| 7/3/2022 | Learned | Your Sacred Time is the overlap of when you’re most productive and when you’re least likely to be disturbed. Guard it. Use it to write every day. For me, it’s 1 hr after I wake up ’til Laura’s up. |
| 7/4/2022 | Thought | If things are easy to do and easy not to do, the ta da list is great way to make sure you do them. You want credit for doing more, so do the easy stuff that will make a difference. |
| 7/4/2022 | Thought | As part of the learning process, you can “teach yourself” by coming up with ideas. But then you need to capture the idea so you remember it and can actually implement it. |
| 7/4/2022 | Thought | By adding born on date to do do list and adding to ta da list, I can see how many actual to do items are done each day and how long I procrastinated. Goal is to reduce age of to do items. |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Four step process for becoming more productive: https://www.justinwelsh.me/blog/4-questions-better-productivity | Eliminate, Simplify, Automate, Delegate |
| 7/5/2022 | Thought | Give away time management, productivity, organizational content initially via Twitter, then charge for it via a multi-part course, then write the book. That way, I can refine it and make money while writing the book. |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | How to build multiple income streams – first coaching, then digiital product, then increase price of coaching, then add consulting. https://twitter.com/thejustinwelsh/status/1541828342420316160 |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Cool term: digital nomad |
| 7/5/2022 | Thought | Should Benefits Weekly be a newsletter? |
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| 7/5/2022 | Thought | Multiple streams of income. If I can get enough things going at $500 each, it can really add up. AHCP $900, group plans $500, Danielle $400, TABA $500, WVAHU $300, 5 Dollar CE $500, CCE $?, In person CE $? |
| 7/5/2022 | Thought | Think of each state I expand to as a possible additional stream of income. Maybe start with West Virginia. |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | 5 habits to double income: Set goals, be organized, manage time and focus, meditate, sleep well. https://twitter.com/heyjoeyjustice/status/1544652682496966656 |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Irreversible decisions are ‘one-way doors.’ They must be made slowly and deliberately. Reversible decisions are ‘two-way doors.’ These decisions can and should be made quickly. -Alex Brogan quoting Jeff Bezos on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Use your Calendar as your to-do list so that your highest priority to-dos actually get done. – Alex Brogan on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Deep work is single-tasking, limiting your context switching and distractions in your immediate working environment. Shallow work is logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. -Alex Brogan on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | “If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment it’s defined.” -Alex Brogan quoting David Allen |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Memories weaken over time. The way to combat this curve is through spaced repetition. -Alex Brogan on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Your success in life can be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you’re willing to have. -Alex Brogan on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | We’re a click away from the greatest authors of all time, from Plato to Tolstoy, but we default to social media and the news instead. -Alex Brogan on Twitter |
| 7/5/2022 | Learned | Outsourcing: purchases that save us time make us happy. https://twitter.com/SystemSunday/status/1538528374750158851 |
| 7/6/2022 | Learned | The key to ultra high productivity is not time management but attention management.. |
| 7/7/2022 | Learned | To grow followers on Twitter, focus on quantity over quality for 20 days, then switch to quality. Be only 20% original. Do what others did when they got started. https://twitter.com/giannicara/status/1545099582601891842 |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Your action list is too long. Trim it down to the items you can complete this week. |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Train yourself to estimate. @julieMorganizer recommends writing down a time estimate for every task. |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | “Clutter is excess, not mess” – @julieMorganizer |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Started following Julie Morgenstern – a time management expert. She has a lot of good instights. |
| 7/10/2022 | Thought | Want to manage your time better? Get a hobby. It gives us something to look forward to and a reason to better manage our time. If we can get through what we need to do, we can move on to what we want to do. |
