had done this work myself so I knew who was great at what I wanted to delegate naturally.
I was wrong too thinking that I had not learn anything. Now I know I know a lot because I compare with people that does not know what I know every single day of my life. When you really learn something it becomes obvious to you.
My recommendation is:
1-take notes and computer index anything you learn, with the most important things from a book, talk, whatever, something similar to what Derek does:
Watching again a lecture is nothing bad if you need it. But next time you watch it you can do it in 5 or 10 minutes, focusing on what you need.
I extract the audio of every talk I watch and speech recognize it automatically, so I can search for it. I write down the important words of the talk and basic structure.
I use open source(vlc, handbrake, command line tools) programs for most of it(everything but speech recognition).
2- learn memory tricks,mind maps, and speed reading so you learn faster.
3- Learn to self manage and be happy while working. I like Eben Pagan productivity program "wakeupproductive".
I created a company wile studying engineering, while traveling the world and learning languages.
I solved it... well I did not solve it at all.
For creating a company alone you need marketing, sales, hiring people,self management, handling money and planning skills.
It felt I was not doing nothing at all. It was hell.
But somewhat it worked really well in the end. I started delegating some work, but I had done this work myself so I knew who was great at what I wanted to delegate naturally.
I was wrong too thinking that I had not learn anything. Now I know I know a lot because I compare with people that does not know what I know every single day of my life. When you really learn something it becomes obvious to you.
My recommendation is:
1-take notes and computer index anything you learn, with the most important things from a book, talk, whatever, something similar to what Derek does:
http://sivers.org/book
Watching again a lecture is nothing bad if you need it. But next time you watch it you can do it in 5 or 10 minutes, focusing on what you need.
I extract the audio of every talk I watch and speech recognize it automatically, so I can search for it. I write down the important words of the talk and basic structure.
I use open source(vlc, handbrake, command line tools) programs for most of it(everything but speech recognition).
2- learn memory tricks,mind maps, and speed reading so you learn faster.
3- Learn to self manage and be happy while working. I like Eben Pagan productivity program "wakeupproductive".