Don't become more productive. Do this instead.

//// A THREAD (you need to read) ////

Roughly speaking, there are two paradigms of science:

Reductionism and Holism.
Reductionism considers that breaking down any system into its constituent parts is the best way to understand it fully.

In this paradigm, all systems can be fully reasoned only with reference to their elementary parts. The whole is just the sum of the parts.
Holism understands something in reference to the ecosystem it belongs to and the relationships between its constituent parts. To a holist, the whole is more than just the sum of the parts.
While Reductionism doesn't care about the relationships between the interconnected parts within a system, Holism uses those as the core reference for its analysis.

Why does this matter?
Well, applying a reductionist stance to a simple system is enough because you won't miss out too much on critical relationships between its constituent parts. There aren't that many, after all.
Applying a reductionist stance on a complex system, though, is a surefire way of missing the critical elements that provide a complete understanding of what it is, how it works and why it matters.
Holism and Reductionism's dichotomy leads to several fundamentally different perspectives on many phenomena that constitute our reality.
Nowhere near as obvious as in relation to the concept of "PRODUCTIVITY"
See, all humans are complex systems product of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. Our minds and bodies are perfected biological structures adapted to the environment we have evolved in as a species.

The problem?
The speed of transformation of the environment (natural, social, political, technological) has been much faster than the human species' biological evolution.

There's a mismatch between both evolutionary inertias that can't be understated.
This mismatch has to be acknowledged (from a holistic -or systems-thinking-based- perspective) when dealing with the concept of productivity.
The core idea of this thread: trying to become more "productive" by harnessing the power of a new mental model or tool (use Notion, don't use social media, dopamine fasting etc...) is a reductionist approach that doesn't work in the long term
It doesn't address the evolutionary mismatch between your biological nature, and the ecosystem you operate into.

It is a 1-side approach to a complex problem: how to optimize a complex system (You) for maximum productivity.

It is bound to fail in the long term.
The solution? Ditch the concept of productivity, and embrace the concept of "personal performance".

Transform your understanding of yourself.
Think of yourself as a complex system, an interconnected web of biological processes with heavy evolutionary inertia that needs to be optimized in the context of our current data-driven knowledge economy.
Your job is to analyze, dissect, optimize and master that machine from a holistic (systems-thinking-driven) perspective.
Optimizing your performance is therefore the process of dissecting, analyzing, and rebuilding the whole System of You based on the relationships between its constituent parts and the ecosystem you inhabit for maximum output.
While Productivity is about changing processes, Performance is about changing paradigms.
Performance Optimization 101:

1- Change your paradigm (from Productivity to Performance)
2- Identify the levers, pitfalls, dependencies & tradeoffs within "the System of You".
3- Correct the pitfalls.
4- Optimize for the right goals, on the right limits, with the right timing.
Improving about productivity will make you 20% more "productive".

Becoming a peak performer will 10X your "productivity".

Choose wisely.
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THREAD: 12 Things Everyone Should Know About IQ

1. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits – that is, individual differences in IQ are strongly associated with individual differences in genes (at least in fairly typical modern environments). https://t.co/3XxzW9bxLE


2. The heritability of IQ *increases* from childhood to adulthood. Meanwhile, the effect of the shared environment largely fades away. In other words, when it comes to IQ, nature becomes more important as we get older, nurture less.
https://t.co/UqtS1lpw3n


3. IQ scores have been increasing for the last century or so, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. https://t.co/sCZvCst3hw (N ≈ 4 million)

(Note that the Flynn effect shows that IQ isn't 100% genetic; it doesn't show that it's 100% environmental.)


4. IQ predicts many important real world outcomes.

For example, though far from perfect, IQ is the single-best predictor of job performance we have – much better than Emotional Intelligence, the Big Five, Grit, etc. https://t.co/rKUgKDAAVx https://t.co/DWbVI8QSU3


5. Higher IQ is associated with a lower risk of death from most causes, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, most forms of cancer, homicide, suicide, and accident. https://t.co/PJjGNyeQRA (N = 728,160)
1/ Here’s a list of conversational frameworks I’ve picked up that have been helpful.

Please add your own.

2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you


3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.

“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”

“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”

4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:

“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”

“What’s end-game here?”

“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”

5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:

“What would the best version of yourself do”?
This month I’m turning 22.

To celebrate, here are the 22 best threads I’ve found on Twitter this year.

Mostly about:

•Life/purpose
•Startups
•Entrepreneurs
•Writing
•Clarity of thought

If I see more interesting threads, I will add to this list.

Enjoy!

1. @ryanstephens: Need tips on growing a newsletter, mastering Twitter, writing online?

@ryanstephens breaks down a podcast discussion between @davidperell and @nathanbarry

Here’s what you can


2. @jackbutcher: How to separate your time from your income

•Explore the market
•Build equity
•Build products and services
•Scale your reputation
•Break the matrix

A fantastic thread complete with helpful


3. @AlexAndBooks_: I love to read.

Here is a great thread on 10 fantastic books.

Includes a short summary of each.

Don’t just take it from me, this is straight from the legend: @AlexAndBooks_


4. @m_franceschetti My biggest revelation in 2020 was the importance of sleep.

Here, @m_franceschetti founder of @eightsleep gives us his eight sleep hacks to improve sleep for 2021.

Do these and your productivity will

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