| 7/10/2022 | Thought | Planning your time is not unlike sharpening the saw, one of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | If you get to your evenings and weekends without a plan, if you are too laissez-faire about your time off, it tends to slip away. Plan your weekends in advance and give yourself something to look forward to. -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Designate a favorite wedding or baby gift and give those signature items every time so you are not scrambling for the perfect gift at the last minute. -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Keep a joy journal and start paying attention to what makes you happy – and then take more time to indulge in those activities! -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Once a year buy birthday, holiday, anniversary, and friendship cards so you have them on hand. -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | End every day by looking at your schedule for tomorrow, plus two days after that – the tomorrow +2 method. -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Ask “Is this the best reminder I have of this thing, person, experience, time in my life … or is it just another reminder? Save only the best and most meaningful reminders.” -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Ask “What has more value to me? This object, or the space I will have for something new?” -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Ask “How much of my life is worth investing in the salvaging of these items?” -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Thought | For job security and freedome at work, make yourself indespensible. Take over some tasks and create processes only you can do that nobody else knows how long it takes. |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Start batch processing email a few times a day rather than continuously. -Julie M |
| 7/10/2022 | Thought | Husband and wife team for a W-2 job. Lots of husbands and wives start a business. Why can’t one support the other in a job role? |
| 7/10/2022 | Thought | Blog, social media, or podcasts to put together thoughts for book. Turn into a course. Then, later, turn into a book. |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Some productivity/time management posters re-post the same thing again and again a few weeks apart. Re-use. |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | Making the most of one piece of content: https://twitter.com/thedankoe/status/1534162287329693699 |
| 7/10/2022 | Learned | If you’re disciplined, 4 years of self-education will get you 10x farther than a 4-year degree. https://twitter.com/WrongsToWrite/status/1546129118739275776 |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | “micro-productive” – just like it sounds, you’re being productive but not working on the big tasks |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | Over-deliver: “Make your free shit better than other people’s paid shit.” https://twitter.com/devinmcpaul/status/1538884453270818817 |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | Football analogy: the goal line (trying to reach your goal) |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | Document whatever you learn and turn it into an article. |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts; While the stupid ones are full of confidence.’ — Charles Bukowski |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | Time and Space: how to declutter and organize your environment, your schedule, and your life – possible book title |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | Organizing your time is like organizing your closet: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2022/2/4/time-management-as-easy-as-organizing-your-closetnbsp |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | To maximize your time, you must declutter and organize your physical, digital, and mental space |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | We need to make time tangible. Remember, thoughts are things. |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | People often find it easier to organize space than time, because space is something you can actually see. https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/30/making-time-tangible |
| 7/11/2022 | Learned | Add time estimates to your to-dos to make time tangible. There’s only so much space in the closet, only so many hours in a day. https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/30/making-time-tangible |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | Organize time with note cards pre-written with common tasks, activities of daily living |
| 7/11/2022 | Thought | Analyze how I spend my time and figure out what I do several times a week. Then figure out how to make each of those things more efficient. EX: Groceries – start using Alexa shopping list again, plan meals ahead of time |
| 7/12/2022 | Learned | If only 1% of adults are millionaires, why would you follow what 99% of people are doing? Be willing to be wrong. You need to take contrarian views to get “lucky.” -Clint Murphy |
| 7/12/2022 | Learned | Edison: “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” Keep an idea log – at least 3 ideas a day. Edison’s goal was a minor invention every 10 days, a major invention every 6 months. |
| 7/12/2022 | Thought | Add times of day into done list |
| 7/12/2022 | Learned | Put to do items directly on your calendar since the calendar represents all the time that you have to do stuff. Give your to do items “do dates” instead of “due dates”. Also makes us estimate how long to do. -Julie M |
| 7/12/2022 | Thought | Schedule a few to do items per day, but keep a list for unscheduled items. Then schedule in a “grab bag” time each day to do whatever small tasks have come up and less important to-do items. CRYSTAL BALL |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | If parents want their kids to eat healthy, they make it easy on them – cut up fruit so the kid can grab and go. We should do the same for ourselves as adults. The reason we eat junk food is because it’s more convenient. |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | Treat your time as if it’s valuable. It is. |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | When you owe something to someone else, that can create pressure. To relieve pressure and give them a better outcome, set expectations by giving them a realistic deadline. If you’re running late, let them know right away. |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | Do you need a done list to function or even to be successful? No. But remember, you’re trying to get an edge. You might already be good, but you’re trying to be even better. |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | To add more (important) things to your schedule, you need breathing room. Create that by eliminating, delegating/outsourcing, automating, and better managing your time to get more to-do items done. |
