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1/ 7 Unbreakable Rules for Sustainable Productivity
(It involves building a system as inspired by @JamesClear)
Most important takeaway: You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
Now onto the goals
(It involves building a system as inspired by @JamesClear)
Most important takeaway: You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
Now onto the goals
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1. Your system needs to fit your work
People watch one youtube video or read one book about someone's productivity system and immediately try to fit it in their life
That's not how it works. Ask yourself what does your work need to look like for it to be effective
1. Your system needs to fit your work
People watch one youtube video or read one book about someone's productivity system and immediately try to fit it in their life
That's not how it works. Ask yourself what does your work need to look like for it to be effective
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2. System should act as a counterbalance
Everyone has bad habits, use systems to counteract the bad tendencies you have
Example:
Use Pomodoro techniques if you struggle w/ focus
Use time trackers/lock out apps if you have trouble w/ Screen Time https://www.brandonzhang.com/blog/screen-time
2. System should act as a counterbalance
Everyone has bad habits, use systems to counteract the bad tendencies you have
Example:
Use Pomodoro techniques if you struggle w/ focus
Use time trackers/lock out apps if you have trouble w/ Screen Time https://www.brandonzhang.com/blog/screen-time
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3. Have a system that can deal with outliers
Have a way of handling hard situations or else your original system will be rendered useless
True success of systems involves making exceptions so you can be successful
3. Have a system that can deal with outliers
Have a way of handling hard situations or else your original system will be rendered useless
True success of systems involves making exceptions so you can be successful
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4. Do not judge your system by if it makes you "feel productive"
Do not rely on your feelings as a metric of analyzing how effective your system is
Good system should feel like nothing at all
Look back over long-periods of time and see what accomplishments you have
4. Do not judge your system by if it makes you "feel productive"
Do not rely on your feelings as a metric of analyzing how effective your system is
Good system should feel like nothing at all
Look back over long-periods of time and see what accomplishments you have
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5. If your work changes, your system should adapt
On brand with how your system should be adaptable
Some systems are consistent (goal setting, task management, todo lists) but niche ones should adapt https://www.brandonzhang.com/blog/goals-in-quarantine
5. If your work changes, your system should adapt
On brand with how your system should be adaptable
Some systems are consistent (goal setting, task management, todo lists) but niche ones should adapt https://www.brandonzhang.com/blog/goals-in-quarantine
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6. Measure yourself against yourself (and no one else)
I am not going to be comparing myself to @CMillerTalks or @FrancescoD_Ales in their respective spaces
I have to see how I progress in a month, when you reflect on your accomplishments, judge only yourself
6. Measure yourself against yourself (and no one else)
I am not going to be comparing myself to @CMillerTalks or @FrancescoD_Ales in their respective spaces
I have to see how I progress in a month, when you reflect on your accomplishments, judge only yourself
8/ FINAL ONE
7. System does not define your work
A system can not magically make work meaningful or automatically motivate you to do more
A system can only shape what motivation you have, if you are not fond of what you are doing, make a switch
7. System does not define your work
A system can not magically make work meaningful or automatically motivate you to do more
A system can only shape what motivation you have, if you are not fond of what you are doing, make a switch
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List of people that inspire me:
@ShuOmi3
@HeroJourneyOn
@thisiskp_
@cullinmcgrath
@MindMusMoney
@taimurabdaal
@Nicolascole77
@se_muskett
List of people that inspire me:
@ShuOmi3
@HeroJourneyOn
@thisiskp_
@cullinmcgrath
@MindMusMoney
@taimurabdaal
@Nicolascole77
@se_muskett
