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I’ve just completed my (slightly late) 2020 annual review.
Here are some lessons you'll value
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Here are some lessons you'll value
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BUSINESS 
: WHAT I LEARNED
- Cutting the fluff and focusing on a single metric is the way to progress. For us, it was opt-ins. We have had our most profitable year by FAR by focusing on ONE product, ONE funnel.
“But what about Goodharts law?”
: WHAT I LEARNED- Cutting the fluff and focusing on a single metric is the way to progress. For us, it was opt-ins. We have had our most profitable year by FAR by focusing on ONE product, ONE funnel.
“But what about Goodharts law?”
Goodhart’s law states:
“When the measure becomes the target, it ceases to become an accurate measure.”
This is true.
But it doesn’t kick in straight away. Everything works until it doesn’t.
Optimising for ONE thing is better than not optimising for anything.
“When the measure becomes the target, it ceases to become an accurate measure.”
This is true.
But it doesn’t kick in straight away. Everything works until it doesn’t.
Optimising for ONE thing is better than not optimising for anything.
Recurring reviews are the safety catch to ensure you’re still heading towards your vision.
As @sparksremarks says, nothing is grandfathered in.
Separate planning from execution.
As @sparksremarks says, nothing is grandfathered in.
Separate planning from execution.
WORKING AS A DOCTOR 
: WHAT I LEARNED
Being a good doctor is about consistent application of the inputs.
No magic
Honestly, I’d taken my eye off the ball with medicine this year.
I thought I would struggle with being a ‘senior’ house officer. But the role came naturally
: WHAT I LEARNEDBeing a good doctor is about consistent application of the inputs.
No magic
Honestly, I’d taken my eye off the ball with medicine this year.
I thought I would struggle with being a ‘senior’ house officer. But the role came naturally
Most ‘on the job’ learning is osmotic, unconscious.
Add a touch of conscious learning and you cannot fail.
Add a touch of conscious learning and you cannot fail.
The risk barbell: being a doctor is the most bombproof job there is. While everyone was being furloughed around me this year, there wasn’t even a SNIFF of my job being under threat. 
Free time is the truest form of wealth.
RELATIONSHIPS 
: WHAT I LEARNED
- Deeper connections through simple pleasures: Walking or eating with loved ones.
- I planned my gift-buying with @TickTickTeam and avoided the last minute panic.
: WHAT I LEARNED- Deeper connections through simple pleasures: Walking or eating with loved ones.
- I planned my gift-buying with @TickTickTeam and avoided the last minute panic.
Asynchronous communication is underrated. Voice messages allow you to collect your thoughts and truly LISTEN
(in 2x speed if you want to
- don’t tell anyone).
(in 2x speed if you want to
- don’t tell anyone).
A hack for getting over your fear that ‘socialising isn’t productive’:
Walking or eating together ticks many boxes.
Or working on projects together: grow together while working on a common goal.
Walking or eating together ticks many boxes.
Or working on projects together: grow together while working on a common goal.
This year has shown us how poorly people tolerate being in their own company.
Solitary confinement is considered the highest punishment.
We must learn to enjoy our own company, not try to plug the existential void with TikTok videos: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1341299729259487232
Solitary confinement is considered the highest punishment.
We must learn to enjoy our own company, not try to plug the existential void with TikTok videos: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1341299729259487232
Cultivate fewer, deeper relationships.
Our friend and mentor Paul died last week.
Jonny and I were planning to visit him this year, and we missed our chance.
You could lose someone at any time.
Nothing is for granted.
Don’t delay seeing people you love, and show them you care.
Jonny and I were planning to visit him this year, and we missed our chance.
You could lose someone at any time.
Nothing is for granted.
Don’t delay seeing people you love, and show them you care.
TRAINING 
: WHAT I LEARNED
Big win: I finally got some flares on the floor:
The Lesson: focus single-heartedly on a goal, rather than spreading myself too thin. https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1339645133462056962
: WHAT I LEARNEDBig win: I finally got some flares on the floor:
The Lesson: focus single-heartedly on a goal, rather than spreading myself too thin. https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1339645133462056962
- Passive flexibility does NOT equal active flexibility.
- Blast and cruise. It’s hard to gain a skill/strength/flexibility, but much EASIER to maintain or regain it.
- Blast and cruise. It’s hard to gain a skill/strength/flexibility, but much EASIER to maintain or regain it.
Gyms can close for months at the drop of a hat 
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So always have a backup bodyweight-training goal.
@jackdcoulson is the man to follow for getting swole with minimal equipment.
.So always have a backup bodyweight-training goal.
@jackdcoulson is the man to follow for getting swole with minimal equipment.
PERSONAL GROWTH: 
WHAT I LEARNED
I truly got my personal growth systems nailed this year by doing LESS.
The lesson: You need LESS, not more self improvement masturbation.
Personal development is a rabbit hole.
