Change Your Life In 6 Months (My Deep Work Routine)

Dan Koe
26 Mar 202318:10

Summary

TLDR这段视频脚本强调了将理想生活和未来目标带入当下的重要性。演讲者提倡通过每天逐步增加时间来实践理想生活中的行为,如写作,从而逐渐建立起长期的习惯。视频中还讨论了如何通过深入工作(deep work)来提高生产力,并通过构建日常例程来实现目标。演讲者鼓励观众投资时间和精力在他们的目标上,通过持续的努力和专注来培养激情和动力。此外,还强调了概念生存的概念,即我们的身份和世界观如何影响我们的行为和决策。最后,提出了一个优先级阶梯方法,帮助观众通过每天至少一个小时的专注工作,在六个月内显著改变生活。

Takeaways

  • 🕒 **时间投资**:将时间投资于构建自己的梦想,即使是一小时,也比为他人的梦想工作八小时更有价值。
  • 🌟 **理想生活实践**:通过在小规模上执行你理想生活中的行为,将你的未来理想带入现实。
  • 📈 **逐步提升**:从小规模开始,逐步增加投入时间,直到能够维持你理想的生活方式。
  • 🚀 **行动启动**:不要等待,立即开始小规模行动,因为如果你现在不行动,未来也不会有行动。
  • 🎯 **目标导向**:通过专注于目标,投资心理能量,从而建立动力和激情。
  • 🧠 **概念生存**:我们的生存本能已经超越了物理层面,包括了形成我们自我感知的思想、概念和信仰。
  • 📚 **知识充实**:下午时间用于阅读、学习和社交,以此来充实你的大脑。
  • ✍️ **思维排空**:睡前通过日记、规划和冥想来清空你的大脑。
  • 🛠️ **深度工作**:早晨用于创造、产出和专注,这是实现目标的关键。
  • 📉 **优先级梯度**:通过优先级梯度管理你的任务,从最重要的项目开始,逐步过渡到维护任务。
  • 🔄 **持续迭代**:通过不断的实验和迭代,找到适合自己的工作方式,并将其融入日常生活。

Q & A

  • 为什么要将理想中的生活方式通过小规模的行动现在就开始实践?

    -通过在小规模上实践理想生活方式的行动,可以逐步建立起实现这些理想所需的习惯和技能,从而在未来能够更顺利地维持这种生活方式。

  • 作者提到了哪些方法可以帮助我们逐步实现每天写作两小时的目标?

    -作者建议从每天写作5分钟开始,逐步增加到15分钟、30分钟、1小时,随着时间推移,慢慢增加到每天两小时,以此来实现长期目标。

  • 为什么说如果我们现在不开始做某些事情,将来也会很难开始?

    -如果我们现在不开始做某些事情,意味着我们没有在这些领域积累经验和技能,将来当我们决定开始时,会因为缺乏准备而感到更加困难。

  • 作者提到了哪些活动可以帮助我们更好地实现目标?

    -作者提到了写作、社交媒体、自由职业等活动,通过不断尝试和执行基本任务,可以发现自己真正想要的东西,并逐步向理想未来迈进。

  • 为什么说通过投资精神能量到一个目标上,可以培养出激情?

    -当我们投入到实现目标所需的行动中时,我们会在这个过程中发现新的事物,这些发现会激发我们的激情,因为我们通过直接经验获得了没有其他方式能够获得的认识和感受。

  • 作者如何定义'概念生存'?

    -概念生存是人类现象,其中我们的生存本能已经超越了物理领域,包括了形成我们自我感觉的思想、概念和信仰。我们通过与目标一致的行动和对目标的精神投资来构建自我概念,从而努力维持我们对自我概念的生存。

  • 为什么说如果我们不朝着自己的理想未来工作,就是在为别人的未来工作?

    -因为我们作为目标导向的生物,如果我们不为自己设定目标并投资于那个身份,我们就会投资于被赋予给我们的身份,如大学生、公司职员或65岁退休的人,我们的行为将会遵循那个身份所需的生存方式。

  • 作者建议如何安排一天中的不同时间段来提高效率和创造力?

