instructions for a better life.
Summary
TLDRThe video discusses building a fulfilling and productive life through planning and discipline. The speaker emphasizes the importance of setting up one's life for enjoyment and growth by focusing on productivity, health, and consistent improvement. He shares tips on managing time with tools like the 'Things 3' app, maintaining high energy through fitness routines, and tracking progress with tools like the Whoop band. The speaker also highlights the value of good sleep, maintaining high testosterone levels, and creating a lifestyle that is sustainable and enjoyable over the long term.
Takeaways
- 💡 Life is about improvement and growth, and it requires careful planning and focus.
- 🧭 Most people work in their lives instead of working on their lives, leading to a lack of progress and fulfillment.
- 📅 Using productivity tools like Things 3 helps organize and prioritize tasks, making it easier to track progress and stay focused.
- 🚀 Consistent progress and improvement lead to happiness and fulfillment; stagnation can lead to dissatisfaction.
- 🎯 True freedom comes from discipline and sticking to a schedule, not from being able to do whatever you want.
- ⚔️ Productivity and enjoying the process are key to long-term success; small wins build confidence.
- 🏋️♂️ Health is crucial for living an enjoyable life—regular workouts, proper sleep, and tracking progress lead to sustained energy and motivation.
- 📊 Tracking testosterone and other health metrics is essential for maintaining energy levels and overall well-being.
- 💤 Adequate sleep is non-negotiable for physical and mental health; it impacts decision-making, willpower, and emotional stability.
- 🛠 A well-structured routine that includes work, fitness, and rest leads to long-term success and fulfillment in life.
Q & A
What is the main reason the speaker prefers making videos in his truck over sitting at home?
-The speaker enjoys making videos in his truck more than sitting at his computer because he finds it more enjoyable and believes life should be designed to maximize enjoyment.
What does the speaker believe are the fundamentals of life as a man?
-The speaker believes that life as a man is about improvement, growth, and getting better in all areas. This process involves actively designing and planning the life you want.
According to the speaker, why is it important to plan your life?
-The speaker emphasizes that planning is essential because what we focus on is what grows. Without a clear plan, people often get caught up in day-to-day activities, working in their life instead of on their life, which prevents growth.
How does the speaker recommend managing productivity and staying organized?
-The speaker uses the 'Things 3' app to manage productivity, scheduling tasks and notes using widgets on his phone. He organizes tasks into categories, such as personal goals and business, and schedules them to ensure progress.
Why does the speaker stress the importance of managing time effectively?
-The speaker argues that time management is crucial for making progress in life. Without effective time management, one cannot achieve long-term success and fulfillment.
What is the speaker's view on the relationship between discipline and freedom?
-The speaker believes that true freedom comes from the discipline to plan and stick to a schedule. Freedom isn’t about doing whatever you want whenever you want; it's about focusing on what you enjoy and improving through disciplined effort.
What is the speaker's approach to work-life balance?
-The speaker advocates for working in 4-hour focused chunks on important tasks and ensuring that work is balanced with enjoyment. This approach prevents burnout and ensures long-term productivity and satisfaction.
Why does the speaker emphasize getting out of the house to work?
-The speaker finds that leaving the house and getting dressed helps boost focus and productivity. Working in a coffee shop or another environment helps avoid distractions and signals readiness to tackle tasks effectively.
What are some of the books the speaker recommends for improving productivity and life setup?
-The speaker recommends 'Effortless' and 'Essentialism' by Greg McKeown, 'The 4-Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferriss, and 'Stillness is the Key' by Ryan Holiday, as these books provide valuable insights into productivity and living a meaningful life.
What role does health play in the speaker's life setup strategy?
-Health is a crucial part of the speaker's life setup, as having good health enables one to fully enjoy life. The speaker prioritizes fitness, using tools like the Whoop band to track health metrics and stay accountable, and recommends maintaining high energy levels through regular exercise and good sleep.
Outlines
🚀 Building a Life of Growth and Productivity
In this paragraph, the speaker emphasizes the importance of designing a life centered around enjoyment, growth, and productivity. He shares his personal experience of how he enjoys making videos in a truck rather than at a computer, underscoring the value of building a life that one enjoys. He stresses that life, especially for men, is about self-improvement, goal setting, and intentional planning. Without a clear focus on what one wants, people tend to get lost in day-to-day tasks. In both life and business, working on growth and planning for the future are essential. He introduces the concept of using a planner, specifically the Things 3 app, to organize tasks and move life forward efficiently. He highlights that managing time effectively allows for both productivity and enjoyment of the journey, which is key to long-term happiness.
