10X Your Productivity in 2 Minutes
You've been lied to about what it means to be "productive"
Tools, strategies, and supplements make up 5%.
The other 95% comes from your PHILOSOPHY.
Here are 5 steps to protect your focus and actually get shit done (from a guy who spent $3,487 optimizing his)
Preface:
Productivity is built on the idea that tools and tactics will help you get more done and be rich.
But tools built on the wrong foundation will cause you to burnout and collapse.
Philosophy serves as the base of the mountain on which tools are built on. Here's how you build it:
1) Redefining Productivity
Productivity is understanding how to get more of the RIGHT THINGS done ...and IGNORING the rest.
It is learning how to engineer your dopamine, flow, and focus on the few tasks that actually matter. Less is always more.
2) Define the Target
To find the right things, you must work backward from the right Target.
The problem is that most people don't know what they're aiming for.
It's impossible to hit a target that you cannot see.
Take the time needed to clearly define what you want.
3) Choose Your Timeline
There are 2 parts to a Target
1) The Thing Itself
2) The Timeline to Hit It
I burnt out 100s of times because I gave myself short timelines for big goals.
Give yourself time and be willing to extend it if needed.
Change the timeline. Not the target.
4) Prioritize Attention
Magic is created not be managing time, but by prioritizing attention.
You will yield greater results by focusing your attention on 1-3 things vs 10-30.
Most things are not worth doing.
The ones that are, are worth doing well.
5) Treat your calendar as a budget for time.
Budgets are designed to make you not run out of money.
Each dollar is given a job and is spent productively.
Calendars are designed to make sure you don't run out of time.
Each hour is given a job and is spent productively.
Bonus: Enjoy Yourself
The name of the game is to enjoy the passage of time as you work towards your goals
Ask:
1) Am I enjoying what I am doing?
2) Is what I am doing taking me closer to my goal?
Fail #1 - You'll burnout
Fail #2 - You'll stay stagnant
Fail both - You're fked
Summary:
To sum it all up:
1) Redefine What Productivity Means
2) Define Your Target Outcome
3) Choose Your Timeline
4) Prioritize Attention
5) Budget Time
6) Enjoy
That's it!
These are the 5 steps to ACTUALLY being productive and getting shit done.
All battle-tested by yours truly over a 7-year span and $3,000+ invested.