    -作者建议早上用于创造、产出和专注;下午用于阅读、学习和社交;睡前用于日记、计划和冥想,以此来填满、清空和使用大脑。

  • 为什么说深度工作(Deep Work)对于现代人来说不再是一个选项,而是一个必要?

    -在充满通知、选择和压力的世界中,深度工作是必要的,因为它可以帮助我们屏蔽干扰,专注于对未来或业务的建设,从而在最短的时间内完成最有效的工作。

  • 什么是优先级梯度(Priority Ladder),它如何帮助我们改变生活?

    -优先级梯度是一个工作优先级排序系统,从最重要的创造性工作到日常维护任务,分为四个优先级。通过每天至少一个小时的专注工作,可以逐步实现生活中的改变。

  • 作者如何建议我们处理日常的维护任务,比如回复邮件和信息?

    -作者建议将这些维护任务放在一天中的第四优先级时间段处理,这样可以避免在早晨的专注时间段被打扰,保持专注和效率。

Outlines

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🕒 投资时间于未来理想生活

第一段主要讲述了如何将你的理想未来生活带入现实,即通过逐步增加时间来实践你未来理想生活中的行为。作者提倡从小规模开始,比如每天写作5分钟,逐渐增加到2小时,因为等待和推迟你未来将要做的工作是没有意义的。此外,作者分享了自己如何通过写作找到自己的热情,并且强调了通过持续的小步骤来建立动力和激情的重要性。

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🧠 概念生存与身份构建

第二段讨论了概念生存的概念,即我们的生存本能已经超越了物理领域,包括了精神层面。作者强调,通过与目标一致的行动和对目标的精神投资,我们可以逐渐构建自己的未来身份。此外,作者提出,如果我们不为自己的理想未来工作,那么我们就是在为别人的理想工作,因为我们作为目标导向的生物,如果不为自己的目标投入能量,就会投入到被赋予的身份中。

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📈 深度工作与优先级梯度

第三段介绍了深度工作的概念,即在最少的时间内完成最有效的工作,并通过优先级梯度来实现。作者提出了一个四层的优先级系统,从最重要的创造性项目到日常维护任务,每一层都对应不同的工作重点和潜在的分心程度。作者通过自己的经历,说明了如何通过每天至少一个小时的专注工作来逐步构建自己的生活和事业。

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🔄 维持动力与结构化日常

第四段继续讨论了如何维持动力和结构化日常生活。作者建议将一天分为不同的时间块,每个时间块专注于不同的任务,从最重要的创造性工作到日常维护任务。作者还强调了避免早晨过早接触手机和通知的重要性,因为这会分散注意力并影响工作效率。最后,作者鼓励观众实施这些策略,并分享自己的经验和成果。

Mindmap

Keywords

💡理想生活

理想生活指的是个人梦想中的生活方式或未来状态。在视频中,它与将未来的理想带入现在的行动紧密相关,即通过在小规模上执行你将来理想生活中会做的事情来逐步实现这一理想。例如,如果将来想要每天写作两小时,那么现在就开始每天写作,哪怕只是5分钟,然后逐渐增加时间,直至达到目标。

💡深度工作

深度工作是指在无干扰的状态下集中注意力进行专业活动的能力,这种能力可以让我们在较短的时间内高效完成任务。视频中提到,深度工作是实现个人梦想的关键,通过每天至少一个小时的专注工作,可以显著改变生活,并且是现代生活中不可或缺的技能。

💡概念生存

概念生存是人类现象,指的是我们的生存本能已经超越了物理领域,扩展到了精神层面。在视频中,这个概念用来说明人们如何通过工作来维持、构建自己的想法、概念和信念,形成自我意识。当我们为一个目标投入精神能量时,我们实际上是在投资于理想的生活,这种投资会逐渐构建起我们的身份。

💡激情

激情在视频中被描述为通过投入精神能量到一个目标并执行所需行动而逐渐培养出来的。它不是一开始就有的,而是在追求目标的过程中,通过直接体验和发现新事物而逐步形成的。例如,通过每天写作的实践,可以逐渐培养出对写作的热情。