⏰ The Importance of Discipline and Mastery
This section explores the concept of freedom through discipline, emphasizing that true freedom comes from the ability to plan and stick to a schedule. The speaker reflects on how focusing on what you enjoy and mastering specific tasks can make even mundane activities enjoyable. Drawing inspiration from philosophies like those of monks and samurai, he explains how attention to detail and pride in one's work lead to fulfillment. He introduces his personal productivity method of working in 4-hour chunks on the most important tasks. This balanced approach helps prevent burnout, keeps him focused, and allows him to maintain high performance over time. He also recommends getting out of the house, dressing up, and working in a distraction-free environment like a coffee shop. The paragraph ends with a recommendation of books like *Essentialism* and *The 4-Hour Workweek* for further guidance.
💪 Building Health and Fitness Habits for Success
In this paragraph, the speaker shifts focus to health, a critical component of an enjoyable life. He introduces the Whoop band, a fitness tracker that helps monitor sleep, activity, and overall health while fostering competition within his community. The speaker highlights the long-term rewards of fitness and how consistent health habits build confidence. He encourages working out five times a week, especially in the morning, as a way to start the day with a win. He stresses the importance of tracking progress in the gym to ensure consistent improvement, recommending programs and strategies to build strength and physique. Additionally, the speaker touches on the importance of testosterone for men, suggesting regular health checks and methods to boost testosterone naturally through diet, including his ‘super stack’ recommendation for those in his network.
😴 Sleep: The Foundation of Health and Power
This section focuses on the crucial role of sleep in maintaining physical and mental health. The speaker dismisses the notion of 'hustle culture' where people push through with minimal sleep, explaining that long-term sleep deprivation leads to poor decision-making, decreased willpower, and deteriorating overall performance. He recommends getting at least eight hours of sleep per night, monitored by the Whoop band, to track sleep quality. Good sleep boosts muscle recovery, testosterone production, and overall life satisfaction. Once proper sleep and fitness habits are in place, the speaker encourages focusing on building a life setup that is sustainable, powerful, and enjoyable. The paragraph ends with the speaker briefly reflecting on his own personal improvements since moving to Dubai, hinting at more content in the future.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Productivity
💡Life Setup
💡Freedom
💡Planning
💡Discipline
💡Health
💡Testosterone
💡4-Hour Work Chunks
💡Stillness
💡Progress
Highlights
Life should be built around enjoyment and improvement; focus on what you want and design your life around it.
Working on your life rather than in it leads to greater growth and success.
Productivity is key to enjoying life and making consistent progress.
Use apps like Things 3 to organize life with widgets that help manage tasks and schedules.
Break the day into 4-hour work chunks for maximum productivity and focus.
Getting out of the house and dressing for work helps maintain focus and productivity.
Reading books like 'Effortless,' 'Essentialism,' and 'The 4-Hour Work Week' helps shape life setup strategies.
Health is essential to enjoying the life you build; strong body, high energy, and courage are key components.
Using the WHOOP band to track sleep, activity, and health builds accountability and boosts performance.
Compete with others in tracking health and fitness goals to stay motivated.
Going to the gym five times a week in the morning sets up the day for success.
Tracking workouts and progressively increasing weights ensures continuous improvement.
Testosterone levels are crucial for male energy, motivation, and competitiveness; track and improve them.
Sleep is vital for overall health, muscle building, and emotional stability.
A well-planned life setup leads to freedom, fulfillment, and sustained success.