| 7/13/2022 | Thought | It is possible to salvage an otherwise unproductive day by kicking it in at the end. Maybe you’re normally productive in the morning. Not today? No problem – be productive tonight instead. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Need to turn cleaning up computer desktop and cleaning out email inbox into a daily habit |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Need to have page 1 and page 2 to do items. Move page 1 into same columns as done items, just a different section, that I pull from every day. |
| 7/14/2022 | Learned | “Stop waiting for motivation or inspiration to strike you and set a schedule for your habits”. – James Clear Motivation flows from action, not the other way around. -ToDoist |
| 7/14/2022 | Learned | 1,000 followers who buy everything I sell > 100,000 who just like my tweets. How to get followers to give you money: https://twitter.com/robertgriker/status/1547574155658158088?s=20&t=5EtgiMivQKTjxJzrXjyTAA |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Learn the thing, then do the thing, get experience, tweak the lesson, share the lesson, share the original source as evidence you’re not the only one who things that way. Support your lesson with the inspiration for the lesson. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Have a 30 day to do list. That’s what feeds into your calendar. Have a separate longer-term to do list that you review monthly and decide what needs to be moved to 30 day list and what needs to be deleted. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Don’t let to do items age too long. Use the born on and completion date to determine how long it’s taking you. You should have “just in time” same day to do items. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Next to each to do item, rate them 1-10 based on how much you want to do each item. The goal should be for the average of done items to be high and average of remaiing to dos to be relatively low if prioritizing correctly. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Use done list and things you want to do regularly to make a complete list of habits. Include those as automatics on our to do list. Work to add more good habits and eliminate bad habits. Make habits more efficients. |
| 7/14/2022 | Thought | Why 2 hour blocks? Because if you schedule more frequently, you’ll spend your whole time trying to keep up. With 2 hours, even if you start off slow, you can kick it in and have a good, productive segment. |
| 7/14/2022 | Learned | Izadoor: Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere. – Paulo Coelho |
| 7/14/2022 | Learned | Obsession is necessary for success. There’s a reason some addicts become extremely successful after they stop using. All that obsessive energy gets redirected to fulfill a productive aim. |
| 7/14/2022 | Learned | Find the right task to do depending on your current physical & mental state. |
| 7/23/2022 | Learned | A common deterrent people face with productivity is that they overestimate intensity & underestimate consistency. Little efforts everyday compound to great results long-term… |
| 7/23/2022 | Learned | Inconsistency negates progress – You need daily iterations, however small, to master or succeed at anything… |
| 7/24/2022 | Learned | Fill your brain in the afternoons with books, learning, and socialization. Empty your brain before bed with journaling, planning, and meditation. Use your brain in the morning with creation, output, and focus. -Dan Koe |
| 7/25/2022 | Learned | If you aren’t yet writing, start writing anything. Journaling, Brain dumps, Dreams and goals. You need to start freezing your thinking on paper. It’s only when things are out of your head you can start to analyze them. -D Bush |
| 7/27/2022 | Learned | Marketing on LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/thejustinwelsh/status/1552291739012063232?s=20&t=VJk-L9T5UD56KUB_9dN2LQ |
| 7/27/2022 | Learned | The paradox of success: You must relatable enough to connect with the tribe, while also being different enough to set yourself apart. You get rewarded for being accepted as exceptional. |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | In most jobs, you get paid for your attendance instead of your instead of your productivity. |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Spending an hour doing my morning routine was great. But, it cost me an hour of productivity every day. Here’s my new one: Get up. Get a cup of coffee. Get to work. |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Sometimes we have to minimize time, or certain elements of it, in order to maximize it |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Don’t ask for feedback—ask for advice. People are uncomfortable giving feedback. -Dickie Bush |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | The happiest people are those that become obsessed with making progress in the 3-5 activities they could see themselves doing for life. -Dan Koe |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Awareness begets awareness. Like when you see a new car for the first time, then you see it everywhere. The impossible becomes possible after taking the first step into the unknown. |
| 7/28/2022 | Thought | Have a plus one – one extra thing you can do that’s sort of like what you’re already doing. Similar physical state (before taking shower), mental state (lazy), location (errands), amount of time (time crunch), etc. |