💡优先级阶梯

优先级阶梯是视频中提到的一种时间管理和任务排序的方法。它将任务按照重要性和需要的专注度分为不同的优先级,从最重要的创造性工作(优先级一)到日常维护任务(优先级四)。这种方法帮助个人集中精力在最重要的任务上,逐步推进其他任务,从而有效地构建理想未来。

💡身份投资

身份投资涉及到将时间和精力投入到构建个人未来身份的过程中。视频中提到,通过每天的工作和行动,我们实际上是在投资于我们想要成为的人。这种投资不仅包括工作,还包括个人成长和发展,如学习新技能或养成新习惯。

💡心理能量

心理能量是指个人用于思考、决策和创造性工作的内在精神力量。在视频中,强调了将心理能量投入到实现个人目标上的重要性。通过每天专注的工作,我们可以将这种能量转化为实现理想生活的行动。

💡现代生活

现代生活通常指的是工业化和信息化社会中快节奏、高效率、充满技术驱动的生活方式。视频提到现代生活的挑战,如分心和重复性工作,这些可能会阻碍个人实现理想生活。为了克服这些挑战,需要有意识地安排时间和活动,以保持创造力和动力。

💡自我实现

自我实现是指个人实现其潜能和理想的状态。在视频中,自我实现与追求个人目标和理想生活紧密相关。通过每天的深度工作和持续的努力,个人可以逐步实现其潜能,创造出有意义的生活和工作。

💡日常例行公事

日常例行公事是指个人每天遵循的固定活动模式。视频提倡通过有意识地安排日常活动,如早晨的创造性工作、下午的学习和社会化活动,以及睡前的反思和规划,来支持个人目标的实现。建立有效的日常例行公事有助于提高生产力和生活质量。

💡专注力

专注力是指个人集中注意力于单一任务或活动的能力。视频中提到,专注力是实现深度工作的关键,通过减少干扰和提高效率,可以帮助个人更快地实现其目标和梦想。专注力的培养需要时间和实践,但它对于构建理想生活至关重要。

Highlights

如果你能花8小时帮助别人实现梦想,那么你也能花1小时来构建自己的梦想。

一个强大的理念是将你的未来理想带入现在,即在更小的规模上执行你理想生活中会采取的行动。

通过逐步增加每天投入的时间,直到你能够维持每天两小时的写作生活方式。

如果你现在没有时间每天写15分钟,那么你将来也不会有时间,如果写作将成为你的工作。

通过执行基本任务来尝试事物,以便了解你真正想要的是什么。

写作不仅是我未来的基础,也是我清理思绪和发挥创造力的方式。

将你的行动从理想未来带入现在,并开始执行它们,你开始通过专注于目标来投资心理能量。

你不仅仅是找到一个你非常热衷的行动,而是通过投资心理能量到一个目标,你做到达目标所需的行动,然后沿途培养激情。

当你不朝着这个目标工作时,你会感到仿佛你在浪费那个货币,你在浪费那项投资。

概念生存是人类现象,我们的生存本能已经超越了物质领域,包括在心理中。

如果你不朝着自己的理想未来工作,那么你就是在为别人的未来工作。

你需要每天专门的时间用于创造力、生产力和实验。

即使你每天只能抽出最少量的时间,你也在为自己的未来生活而努力创造。

现代生活已经变得正常,你被困在了矩阵中,这是一个比喻,意味着你只是日常例程的奴隶。

你需要三个活动来全力追求你的目标:充实你的头脑、清空你的头脑、使用你的头脑。

深度工作是关于在尽可能少的时间内完成最有效的工作,而不是看谁能工作最长。

通过优先级阶梯,你可以在六个月内通过每天一小时的专注工作大幅改变你的生活。

优先级一应该是你用来构建未来愿景的主要项目,这是你每天早晨首先要做的事情。

一旦你开始看到成果,并将这些成果系统化,你就应该开始新的项目,以保持动力和多巴胺的流动。

优先级四是维护任务,比如查看和回复消息、电子邮件,以及参与社区互动。

将这些任务安排在一天中的最后,以避免过早分散注意力。

Transcripts

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If you can spend 8 hours

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building someone else's

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dreams, you can spend one hour building your own.