Transcripts
[Music]
H what's the matter with your hair
yeah
H what's the matter with your
mind boys life is all in the what up
there's a reason why I'm in this truck
right now making a video that's because
I enjoy it way more than sitting down at
the computer in my house and making a
video and and life should be that way
you should build your life so that you
enjoy it cuz Life as a man the
fundamentals are that it's about
Improvement about growth about getting
better in all areas of your life and
that comes from you actually sitting
down and planning your life on on
finding out what you actually want and
then designing it because what we plan
for is what happens where we put our
attention is what grows and everything
else gets lost and the problem for most
people is they spend their whole life
that way they spend their whole life
never focused on what they want just in
the day-to-day activities like they're
working in their life rather than
working on their life the same thing
happens in business you work in your
business and it doesn't grow as a
manager as the CEO you have to be
working on your business and planning
for the future that's the key of your
job and that's what this video is about
this video is to give you a plan to help
you take a more active approach in
actually building a life that you enjoy
to live and I've lived in the UK I've
lived in Thailand and now live in Dubai
I've tried loads of different methods
and these are the things that work for
me first one I want to start with is
productivity and how I set up my life
life to focus on enjoyment and focus on
growth and productivity and how I
actually schedule things into a a very
busy life so that I still enjoy myself
so I get the things done that I want to
do to make my life better but at the
same time I also enjoy the journey as
I'm on it because that's all that we get
you have to enjoy the ride otherwise
you'll look back on your life and think
[ __ ] where did all the time go why was I
always working to get somewhere and not
join where I am now so first thing I'm
going to do is show you my productivity
life system possibly the greatest system
ever invented for managing a man's life
if you're like me and not very good at
organization so I'll bring up on screen
how I manage my life through my phone
and you'll be able to see how I do it I
use an app called things three things 3
is like your notes app but on steroids
and things three allows me to use
widgets widgets are those little things
you can put your iPhone home screen so I
use these widgets on my home screen to
build out my life basically and at the
top of my home screen I have my calendar
and this ensures that I'm not forgetting
anything important related to work and
other things going on in my life I then
have underneath two different notes apps
widgets from things three the first
widget is things that need to be done
today to move my life forwards and the
next one is upcoming things and if you
press this plus Buton button down here
then you get straight into What's called
the inbox so any notes you want to take
through the day you can basically go in
there put your notes your ideas in and
then you can schedule them into whatever
area of your life those notes are meant
to go into so youve got loads of
different areas in mine I've got set up
working on my business my personal goals
things for YouTube uh video ideas and
you just got one place that you can
click the plus put a note in go in later
organize it schedule it in a calendar
and that what helps me move the needle
this is the First Fundamental before we
go into the more complex and more
exciting life setup stuff you have to
have the basics under control if you
can't manage your time to get things
done you'll never get anywhere but with
a planner like this managing your life
becomes way easier and you feel like
you're making progress and when we feel
like that as men we actually become way
happier if we feel like we're making
progress in areas of our life we feel
happy if we're not making progress then
we start to feel depressed
and that's the key to a life setup is to
consistently make progress and improve
your life and improve it for the long
run rather than the short run and do
things that can be done consistently
over time now the reason why we do all
of this is because most people want a
life of Freedom nearly everyone I talk
to every guy I talk to guys inside of
our Network the new Elite and myself
personally want to have freedom in our
lives now the the freedom actually comes
from the discipline to plan the ability
to plan your days the ability to stick
to a schedule that's where freedom is
born freedom is not being able to do
whatever you want I can guarantee right
now you don't actually want to be able
to do what you want all the time with no
limits because there's too much to
choose from you want to know what you
enjoy focus on certain things and
improve on them and follow a schedule
when you follow a schedule your life
takes on meaning if you live life the
right way anything can be enjoyable and
if you think about the monks and the
sort of Samurai and ninja philosophies
is that you can sweep the floor a
thousand times a day and enjoy it and
the reason you enjoy it is because you
have Mastery you take Mastery and care
and attention over the task that you're
doing and it's very hard to do that very
hard to enjoy that when you work too
much so what I choose to do instead the
way I've set my life up now and I I
recommend you do the same if you you
work for yourself is 4 Hour Work chunks
through the day 4 hours that are
dedicated to my most important tasks to
the most important things in my life
that I need to push the needle forwards
on and whilst I'm locked in on that 4
hours I do the work to the best of my
ability I take pride in the work I take
