āWe canāt stop time, but we can stop wasting itā - Mustafa Khundmiri
Hello and welcome!
You helped us hit a few milestones this weekā¦ Instagram hit 2000 followers, and the Pro Letter hit 350+ members. Thank you!
Today youāll get: 3 bullet tips, 1 borrowed idea, 2 reads you needā¦ and a question for you!
Enjoy!
Bullet tips
Productivity:
āOptimize hours rather than extending themā
You could have told me sooner!
Being productive is essentially optimizing what you already do. Always be aiming to utilise the hours you currently work within.
Donāt be fooledā¦ extending hours will not always mean increase in output.
If you give yourself something to accomplish in 4 hoursā¦ it will take 4 hours.
Give yourself 2 hours to complete the same taskā¦ low and behold, it will take 2 hours!
Wealth:
āIf you live for having it all,
what you have is never enoughā -Vicki Robin
Why is it so difficult?ā¦ simply accepting what you currently have.
We can all relate. Most of us want it all and thatās ok, aspiration is great.
Where it goes wrong, is accepting that youāll never be truly happy until you have acquired those things.
If you wait until your 70 to āhave it allā what happens to those years gone by?
If you suffer from āIāll be happier whenā¦ā syndrome, fight it by practicing gratitude daily.
Itās harder to remember than you thinkā¦ add it to your to-do list!
Life:
āWhen you appreciate your faults,
they lose their power over youā - Mark Manson
Quick story:
A few years ago I was outside a bar and and a lady come up to me and asksā¦
āMy son is ginger and Iām worried heāll get bullied, any advice?ā (Iām fair haired, but a little ginger when the sun hits. Not in denial!).
Turns out it wasnāt a joke or a horrendous chat up line.
My advice: Tell him to embrace it, make sure everyone knows it. A bit of self deprecation can be used to his advantage.
Own your āfaultsā (whoās to say what is a fault and what isnāt!)
Once youāve taken control over them, others canāt!
A borrowed idea
Aaron AaltoĀ on pushing to be a bit better.
Reads you need
The illusion of productivity (Ness Labs)
Breaking our addiction to busyness does not have to be hard, but it does require a conscious change of mindset.
Itās going against our deeply rooted fear of being alone with our thoughts and facing the reality of our lives. Which can be liberating, but also pretty scary.
Change your perspective.Ā First, stop saying āI donāt have timeā. Instead, say āItās not a priority.ā There is enough time in a day to do the important things.
Less doing, more achieving.Ā Donāt measure productivity in terms of how many things you get done, but rather in terms of doing the things that matter. Shift your focus from tasks to outcomes.
Do a busyness audit.Ā Track what you spend your time on. Then, write these things down and rate them. From irrelevant or meaningless to extremely relevant and meaningful. Cut down everything you can that is not a priority.
Start saying no.Ā Question whether this new task will translate into meaningful outcomes. It may be strange at first (you could say ānot right nowā instead of ānoā if thatās easier) but it will help you better manage your time.
Make peace with inaction.Ā To help you get comfortable with doing nothing, schedule time with yourself for dedicated downtime. Reflect or take a short walk.
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