A man without a plan will almost always get nowhere.
But while you do want to narrow it down as specific as possible.
People often get too caught up at this stage and spend the majority of their time trying to perfect the plan.
Common Productivity Mistakes You Might be Making
>>> Thread <<<
Apply these to significantly improve productivity.
#6 alone will turn you into a machine.
A man without a plan will almost always get nowhere.
But while you do want to narrow it down as specific as possible.
People often get too caught up at this stage and spend the majority of their time trying to perfect the plan.
Pick one skill, one destination, and go.
Optimize as needed.
There is no such thing as perfect, it does not exist.
Your to-do list should not have 20 items on it each day.
Nobody has the capacity to do that many quality tasks.
Adopt the Jeff Bezos style:
3 big tasks each day, 3 decisions to make, as early as possible in the day.
That’s it.
Thing’s that are part of your everyday routine can be systemized.
By doing this you have less thinking and planning to do.
For example, you know you have to do an hour workout every day.
Have your workouts planned and ready.
Just hit go and get to work.
Fewer decisions, more brain capacity for the main tasks you need to do later in the day.
Caffeine is an amazing nootropic if used properly.
Somewhere along the line, it became a social thing and people just drink it to drink it.
For example, I only drink coffee right before I’m doing my big work of the day.
The work that requires the most brainpower.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can perform at the top quality when you are trying to do multiple things at once.
One task. 100% focus.
This is the only way you should be doing your major work.
The most common and WORST thing you can do for your productivity
Every time a notification drops in, you lose your whole train of thought.
TURN THEM OFF.
All of them.
You can survive for 2 hours without a dopamine hit.
This alone will skyrocket your productivity.
Try it and see for yourself.
Subscribe here if you want to get threads like this delivered straight to your inbox once or twice a week.
https://t.co/uPvDAG2PBI
More from Life
1/“What would need to be true for you to….X”
Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?
A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody:
2/ First, “X” could be lots of things. Examples: What would need to be true for you to
- “Feel it's in our best interest for me to be CMO"
- “Feel that we’re in a good place as a company”
- “Feel that we’re on the same page”
- “Feel that we both got what we wanted from this deal
3/ Normally, we aren’t that direct. Example from startup/VC land:
Founders leave VC meetings thinking that every VC will invest, but they rarely do.
Worse over, the founders don’t know what they need to do in order to be fundable.
4/ So why should you ask the magic Q?
To get clarity.
You want to know where you stand, and what it takes to get what you want in a way that also gets them what they want.
It also holds them (mentally) accountable once the thing they need becomes true.
5/ Staying in the context of soliciting investors, the question is “what would need to be true for you to want to invest (or partner with us on this journey, etc)?”
Multiple responses to this question are likely to deliver a positive result.
Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?
A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody:
Next level tactic when closing a sale, candidate, or investment:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) February 27, 2018
Ask: \u201cWhat needs to be true for you to be all in?\u201d
You'll usually get an explicit answer that you might not get otherwise. It also holds them accountable once the thing they need becomes true.
2/ First, “X” could be lots of things. Examples: What would need to be true for you to
- “Feel it's in our best interest for me to be CMO"
- “Feel that we’re in a good place as a company”
- “Feel that we’re on the same page”
- “Feel that we both got what we wanted from this deal
3/ Normally, we aren’t that direct. Example from startup/VC land:
Founders leave VC meetings thinking that every VC will invest, but they rarely do.
Worse over, the founders don’t know what they need to do in order to be fundable.
4/ So why should you ask the magic Q?
To get clarity.
You want to know where you stand, and what it takes to get what you want in a way that also gets them what they want.
It also holds them (mentally) accountable once the thing they need becomes true.
5/ Staying in the context of soliciting investors, the question is “what would need to be true for you to want to invest (or partner with us on this journey, etc)?”
Multiple responses to this question are likely to deliver a positive result.
You May Also Like
THREAD PART 1.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah💙
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah💙
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.