pride in the process of building
something good you have to try and set
up a life that you can do forever a life
that you genuinely enjoy cuz if you are
working and I've done it man over and
over again I've done it if you're
working 15 hour days 14 hour days even
10hour days you will get burnt out in
the end there's not enough nicotine and
caffeine in the world to keep you on
your grind for 10hour days consistently
and what I found is when work is not
when work's done in these Sprints which
occasionally you need but when work's
done in these Sprints it normally comes
with a period of burner that you have to
go and do something else or you have to
cool off and it interrupts the flow it
interrupts the flow of how your life
goes and it stops you from making
quality work over a longer period of
time which leads me on to another
productivity tip if you are building
your own life setup and building your
life and you work for yourself get up
get dressed get out of the house to do
your 4 hours morning work in the morning
if I stay in the house if I stay in my
underwear and try and do my work and I'm
just not focused but if I make make sure
I get dressed I put my suit of armor on
I make myself look presentable to the
world that's kind of a win for me in my
head and I get a little bit of
Confidence from that then I have my list
to sit down and instantly start doing
that was prepared the night before sit
and do that in a coffee shop where I
can't get distracted there's other
people working in there there's no one
else to talk to that I know and I just
sit down and I do my work so if you're
doing if you're working for yourself as
I imagine a lot of you are entrepreneurs
that watch these kind of videos make
sure that you're getting out of the
house that's kind of the lesson 101 in
productivity that has taken me a long
time to do um but get yourself out of
the house and dressed and get ready to
to battle the world if you want to go
more into the productivity side of life
setup I highly recommend a few books
effortless and essentialism by GRE MCO
and they the two books another great
book that I highly recommend it's a
4-Hour Work week which is I can't do a
4H hour work week it's not quite
possible for me at this point but I love
the concept and that's where I've kind
of settled on a 4H hour work day as much
as I can stick to it the 4H hour work
week for this concept of Life set up is
really Where it All Began for me uh many
years ago three or four years ago I
first read that book when I was just a
normal life normal 9 to5 and it really
inspired the idea in me that I could
build a life that was incredibly
enjoyable that I made more money in and
work less as something I liked than just
sitting in a in a 9 to-5 office and and
feeling like my life was sort of
slipping away from me so that's another
fantastic book to read and the final
book I'll give you just put this down on
a list is by Ryan holiday it's called
Stillness is the key and it's about
taking the anxiety of life away cuz
that's what we all feel this anxiety
this rush through every day this anxiety
to get things done and I love being
productive right but at the same time if
you cannot learn to enjoy that
productivity and and the little things
you do you will be rushing all the way
to the end of your life and realize
there was no fulfillment at the end you
never reach this place you wanted to get
to the Fulfillment that you're going to
feel that all the feelings you want to
feel you can feel them all right now and
that book Stillness is AA was super
helpful to me in um figuring that out in
my life all right the next section of
Life setup is health because there is
really no point in having any life set
up if you can't enjoy it enjoying it
it's about being a strong and courageous
man and feeling good and having high
energy levels and I'm going to run you
through the systems I've built in my
life to stay on track of health so you
can put them into your life as well now
the first thing I got to mention is one
of these bad boys it's called a whooop
band I didn't know about them till about
two months ago things awesome I built a
community inside of the new Elite my
network where we can all compete with
each other basically on the scores that
we get on this band and this band tracks
your sleep tracks your amount of
activity in a day tracks your workouts
tracks your overall health and it gives
you a sort of gamified way to track and
have accountability especially if you're
in a group like the new Elite to compete
with your brothers about your health so
a lot of people they don't go to the gym
they don't become the best looking
version of themselves they don't get in
the best physique they could get because
they don't really feel the reward
fitness and health is something that
rewards you over the long term you do it
every day and don't see results and then
in 3 months time you look back and
you're like [ __ ] I've totally change my
physique whoop is a great way for the
people that can't handle that and need
some instant gratification whoop helps
you win every day it helps tell you that
you've been a good boy well done you've
done a workout and you've got some sleep
and you've got a lot of energy now and
even for me someone that's worked out
for years I enjoy it I like the pack on
the pat on the back I like also
competing with the guys in the new Elite
and being the guy with the most strain
or done the most work or get the most
sleep Bill my my business partner is
actually the king of sleep in our new
Elite group he's getting a crazy amount
of sleep but it's a really cool way for
setting up your life for setting up
things in your life that make the good
stuff easier and the good stuff is
health and fitness now the next thing
you want to do once you've got yourself
