An overview of the third month in my productivity experiment. I struggled to get enough exercise and didn’t study as many books as I would have liked, but all in all another solid month of consistent productivity. [ … ]
Monthly Review: February, 2019
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Overall, a very productive month. Happy with the outcome. My main area of struggle right now is physical exercise – I’m not moving enough. Approaching the age of 35, I’m only too aware that if I don’t keep my body active now then I face an uphill battle recovering an ailing physical body in a decade’s time. [ … ]
Monthly Review: January, 2019
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In terms of work productivity, this has been a really good month. Probably one of the best I’ve ever had.
I’ve managed to get through and take notes on 7 books while doing at least 2 hours of focused work per day. This has resulted in me creating 33 specifications documents for my team. That’s really helped us get ahead in terms of planning and the development team seem to appreciate the clarity and direction. [ … ]
2019 – The Year I Challenge Myself to be More Consistent
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“What would my life look life after one year if I executed, every single day, without failure?”
That’s the question I want to answer at the end of this year. [ … ]
What Marshmallows Can Teach Us About Success
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Imagine you’re 4 years old and I put in front of you a big, white, juicy marshmallow. I then tell you this:- “Here, in front of you is a marshmallow. I’m going to go away but I’ll be back in around 15 minutes. If, when I come back, you haven’t touched the marshmallow then I’ll give [ … ]
Summary of Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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This book is all about how we can transform boring and meaningless lives into ones full of enjoyment through a concept called “Flow” and optimal experiences. Here’s a breakdown of the key points that I took from this book:-Why We’re UnhappyWhen we Feel the Most HappyHow to Achieve Flow more often in our LivesWhy flow is [ … ]
Demonstrating the Importance of Practice: Popular YouTube Channels
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Look at the videos below of famous YouTube channels. On the top, you’ll see their first video ever uploaded (or in some cases, the earliest that I can find), and on the right you’ll see their latest one. Why have I done this? I want you to pay close attention to how bad their first video was [ … ]
Summary of Deep Work – Focused Success in a Distracted World
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This book is all about how you can leverage the concept of deep work to become a more prolific creator, create value and be more successful.What is Deep Work?The Arguments for Deep WorkWhat it RequiresMethod / Approaches to Deep WorkChallengesMy Concluding ThoughtsWhat is Deep Work?Distraction free concentration that pushes your cognitive capabilities to the limit. It’s [ … ]
2 Questions to Ask Yourself if You’re Scared to Pull the Trigger
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You’ve spent the best part of a few months building something that you think is going to be extremely valuable to people. You’ve invested hours and hours of blood, sweat and tears into this thing, it’s been the focal point of your life for a long time and finally you’re getting close to the finish [ … ]
Hiring a Video Editor – 26th July, 2017
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I’ve been trying to improve the quality of my videos for over a year now and it’s been going quite well… However, recently I decided that I needed to improve the “post production” stuff. By this, I’m referring to supporting graphics, animations and text that helps to support the points that I’m articulating.Picking My BattlesIn my [ … ]
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