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One of the most powerful ideas

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I've been thinking about recently

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is bringing your ideal, your future into the now.

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And what I mean by

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that is performing the same actions that you would

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in your ideal lifestyle, but on a much smaller scale.

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So let's say I want to write for 2 hours every morning

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for the rest of my life.

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Then what I'm going to do, I already do that right now.

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But what I did in the past

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is I am going to start writing for 5 minutes a day,

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15 minutes a day, 30 minutes a day, one hour

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a day, and slowly increasing over the years

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until I can

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sustain the two hour a day writing lifestyle,

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because, frankly,

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it doesn't make sense to wait and put off what you're

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already going to be doing,

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because I'm assuming what you're going to be doing

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is going to be directly attributing to the work

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you are going to do or your life's work.

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And so if you're not already doing those things,

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then you

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it's going to be much more difficult

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when you decide to finally start doing them.

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And already

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you're already going to have to start small

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and taper up.

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So if you don't have the time right now

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to write for 15 minutes every day,

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you're not going to have the time in the future

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if writing is going to be what you're doing for work.

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And so the way that you dissect

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what actions you should be taking

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is what we're going to talk about soon.

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This whole video is dedicated to deep work

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and actually executing on the tasks

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that you're going to be doing.

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But slowly tapering up until you can do them longer.

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And so the reason I want to write for

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the rest of my life is just that, right?

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I realized my ideal future

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and I realized that I'm going

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to have to be writing anyways

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if I want to continue writing into the future.

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I also realized that writing

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was not the first thing, right?

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You have to try things and start to execute

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on fundamental tasks in order to understand

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what it is that you want.

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Right.

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Because at first my desires were selfish.

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They still kind of are,

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but I knew that I had to make money

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somehow in order to sustain

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or build a future lifestyle for myself

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and so with that, I started on social media.

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Before that I did freelancing and other things.

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And through that trial and error and realizing, okay,

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I don't like client work,

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I don't really care for web design anymore.

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I did at the time, but I outgrew it.

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And now I'm getting into this writing thing

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and I'm learning all about it and I love it, right?

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And I would have never stumbled on that

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unless I had already been working

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towards my ideal future.

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So whether it be

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you start writing for 15 minutes every single morning

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or you just start working on the things

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that will bring you

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closer to your ideal future,

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That way

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you can figure out what you don't want

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and allow that to act

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as a self corrective compass

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into figuring out what you actually do want.

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And then once you find

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that that's the best place to be, right,

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then you can just execute, execute, execute

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until you can make it further apart of your day

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because it becomes seamless at that point. Right.

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When I came across writing

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and understood that it is the foundation of all media

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and it is how I get my products and services

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in front of people and build a name for myself.

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I also realized that it helps me clear my mind.

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It helps me harness my creative ability.

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I started stacking wise behind this one action

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so that when I woke up

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it was almost automatic

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that I just got straight into writing.

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So the next thing is

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that when you bring your actions from your ideal future

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or the things that are going to actualize

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your ideal future into the now

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and start executing on them,

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you begin to invest mental energy in a goal

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through focus on that goal.

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So you are investing energy in that ideal lifestyle

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that you were trying to create.

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And the more you do this,

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whether it be 15 minutes a day

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or an hour

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in a day or 4 hours a day, you're investing energy

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or currency in a metaphorical sense here.

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And so the more you do it,

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the more you feel obligated to do it.

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That's how you build momentum

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and that's how you find passion.

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You don't just find an action

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that you're super passionate about.

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Instead, you start investing mental energy into a goal.

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You do the actions

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that are required to get to that goal,

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and then you cultivate passion along the way

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because you discover things

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that you wouldn't have discovered

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without that direct experience.

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And so when you don't work on this goal,

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you will feel as if you are wasting that currency,

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you're wasting that investment.