a woop band if you need a program to
follow and I recommend you go to the gym
five times a week and I think you should
go in the morning I think it's an
incredible way to set up your day and
when you're a busy guy and you're doing
work and business if you leave it till
later you you're either tired or it can
get pushed out the way when you wake up
early you hit the gym you feel like
you've got a win under your belt you
build that confidence up and then
everything else that hard phone call you
got to make those sales calls you got to
jump on that new decision you got to
make in a business that video you've got
to film that all feels easier after
you've got your first win of the day and
that's what the gym is all about
stacking those wins and over the long
run if you just build that into your
life 5 days a week with two days off
over over time you will have a world
class Physique in terms of setting up
your workouts and the way you track
these things so that you actually find
improvements because there's absolutely
no point in going to the gym every day
lifting exactly the same weight never
seeing any improvements because you're
just wasting time so if you're going to
go to the gym you want to make sure
you're going in there you're getting the
job done and you're getting results and
there's two aspects to this number one
you need a program I've got free
training programs you link them under
this do it five days a week simple done
otherwise you can look into coach and
other training workouts and all that
sort of stuff but training is very very
simple as long as you focus on building
strength across the key lifts you're
going to increase your size and the next
thing you need to do as with anything in
life or we're off-road in a bit now as
with anything in life you need to track
you need to track what you're doing with
your workouts what you
track is what you improve and so you
track every time you go to the gym you
track the weight that you lifted on a
certain exercise and the next time you
go in the gym you increase that weight
this is really given like you should be
doing this [ __ ] it's [ __ ] simple um
but you're surprising how how few people
actually do it even myself sometimes I
forget to trap my weights those weights
need to consistently go up the next
thing you want to do in order to enjoy
your life in order to have a good life
set up in order to feel powerful you
need to know what your testosterone
levels are if you have low testosterone
it will be very difficult for you to
live a competitive and Powerful life
because you're running on empty
testosterone is the fuel that makes hard
work feel good it is the fuel that makes
us want to conquer it's the fuel that
makes us want to change our lives what I
recommend you do is get a very simple
blood panel done learn how to read your
results find out what your testosterone
levels are if you're anything under a
th000 nogan per deil of testosterone you
should be looking for ways to increase
that testosterone there's a whole host
of different ways one of them is
normally low vitamin D 5,000 iuse of
vitamin D per day will increase your
testosterone levels I've done a whole
super stack on this stuff that I give to
the guys in the new Elite as soon as
they come in to the network to boost
their testosterone because it is the
it's the male life enjoyment hormone and
if you don't have it you're [ __ ]
missing out a super boost for
testosterone is four eggs right before
bed about an hour before bed uh you want
to have four eggs every night it's going
to give you the cholesterol you need to
build testosterone in the night the next
part of your health is sleep sleep is so
incredibly important if you do not sleep
enough over a long enough time frame you
will become depressed your body will
work at far less than its capacity your
brain will slow down you'll be the
equivalent of a drunk person every day
with emotional instability sleep there
is a reason why our bodies have to sleep
and it's been made over over Years Years
and [ __ ] decades millions and years
of human evolution that we have to sleep
so don't think that you can do four or
five hours of sleep at night and hustle
culture your [ __ ] way through human
biology cuz I've tried it and you can't
you end up a complete wreck what happens
when you don't sleep is your willpower
your ability to make good decisions goes
down your whole life goes to [ __ ] the
more you sleep eight hours I highly
recommend seven still not quite enough
for me eight solid hours of sleep on
your root band eight actual hours of
sleep there's a lot of time where you
may maybe eight hours in bed you only
got 6 and a half hours of sleep because
we have small wake up periods in the
night that we don't remember but the
woop band remembers so the woop band
he's your Messiah he's your guider to
Better Health and better power in your
life when you sleep more your muscles
build better your testosterone is made
in the middle of the night if you don't
go to sleep till 4:00 a.m. you're
missing your key window to make
testosterone in your body your
testosterone comes down your life goes
to [ __ ] all of that comes from sleep
once you got those things ticked off
you're training regularly you're waking
up early you're getting eight hours of
sleep you're eating a diet conducive to
testosterone now you've got power in
your life to go out there and build the
ultimate life setup all right boys the
camera ran out of charge again and uh
but now we're back and yeah thanks for
watching basically I've just been set my
life up in Dubai I've got sick doing a
lot of backend business stuff I'm a way
better version of myself now and you'll
see that hopefully my content coming up
but Lads oh it's been a pleasure and
I'll see you on the next one whoow
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