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September 8 - October 1, 2024
We must take control of our time, actions, and attention.
Must prioritize my goals and take action.
Only then can we truly thrive.
When you do the little things every day, they add up. And over time, they form big things like a strong body & mind, self-reliance, a large investment portfolio, and so forth. One
Life is good if you know how to live it.
difficult work to me.
Difficult work to me will cause me to procrastinate. Worry I am not smart enough. Worried that I will disappoint others. My mind tells me to avoid it then the deadline comes up and I do the job half ass because I need it done. No one wins.
So I look for relief.
It’s because I’m battling myself.
inner enemy
Resistance in his classic, The War Of Art. And this is what he says about it: “Resistance is always l...
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exercise my mental toughness every day.
exercise my body every day.
daily habits
Eliminate. Eliminate. Eliminate
“What thing(s) should I eliminate to make my life so simple that it’s easy to focus?”
2. Think About Past Success
Serotonin is the key chemical that affects every part of your body.
“All you need to do [to increase serotonin levels] is remember positive events that have happened in your life.
Abraham Lincoln: “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
procrastination has a price.
cost of procrastination. It is related to: Depression Irrational beliefs Low self-esteem Anxiety Stress
everybody fears to step outside of their comfort zone —
courage to make a bold move.
It always starts with just one thing.
The fact is that, if you want to get things done, you need rules. What
Self-imposed deadlines.
Exercising 30 minutes a day.
Eliminating distractions.
The deadlines create urgency, accountability will create responsibility, working in intervals improves your focus, exercising will give you more energy, so does a healthy diet, and eliminating distractions will take away the temptations.
productive life equals a happy life.
when I talk about productivity, I talk about being effective. Because productivity doesn’t suggest that you get the right things done. It just means you get a lot of stuff done. But that’s not what matters.
Effectiveness, however, refers to getting the right things done.
Peter Drucker’s
term personal effectiveness.
The Effective Executive
Step 1: Know Thy Time
activity log for two weeks. An
Step 2: Identify The Non-Productive Work
“Go through all the recurring activities in your log one by one. What would happen if you would stop doing them?”
We all do activities that have ZERO return.
Eliminate The Time-Wasters
Identify the critical tasks from the trivial tasks
Working Too Much
9/9/2024 I work too much! I need to measure my time. I did this not too long ago then about a year ago. a year ago I discovered I was not getting anything dine was because everyv3 to 5 minutes someone was asking me for something. it was a real eye opener for me because I was thinking it was something I was doing but in reality others just depended on me too much. The sad thing is I allowed them to so I decided that I needed to take that time back and allow others to figure it out on their own and I needed to focus on my job and what was expected from me.
I did it again a few months ago because I was reading a book called get your shit together. GYST. it Tracking time was brought up in this book too. it is a helpful tool. I realized this last time was I was distracted a lot. I started with my priorities then veered off reading about different things related to the topic but not getting the tasks done.
I think it has improved things at work but I really need to figure out where my time goes starting at 5om at night. My biggest time waster is watching on TV and scrolling through Facebook
Checking is not a useful thing.
Say no to a million things and yes to a few things that matter.
“writing things down.”
You got out of bed this morning, right? “Yeah.” Congratulations. You survived this hard thing called LIFE. Be proud of yourself. Everything you do after getting out of bed is a win.
Just learn new things.
personal rules is this: Never complain. Another one is: Read and exercise every day. And: Close the day every evening by setting your next day’s priorities. When you combine all your productivity rules, you have a system. Voila! And a system changes everything.
from Jim Rohn. He says: “At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.”
Close the day before you start a new day. Also, close every week before you start a new week. Similar for every month, and every year. Sounds simple, right? It’s one of those “simple” ideas that have a huge impact on your life.