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And so then again,

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your body and your mind are going to tell you,

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Hey, I need to get back to doing this goal.

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I can't get distracted

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or else I'm not going to feel the progress,

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the momentum, the passion that I felt before.

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And that's how you sustain

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a passionate, fulfilling and momentum full life.

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And so another thing that comes into play

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here is my lore of conceptual survival.

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Conceptual survival is the human phenomenon

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where our survival instincts

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have transcended the physical realm

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and are included in the mental.

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We work to survive

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ideas, concepts and beliefs

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that form our sense of self.

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So if you identify or you create this goal

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that starts to form your perspective

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and how you view the world

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and start acting in alignment

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with it

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and investing mental energy into that goal

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or your future identity, you start to slowly build

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that identity, right?

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And by conceptual survival, we are trying to survive

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our concept of self,

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and so our actions are going to align with that.

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The more that we do these things,

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the more that you are consistent

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with the deeper work

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that we are going to talk about here.

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And so with this,

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when you view

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your daily situations from the lens of your future self

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or from the lens of the goal that you are working

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towards,

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you are going to see life in a completely different

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light, right?

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You're going to be scrolling on social media and a post

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that you normally wouldn't have stopped and looked at

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is going to stop your scroll

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and it is going to help you

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in the actualization of that goal.

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Like a fitness post is going to grab your attention

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more than some mindless, cheap entertainment post.

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And the same goes with conversations

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you're going to listen

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from the lens of your goal

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and be able to filter what they say from that

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so you can spot the things that actually help

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you move towards that goal.

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So the main lesson here

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to end this little section of the video is that

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if you aren't working towards your ideal future,

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you're working towards someone else's,

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because either way we are goal oriented creatures

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and if you do not create your own goal

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and start to invest energy in that identity,

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you're going to invest energy into the identity

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that is assigned to you.

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Like being a college student

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or having a corporate job title

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or being a retired at 65 years old dude

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and your actions are going to follow

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to survive that belief,

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whether you are conscious

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or want to frame it

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as this whole conceptual survival thing or not.

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And so next we're going to talk about the holistic

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daily routine.

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Fill your brain in the afternoons with books, learning

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and socialization.

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Empty your brain

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before bed with journaling, planning and meditation.

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Use your brain in the morning with creation, output

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and focus.

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You need dedicated time

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every single day

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for creativity, productivity and experimentation.

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That is what's going to help you achieve your goals

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because you need the mixture.

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It can't only be productivity without experimentation

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and being able to refine along the way,

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or you're just executing on tasks

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that have been laid in front of you.

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And so the first objection that comes to mind here

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is that you don't have enough time.

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Dan I don't have enough time, and that's fine.

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I'm not asking you

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to spend 4 hours a day

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on this or 6 hours a day or 8 hours a day.

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I'm asking you

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to spend the minimum amount of time you can,

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because if you don't,

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then you aren't creating your future life.

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Like if you aren't dedicating time

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and actually blocking out and focusing for that time

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in order to move levers towards your ideal future,

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then you're not going to create it.

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It's that simple and you don't.

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You shouldn't feel like you need to.

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3 hours at the very start of your journey,

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like a young dude who has no responsibilities.

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If you have a wife and kids,

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then yeah, you're going to have to start

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with 15 to 30 minutes and work up from there

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and it's going to take a bit longer

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because that's the thing.

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A lot of people don't realize this or notice

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this is that your psyche isn't wired

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for modern life, right?

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It's not wired

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for being under fluorescent

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lights, going in, sitting in a cubicle.

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Right. Think of it like a monkey in a cubicle.

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I know you're not a monkey, but a monkey would suffer

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in a cubicle because it's psyche is not wired for that.

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We need to hunt.

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And in this age, what I mean by hunting is

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novel dopamine.

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Sources or meaningful dopamine sources or importance.

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Something new in your life.

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Discoveries, creativity.

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That's what hunting is,

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is being able to find something new.

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Take it, create something with it.

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And that feels so good.

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And so many people don't

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have that benefit in their life.