Get it nailed and MOVE ON. Don’t let it become procrastination.
WHAT I LEARNEDI truly got my personal growth systems nailed this year by doing LESS.
The lesson: You need LESS, not more self improvement masturbation.
Personal development is a rabbit hole.
Get it nailed and MOVE ON. Don’t let it become procrastination.
Treat it like brushing your teeth.
You do it once daily. Don’t spend all day doing it.
See the parallels with picking a long term training programme like 5/3/1: set and forget.
You do it once daily. Don’t spend all day doing it.
See the parallels with picking a long term training programme like 5/3/1: set and forget.
Do not dabble.
We have problems of ABUNDANCE in 2020.
Every book or programme you choose to follow should be a decision taken with UTMOST GRAVITY.
A decent ‘system’ has a decade of mileage in it.
You do not need more tools.
We have problems of ABUNDANCE in 2020.
Every book or programme you choose to follow should be a decision taken with UTMOST GRAVITY.
A decent ‘system’ has a decade of mileage in it.
You do not need more tools.
Always burn a clean flame.
https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1308428883667156997?s=20
https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1308428883667156997?s=20
THE HABIT THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE MOST SUCCESS 
Single-tasking. 
This requires CONSCIOUS EFFORT in a world where technology UIs are constantly leading us to multi-tasking [picture-in-picture, split screen, notification hell etc].
![THE HABIT THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE MOST SUCCESS Single-tasking. This requires CONSCIOUS EFFORT in a world where technology UIs are constantly leading us to multi-tasking [picture-in-picture, split screen, notification hell etc].](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er8r6mGXUAMvqRd.jpg "THE HABIT THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE MOST SUCCESS Single-tasking. This requires CONSCIOUS EFFORT in a world where technology UIs are constantly leading us to multi-tasking [picture-in-picture, split screen, notification hell etc].")
Single-tasking. This requires CONSCIOUS EFFORT in a world where technology UIs are constantly leading us to multi-tasking [picture-in-picture, split screen, notification hell etc].
Here are some strategies to get focused: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1300725766334885888
Some quick wins:
- Full-screening everything
- One-tab browsing
- Using dual monitors for a big throbbing pomodoro timer
- Full-screening everything
- One-tab browsing
- Using dual monitors for a big throbbing pomodoro timer
THE MOST VALUABLE WAYS I SPENT MY TIME 
Creating content, both free and paid.
Comprised of:
- generating ideas,
- clarifying,
- planning and presenting content.
Creating content, both free and paid.
Comprised of:
- generating ideas,
- clarifying,
- planning and presenting content.
The ROI is huge.
Spend 1 hour recording a video, and it’s viewed by 5000 people. Possibilities are endless.
Follow @jackbutcher who unpacks this concept impeccably well.
Spend 1 hour recording a video, and it’s viewed by 5000 people. Possibilities are endless.
Follow @jackbutcher who unpacks this concept impeccably well.
With content creation, or anything else, PICK A SYSTEM and follow it.
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel
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You don’t find perfection from sitting and planning.
You endlessly approach it by DOING.
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel
. You don’t find perfection from sitting and planning.
You endlessly approach it by DOING.
WHAT BROUGHT ME THE MOST HAPPINESS? 
Doing things single heartedly. Doesn’t even matter what. The joy is in the union with the task.
Gaining clarity through writing.
Walking & meals with loved ones.
Being alone.
Lesson: Find what makes you happy.
Aggressively schedule it in
Doing things single heartedly. Doesn’t even matter what. The joy is in the union with the task.
Gaining clarity through writing.
Walking & meals with loved ones.
Being alone.
Lesson: Find what makes you happy.
Aggressively schedule it in
FAILURES OF THIS YEAR 
1) My ridiculous addiction: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1350570782741688323?s=20
1) My ridiculous addiction: https://twitter.com/PropaneFitness/status/1350570782741688323?s=20
My abysmal step count:
And 3) losing £14,000 shorting the New Zealand Dollar: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DBLdZIRh9BZVmlSXWkbyP?si=nt9SaNNbREyz1M1OtTNq5w
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DBLdZIRh9BZVmlSXWkbyP?si=nt9SaNNbREyz1M1OtTNq5w
Favourite quote:
“What does everyone around me know about me, that I don’t know about me?”
A question from review template that you'll have to tell me please.
A question from review template that you'll have to tell me please.
I hope this has given you a few prompts for your own reflection.
Thank you @SparksRemarks for this fantastic process. Give his annual review a spin here:
https://twitter.com/SparksRemarks/status/1346523577823211523?s=20
If you prefer to read this as an article, it's here: https://propanefitness.com/lessons-from-2020/
Thank you @SparksRemarks for this fantastic process. Give his annual review a spin here:
https://twitter.com/SparksRemarks/status/1346523577823211523?s=20
If you prefer to read this as an article, it's here: https://propanefitness.com/lessons-from-2020/
