11 Things Productive People Do Daily That You (Probably) Don't!
[0:00:00] The first secret of super productive people,
they play life like a video game. Now, I’m a kid of the 80’s. I absolutely
loved Super Mario Bros. You remember this game? It took me six months to beat this game,
and I know some of you guys probably did it within one day. Okay. It took me a bit longer.
Point is, I kept working on that game, and I spent a lot of time and a lot of effort
to master it. And you tell the average guy, okay, you’re
going to work on a project for half a year, it sounds pretty big pretty daunting. Yet,
why did millions of kids around the word take projects like this on? Because they gamified
it. If you think about there were actually seventy
two levels in Super Mario Bros. Yeah, so you take and you break a very long project into
multiple parts. Then, you assign multiple goals because remember going up that bridge
jumping on that flagstaff and getting that flag? That was cool and there was the hidden
– hidden golds in there. All of these things made the game interesting.
And, a time limit. You know how you couldn’t just play around and hang out all the time
because there was that timer right up in there. These three things; breaking a large project
into multiple smaller parts, having goals, and having a time limit, this right here is
one of the key cornerstones to productivity and getting things done.
The next productivity tip, steal a proven plan. Okay. I’m going to use the videogame
example again. You remember when Nintendo Power came out? This was a game changer because
all of the sudden you got a proven plan on how to win at Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. I
was bad at that game. But, all of a sudden I had some insider knowledge. The proven plan
was there and all you had to do is follow it.
Guys, when you look at life, there are many proven plans out there of how to live a successful
life. There are many people that show you by example of what not to do if you want to
actually have a marriage, you want to have a relationship that’s going to last.
So, all you have to do out there is look, look at your history, another great place
where you can steal plans. There are many people that laid out in philosophy or, again,
you can just simply look at the past look at mistakes that human beings have made and
say, “You know what? I’m going to learn from that.”
The next productivity tip, get that new chip implanted right into your brain, so you can
download the information you want from books within minutes.
Just kidding. Don’t do that. As far as I know that chip doesn’t even exist yet. That
being said, wouldn’t it be cool if you can get the information you need from the books
you want to read within minutes? Seriously, in today’s day and age, it’s
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So, what’s in my library? What am I reading and listening to right now?
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I read this book years ago and it’s great to be able to go through find this book here
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Another book I just finished, Super Human by Dave Asprey. Now, Dave Asprey’s book
Super Human is all about eating in a way, so that you can age backwards. I’m on my
early 40’s, I want to live a healthy long life. But, maybe you’re a bit younger maybe
you’ve dealt with obesity, maybe you’ve dealt with just health issues. They’ve actually
breakout who this book is for, what it’s about, so you can go through and you quickly
take the best information from it. Next up, we’ve got Stephen Covey’s, The
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that’s Blinkist.com/RMRS. The next secret of productive people, they’ve
given up on willpower, they’ve given up on freedom. And, I’m not saying that they’ve
gone full commi on us here, but I am saying that they understand the power of systems.
Yes, systems will set you free. And, think about with clothing. If you walk
into a closet and everything is all over the place, you can’t find anything, you – you’re
late for work, you’re going to put clothing on you’re going to get out the door.
But, if you’re to walk into that same closet and you’ve got a system set up and it’s
so easy because all your suits are laid out, the shoes are all shined. Everything is ready
to go, the ties are right there, you’re going to dress well because it’s just easier.
If you think that willpower is going to get you through, you’re mistaken. Everyone thinks,
“Oh, Antonio, he was a marine. That’s why he has the willpower to go through and
make things happen.” That’s not the case. I set up systems in my life, so that I would
default to them. Whenever I’m weak, I just default to the
system which happens a lot, and will happen to you when you have systems set up whether
it’d be dressing sharp, whether it’d just be actually the way you’ve got your day
laid out because you’ve it planned out, you’ve got that system in place that you
are going to be more successful, you are going to be more productive.