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So if modern life has become normal to you,

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the repetitive NPC automaton, lifestyle denoting

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automaton is like a little robotic doll thing.

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That's what most people are.

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If this modern life becomes normal to you,

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you are by definition trapped in the matrix,

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which is a metaphorical term

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for you are just enslaved and a slave to routine.

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And many of you are familiar

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with how I structure my days.

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So I will keep this brief.

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You need three activities to pursue your goals.

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Full force, one that fills your mind.

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You need education, ideas, and novel resources.

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You can apply towards your goals.

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This will lead to intrinsic motivation,

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one that empties your mind.

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You don't want to be trapped in a chaotic bubble

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of thoughts and useful ideas.

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That's exactly how you make zero progress.

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Write things down and one that uses your mind.

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You need a vessel

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to focus your efforts with your ideas

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and the clarity to execute build your future.

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So this video is going to be focused on that last point

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using your mind with deep work.

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Now, I've talked about that entire process before

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in my previous video,

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the three step productivity framework.

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It's about the fill empty use framework.

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So check that out

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if you're interested, who you are,

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what you think, feel and do.

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What you love is the sum of what you focus on.

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Cal Newport

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So now we're going to talk about the need for deep

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work.

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Cal Newport is the author of the book Deep Work.

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I have it somewhere out in my living room.

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I've never read it,

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but I have been doing my own version of deep

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work for the past

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ten years.

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Really? I'd say price six years. Actually.

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Productivity is about getting

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the most effective work done

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in the least amount of time possible.

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Productivity is not about seeing

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who can work the longest

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and then where that as a badge of honor

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that they can show their friends, coworkers and peers.

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That's just a status game.

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In a world of notifications, ample options

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and overwhelm deep work is frankly no longer an option.

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It is a necessity.

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You have to block out time to work on your future

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or to work on your business, or just to avoid

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conversation, notification or distractions as a whole.

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Need to sit back.

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You need to channel the creative

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firepower that you've gained through your consumption

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or your education or your skill acquisition.

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And you need to focus that into a vessel, a business

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to act,

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to reap the benefits

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from that business in the form of money, connections

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and just resources in general,

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and then be able to have that as currency

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that you can trade up

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towards a better life for yourself.

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Deep work

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is how you build out your dreams in record time.

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So now we're going to talk about the priority ladder.

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And with this, with the priority ladder,

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you can drastically change your life

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in six months with one hour a day of focused work.

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One hour, that's it.

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Do not think that you need anything more

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than one hour,

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one meaningful project, one day at a time.

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So with the priority ladder, it's pretty.

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It's just that it's a priority ladder

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where there's priority one, two, three and four

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and they are all not only decreasing in challenge

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but also increasing in

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the amount of distraction potential that there is.

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Right.

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So priority one is just absolute

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laser focused on building out your vision

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with through a project.

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And then priority four

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is something like maintenance tasks

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where you are responding to emails,

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responding to messages

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and doing other things like that,

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where you are more open

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to actually potentially being distracted

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because there's nothing after that, right?

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There's no creative work that you have to do.

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So we will start with priority one now, Priority one,

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this is this pretty much built my entire life, right?

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For as long as I can remember,

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even into my younger years, I always had one project

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that I was working on

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pretty close to first thing in the morning.

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Now it's always first thing in the morning.

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Like right now I'm writing my book

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because that is a new project, right?

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It is not something that I have to consistently work on

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right now.

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Like it's

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not something that I have to maintain or update always.

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It's something new.

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And so that's what the first priority should be, right?

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So if you have not built anything

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and you only have one hour a day to spare,

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this is the one hour time block that you use.

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This is where you're focusing your efforts

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on the levers that are going to lead

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to creating your vision for the future.

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And then once that is done so for beginners, it's

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probably going to be something like

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starting a social media

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brand,

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learning how to write with my

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to a writer or digital economics course.

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And then as you break

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through the perception threshold

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that we talked about in a previous video,

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where it's very difficult at the beginning

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but slowly becomes more pleasurable with time,

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where it's going to be difficult

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and your mind is going to perceive it

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as more difficult than it's going to be.

