Productivity Notes

Achieve More in 1 Week than most do in 12 months

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  1. Don't SleepWalk through Life
    1. Most people die at 25 , and aren't buried till 75
    2. Avg Life Expectancy is 77 Years

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    3. Are you living , or preparing to live ?
  2. The Best Coaches don't have the answers , they have the Questions (You figure out the answers for yourself)
  3. 4 Questions
    1. Q1 - What would I do if I was fearless and could not fail ? (in that order)
    2. Q2 - What will I be the most Proud of 1 year from Today
    3. Q3 - What are the 3 things I need to STOP doing
    4. Q4 - What advice would I give to someone else in my same situation ?

Designing your Life

  1. The Vision
    1. Write down on a piece of paper "What would be the coolest thing to happen to me over the next 5 years of my life"

      Put this on a piece of paper and review it twice per day
    2. Pocket Journal for ideas

      Weekly Journal - Obsidian daily , Weekly , monthly Journal
  2. The Daily Habits
    1. Break down the goal into a daily habit
      Eg . Instead of "loose 30 pounds" it should be , cook everyday and go to the gym 20 mins a day
    2. Track your habits
    3. The speaker has -> Max of 3 goals per year and 3 habits per goal
    4. Have a mastermind session with people to discuss your progress
  3. The Follow Through
    1. Carry around your pocket journal and write down any intuitions / things that bother you , and explore them more till you understand them completely
  1. Why You’ll WASTE The Next 3 Years…
    1. Prime working years from 20 ----- 50
    2. Instead of wasting time , cribbing about the economy , your conditions , or external factors , take up the charge and invest your time in studying something that will make you a more skilled
    3. We waste our time with short-term thinking and busywork.
      Warren Buffet spends a year deciding and a day acting.
      That act lasts decades       - Almanac of Naval Ravikant
  2. How to become LimitLess
    1. Step 1 is sorting out your mind -> You need a moment of clarity
    2. Step 1 -> Get rid of Trauma and Conditioning (Conditioning is finding unhealthy coping mechanisms like porn , marijuana , video games ) when under stress
    3. Step 1 -> Therapy , meditation , journaling help much more
    4. Remember Minor Distractions have a tendency to turn into Major ones
    5. Step 2
    6. Clean your surroundings
    7. Step 3
    8. When unsure about what direction in life to take , go out and explore , don't sit in your room and obsess over theoretical plans
    9. The holy trinity
    10. The Mind
    11. The Body (Taking Actions )
    12. The Purpose
    13. Break down your vision into small Achievable Steps and pursue it methodically
    14. The Supreme Ordeal
    15. Eg . The snake on the 99th block in snakes and ladders
    16. An ordeal that sets you back in your path , sometimes back to square 1

How to Learn Anything

Good Systems to Learn

  1. 3 Levels of MindMaps

Active Learning

  1. Am I trying to make new information simpler to understand? (btw, analogies are your friend here)
  2. Am I grouping the information together (even if it isn’t grouped for me)?
  3. Am I thinking about how what I’m learning relates to the big picture?
  4. Am I recalling things I’ve learned from memory?

Winning the Mind

  1. Unlock MIND-BENDING

Notes

  1. Perspective (changing your perspective to play to your strengths)
  2. Mindfullness (being aware of thoughts and clearing the thoughts that run the process of anxiety or wasting mental resources)
  3. Mindbending has the side of creating and control
    1. Power of Visualisation (Changing the thermostat to set it to a temperature, then the AC works to get the room to that temperature)
      Similarly , just thinking about a goal or setting a goal won't be enough , it has to be complemented with a great work ethic (an engine to match the drive)
    2. Power of Imagination (language of your dreams) - Create things unseen and unheard of

Time Management

Managing Time Like a Top Student
  1. $86,400 /day
  2. Priorities and Setting Goals
    1. Make Each day as specific as possible (in terms of what you want to achieve)
    2. Use 80/20 Rule -> Find the 20% Actions that result in 80% Results Ask yourself
      "What's the one thing that if I did would make everything else easier or unnecessary ?"
    3. No. 1 things thats holding you back is when you don't have clear goals and don't know what the important task is
  3. Creating a Plan
    1. Track where you invest your time
    2. Write down a success List - (Tasks that you got done , that would make the day a win for you)
    3. Do Progressive Overload 📈
  4. Kanban
    1. You can only have 3 tasks in the doing section at once
      To-do Doing Done
  5. Staying on Target
    1. Train the brain to prioritise studying
    2. Procrastination ~ is a conflict between present you and future you
    3. Break down tough things into more manageable chunks
  6. Managing your wins
    1. Create a ideal time table and work your way by improving 1% everyday to get to that level