[0:05:00] Closely tied to that last point, productive
people love peer pressure. A lot of people, “Oh, that’s a bad thing.” No. It’s
a great thing when you want to be productive because guess what? If you’ve got someone
there waiting for you at the gym a workout buddy, are you going to – are you going
to let him down? No. Yes, you may want to, you may not want
to actually get up. And, in fact, if it was just you going to the gym, you would let your
own self down. But, you’re not going to let down Paul because he’s there and you
know that he had to drive twenty five minutes to get just to the gym. You are going to be
there. You’ve got it done, you are more productive because you have the group holding
you accountable. Next up, productive people they have banned
email from their lives. Okay, not entirely, but twenty three hours a day, they’re email
free. What about that other hour? Okay. Break it up into four parts; fifteen minutes here,
fifteen minutes there, only four times a day. That right there is a lot better than working
out of your email because no one has ever gone on to accomplish great things working
out of their email. And, I get it, okay, you work in customer
service with emails and you want to be the best in the world at what you do. Okay. You’re
given a pass, but the rest of us that want to go out there and get a company started,
you want to take that nonprofit and double it have double the impact, you want to get
a book written. If you want to truly be productive, don’t work out of your email. It’s not
great for managing your time for managing your work flow.
The next secret to being productive, make sure you’re intentional about what you put
into your mouth. Now, I’m talking about the food. Most companies don’t list out
what the ingredients are. You look on the back of most products out there, you can’t
even pronounce what you’re putting into your mouth.
This is fuel that you’re putting into the fire. And if you’re not putting good fuel
in there, then all of a sudden it’s just not going to burn clean. Make sure you can
pronounce that you know the ingredients of the food that you’re buying. Don’t eat
anything that comes into your car window. When you’re shopping, shop on the outside
of the aisles. The point here is to understand what you’re putting into your one body,
the one body that’s going to take you through this life. Take care of it.
The next productivity habit of successful people, they invest in pens and paper. And,
I’m not talking about the stock market. I’m talking about simply sitting down and
putting the electronics to the side and thinking about daily what do you want to get done.
For me, it’s about laying out a priority matrix, focusing on what’s important and
urgent and what’s important and non-urgent and ignoring everything else. But, simply
the act of writing things down, I focus it on just those few things which I can control
today that I can focus in right now. And it feels it’s so satisfying when you go through
and you cross things out that you’ve accomplished. It is satisfying and it feels good you know
you’re getting things accomplished and you can see it right there.
The next habit of productive people, they dream in vivid detail. And I’m not talking
about the dreams you have at night although I have to admit I’ve been having some crazy
ones lately. No, what I’m talking about here are you goals, your dreams for life.
You’ve got those laid out in detail because this is what drives you. This is your why.
When you are weak, when you – the systems are even failing, you need to have something
that gets you up and helps you maintain that productivity, to go after what you want.
For me, on this channel, it’s impact, knowing that my videos have reached millions of men.
And, yes, for most of them, a very light impact. Maybe they just learned how to tie a tie.
But, I know there are guys out there that have used my information to go out there and
get the job of their dreams, to be able to have the courage to build up their confidence
to go talk to that girl. I’ve had some people tell me in person that
they were thinking about suicide and that they found my videos and they love the fact
that I talk about how every man has something within him to make him successful to make
him – that everyone is worthy of living this life.
And that’s what I love. I’m able to go out there and reach people and to have this
type of impact. That is my why, that is my driver, that is what, you know, this channel
is about. And if you don’t have that, guys, it’s going to be very difficult to continue
in tough times. Another thing I’ve noticed about productive
people, they play, and it may just simply be the numbers with their company. I’ve
got a number of friends, it’s not about how much money they’re making especially
once they’re starting to be really successful. It’s about the game. It’s about actually
seeing the numbers go up. It’s a score. But, I know for me when I’m just at the
gym, I like to play. I find that that helps with my productivity. I’m looking around
and, yes, maybe I’m in the pool and I’m swimming against the 70-year old woman, but
I’m going to be beat her at least on this lap.
When I take my dog for a walk, I have to admit I take her off the leash and I’m racing
her and she’ll chase me and that’s how I get the best exercise. The point is, have
fun, play, pickup basketball, maybe a game of football. Enjoy yourself enjoy the journey.
Next up, productive people go to bed early. Okay. I just made that one up. But, I do believe
that by waking up early, you can have time to yourself time when your bosses aren’t
bothering you when you kids aren’t screaming. And, guys, I talk about how to wake up early
in this video right here, how to wake up at 5:00 AM even if you’ve got four kids, even
if you own three businesses like I do. Guys, I cover it in this video, how to make it happen.
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