Hey, Dan here, and I want to share with you some
organizational and effectiveness advice, specific for ENFPs and
INFPs.
Something I've been doing for many years, and it has been
treating me really well. The question I'm asked a lot is,
what is the perfect routine for an INFP or an ENFP? And that's
a tough question. Because as I mentioned, in other videos, I
don't think there is a perfect routine. But something I do that
served me really well is I think of my life as basically being in
seasons. And sometimes I do this on a yearly basis. And sometimes
I do it by month or by quarter. But basically, I think about
what I want to do, and what's important to me right now. And
then I create my plan around that, and how I set up my days
and how I do everything, right. So for instance, when COVID
started, I took a look at what I was doing. And actually the
start of COVID. The plan was to be on a world trip myself and
Gabby, we left the Czech Republic in early January of
2020. And we were going to be traveling around the world, we
are going to be in Argentina, and Japan and all these places
for a couple years. And then COVID happened a few months
later. So I could have stayed in the mindset of wanting
adventures and new places and all that. And guess what, I
would have been really disappointed, because not the
year to be bouncing around the globe, right? Instead, I
thought, okay, given the circumstances, how do I want to
be spending my time and I thought, you know what, this is
a great opportunity to build to make things I love that. And for
me, the building was around my business, my team, just in
general, right. But around my company side of things, it's
hiring great people, it's building certain programs, and
all these things I wanted to do, right. So I took this time, and
I focused on that. And that means when I was planning out my
goals, it led to things that would allow me to be more
focused and productive. This year, I haven't been drinking
alcohol, because obvious reasons, not always the best for
productivity. Although, when I am writing, I do find it
dramatically does increase my productivity. But that's a story
for another video. So I looked at what I wanted to accomplish,
and then thought, okay, let's build my plan around that. So I
look at the environment, what's possible, then I look at what I
want to accomplish. And then I work backwards and design some
rules for myself or routine that will serve me based on that. And
so rather than fighting against the grain kind of swimming
upstream, or rather than just trying to follow the same
productivity schedule all the time, I customize it based on
the goals for that month or that quarter, or in this case, those
couple of years. In January, this year I readjusted what I
was doing. Last year, I went through probably four or five
different iterations of my schedule. I spent the summer in
Hamburg, Germany, and everything was open, basically. And it's
sunny, and you bike everywhere there. And I love to bike
places. So I had a very different schedule, I biked into
an office, we work space every day. And I was like a typical
German office worker. And that was my schedule during the
summer. Bike in, work at we work all day, maybe meet a friend for
beer go home, that worked really well. Well, now we're in
Portugal, we're on a big property, and everything is
closed, everything is closed. So obviously going out to a co
working space or working from cafes makes no sense. working
from home makes a lot of sense and hunkering down giving up
alcohol and just really trying to be healthy and productive.
Makes a lot of sense. Because there's very little temptation
when everything is closed, and you're stuck at home anyhow,
right? So I found adjusting these works a lot better. It's
just logical and more effective. But it also is a lot more
motivating. Because let's face it as NFP types, we were the kid
in school who was like why, why why why right? We need a reason
why we do certain things. So following some productivity
advice that says you should do this or that when we don't
really understand why we should do it. And we don't really have
a purpose link to it. Not very good advice not going to happen.
So this approach allows me to attach a Why Why am I not
drinking now while I'm running The Free Freelancer a brand new
program for the first time in four years and I want it to be
the greatest thing ever. So I am drinking there's a risk that I'm
not at my best. So given it up, right. That was my why in
January for really focusing down and it was very clear and it
allowed me To not only design the right rules and basically
schedule a ritual for myself, but also to have the motivation
to do it. And on that note of motivation, something that's new
and exciting tends to get done a lot more. So by changing up the
focus, and then the routine or rules every month or every three
months based on what you want to accomplish, you'll have a lot
more excitement with it as well. And when you're excited about
something and something's new, when do we do we actually do it
for one to three months, which is normally a problem if you
believe you're supposed to have the same schedule your entire
life. But if you think hey, that's stupid, and I want to do
Dan's way, then changing up your schedule every month or
three months or six months. But I suggest 1 to 3 is probably a
safer bet actually allows you to get a lot more done and be a lot
more productive and happier and live your life according to your
type, which is a lot smarter way to do things. Now I should
mention if you find this kind of advice helpful, you might want
to check out my ENFP Unleashed program. There's a special two
part training there specifically on productivity and getting
things done as an ENFP as well as 12 other trainings and the
most awesome community of people on the internet I kid you not
greatest people. It is an absolute pleasure each and every
group coaching call we do which is about every week and in the
comments below. I want to know one thing, what is your per...
Okay, two things What is your personality type? And what is
the worst piece of productivity advice you've ever received? Not
that sounded bad, but that when you tried to do it, it was just
awful and did not work for more than a couple minutes or a
couple weeks at absolute best. Let me know that in the comment.
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