| 7/28/2022 | Thought | Get paid to learn. The best way to learn is to teach. So if you want to learn something, instead of paying for a class, create a class and charge for it. |
| 7/28/2022 | Thought | You’re not making people experts – you’re teaching to people who are two steps behind you so they can know what you know. (Read a quote similar to this yesterday but put in my own words.) |
| 7/28/2022 | Thought | Would scheduling course offerings bring in any additional attendees? I’ve never tried, but most of my courses are pre-scheduled. Worth trying. |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Nothing is entirely original. Every creative project we see is the manifestation of a creative spin on an old idea. -Alex Mathers |
| 7/28/2022 | Learned | Your product should solve 1 problem. Your marketing pitch should have 1 call to action. Don’t confuse the buyer. -Vedika Bhaia |
| 7/29/2022 | Learned | Work hard in silence, let success make the noise. |
| 7/30/2022 | Thought | What you do with your days is what you do with your life. -John Street Seems like it’s a good idea to figure out what we’re doing with our days. The done list helps with that. |
| 7/30/2022 | Thought | Do away with the done list. Create separate done list for areas of life that are important to me. Instead of to-do list, create step-by-step plans, always work on the next one. Create checklist for habits I want to keep. |
| 8/1/2022 | Learned | Need to get the book “Tiny Habits” |
| 8/1/2022 | Learned | 1. Create main points of your piece before you start writing 2. Then, turn those main points into subheads. This way, the reader can get a clear idea what is the article about while skimming through it. |
| 8/1/2022 | Learned | Like a computer, your mind slows down when it has too many open tabs. |
| 8/1/2022 | Learned | What $10 task are you working on right now as a convenient way to feel ‘productive’ while you’re avoiding the $1,000 task you should be working on? |
| 8/3/2022 | Learned | Consistency beats intensity. Remember the power of marginal gains. Habits stick when they’re easy and attractive. Consistency compounds in either direction unfortunately! |
| 8/3/2022 | Learned | Repeat after me: I will tell prospects my price, then proceed to shut the fuck up. |
| 8/4/2022 | Learned | never assign to malice what can be attributed to incompetence |
| 8/4/2022 | Learned | To have recurring revenue, solve a recurring problem. Start doing it manually. Build and optimize your process. Then, automate it. And turn it into a SaaS. |
| 8/4/2022 | Learned | Using insider jargon and acronyms may make you feel smart. But if it makes your customer feel dumb… you’ll be broke. |
| 8/4/2022 | Learned | Whenever mess is created, immediately clean it up. Make your bed after waking. Wash the dishes after eating… |
| 8/5/2022 | Thought | Remember: if it takes less than 5 minutes, do it right away. That’s the way to get to “to-do-list zero” |
| 8/5/2022 | Learned | Marketing/Sales Tip: Don’t give people too many options. • It leads to decision fatigue • And unhappiness with final choice.. People who tend to have a lot of choices tend to eventually be unhappy with their choice. |
| 8/5/2022 | Learned | Use subject-verb-object sentences. |
| 8/5/2022 | Learned | The goal of writing is to transfer your thoughts to another person with as little lost in translation as possible. It’s a big game of telephone. The simpler your sentences, the more accurately your ideas will be translated. |
| 8/5/2022 | Learned | Avoid jargon and acronyms. Companies are littered with internal jargon. But this excludes new employees and anyone external to the company. When using an acronym, write it out the first time it’s used in any document. |
| 8/6/2022 | Learned | Be brave enough to suck at something new today |
| 8/7/2022 | Thought | Have a spot on your to-do list for the very next step in each multi-step project. That way, steps you can’t get to yet don’t clutter up the list, but you don’t forget about the project and you’ve always got something you could do to advance it on your list. |
| 8/7/2022 | Thought | Possible blog tagline: How to get from where you are to where you want to be. Name could be something like “LivingTheDream.academy or training |
| 8/7/2022 | Thought | Maybe your to do list needs an inbox. A section for new items that haven’t yet been prioritized. Everything should go on the inbox list, even if you plan to do it right away – because you might get interruped and can forget. |
| 8/7/2022 | Learned | Vanessa: A lot of jobs were added recently. This might be because so many people are finding they can work an additional job while working from home – they’re taking advantage of the opportunity created by remote work. |
| 8/8/2022 | Thought | For book: Keep a “junk journal” listing all the things you got rid of. That way, you’ll monitor your progress (and see when you’re slacking) but also will remember some of the things you were attached to that you got rid of. |
| 8/8/2022 | Thought | Cutting room floor – Even in a multi-million dollar film, a lot of scenes never make it to the end. By culling the stuff that doesn’t work, the result is better. Same with ideas – be willing to ditch the bad ones. |
| 8/8/2022 | Thought | For book: How to become highly efficient and effective. Efficient: doing things well Effective: doing the right things |
| 8/8/2022 | Thought | It’s about the journey AND the destination. The destination is important. We’re not nomads. Except for those who want to be – digital nomads |
| 8/8/2022 | Thought | When organizing your physical or digital spaces and even the items on your to-do list, there are certain steps you’ll repeat. Like taking inventory. |