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And that perceived

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this difficulty is going to increase.

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And you until you hit that breakthrough, right.

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And then you're able to systemize things

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and then it just flows a lot smoother

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and then you can fit so much more into that hour,

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Right.

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Your first hour of focused work

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isn't going to be that focused.

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You have to stick it out

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and refine your system with time.

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And then once you start seeing results

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from that first hour of work,

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then you move that into the second priority time blocks

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so you can start working on something new, right?

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So then when we move into priority two, that's

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where your lever moving tasks go.

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So in this case, for me, it's like

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replying on social media or creating content,

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mostly creating content

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because that's like how I feed my system, right?

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And it's creative work.

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It's something that I do not want to outsource.

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And then what

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people before, when you move that up

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to the second priority,

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you're going to start something new in priority one,

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because that is what's going to keep

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meaningful dopamine flowing

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and that is what's going to maintain momentum

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along this path

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until you systemize that

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and then you bump it up another priority, right?

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So for the

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the next thing that most people

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should do after starting a social media brand

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and once they start seeing results with that

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and it becomes a lot more efficient

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for them to keep up with that,

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then you're going to start

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building a service or a product

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so that you can monetize.

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And then once that's done, you move that up

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and start reaching out to people,

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but then you can start building out

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a funnel or something else.

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And then all of these things slowly

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like build on each other over time,

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the third time

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block is also for lever moving tasks or creative tasks

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or meaningful tasks, right?

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So the things that you don't want to outsource,

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I will never outsource my writing.

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At least I hope I won't. Maybe I will.

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But in terms of

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like just writing in my day,

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I'm not going to outsource it as a whole.

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The third time block is just to continue

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keeping the momentum going on.

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Whatever you're building.

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And all of this can also apply to like a corporate job

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or just any work that you have.

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You have to structure your days with this method.

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And so the fourth time block or the priority

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for is for maintenance tasks.

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And for me,

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that's like checking messages, responding to messages,

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checking emails, responding to emails,

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checking the modern mastery community

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and interacting there.

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This is where I expose myself to people, right?

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It sounds kind of weird to say it that way, but

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if you expose yourself to messages or your phone

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or notifications

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that way too early in the morning,

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that one rogue thought that you get from it

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that you think isn't of importance

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when you first see it, like, Oh,

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I can touch my phone in the morning and work just fine.

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No, you can't. It's going to pop up.

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And then that alone is going to split your focus

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and then that opens up room for entropy,

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where your mind starts

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going to all these different thoughts

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without you knowing it. That's the thing.

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You probably think it's normal right now

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for you to do that, and you think that you're doing

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the best, most efficient work you are, but you're not.

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So you push back all of the conversational

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and maintenance tasks to the fourth priority.

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And now with all of these,

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I like to structure these anywhere

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from 45 to 90 minutes long time blocks for priority

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one, two, three and four each.

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And then in between,

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I'll take a break or make breakfast

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or make lunch or go on a 30 to 40 minute walk

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and listen to something in my ears,

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usually closer to the last ones.

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But in a nutshell, that's really it.

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There's no reason for me to go over

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exactly like all every little hack that I do, because

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the entire joy

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of all of this comes through experimentation

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and creating a way that you like doing

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and just testing different techniques.

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So that's a technique

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that I'm giving you that you can test

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and then you can pull some of the good things from it,

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put it into your own day

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and slowly

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refine that over time until you live a completely

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self-made lifestyle, if you will.

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So if you enjoyed this process, first

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I encourage you to implement it.

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Second,

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I encourage you to like and subscribe and comment

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comment.

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If anything stuck out to you

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or what you're going to implement.

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Because I'm curious to hear

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which parts stuck out the most there.

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And then third,

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check out the products to our writer

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digital economics Modern Mastery community

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that you can join for

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five bucks

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links in the description along with some other free

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my power planner, which also helps with productivity.

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And then some other cool resources down there.

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So check those out.

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And with that, have a great rest of your day piece.

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