So no we're not making a movie, yes that would be fun but we're here to talk about the one thing you can do to get shit done.
I'm sure you've guessed from the title this is about action but that word can mean so many different things to people. Most of us understand the basic meaning of the word: go, move, get that shit done.
Why do so many people have many issues with action though? One person will do a lot of things but won't get much done which we call the wheel spinners.
Then we have the ridged folks that no matter what happens no one will deviate from the plan and the tasks within that plan even though as they move thru the plan there might be better ways to do something and be more efficient. We'll call them tunnels as in tunnel vision.
Next, we have the person that will take action but is all over the place getting hardly anything done even though they're taking action most of the day. We'll call them spreaders because they spread themselves too thin taking on way too much to get very little done.
Last we have a super-focused person who prioritizes tasks, sticks to a mission and takes full ownership of their lives. These types can seem a bit mean but when they're focused they have something they must complete because their actions will determine the outcome of the company and that particular project so they do their best to make everyone else's job easier so those other team members can do their job to its fullest and peak potential.
What type are you? Anyone can change you just have to manage your time. No one is perfect. I confess I'm not always organized but I do have a list of goals that I want to achieve and I work on them daily. When I need a break because I am overwhelmed or seem to not be focused I just take my mind off everything and focus on the now not my task or life or problems the now and nothing else. I also meditate which can be a huge help. Most successful people meditate so try it when you feel you have gone off track.
We can always refocus ourselves by working 25 minutes then take 5 off.
If you feel like you're doing a lot and not getting anywhere keep in mind you have tools available to you.
Use the 80/20 rule.
Basically, the 80/20 rule or the Pareto principle means is that 80% of your results come from 20% of your work. Now I know this isn't the case for many people and that can be flipping around or have different percentages for different people.
What you're trying to get to is really focus on that 20% that brings most of the result that 80%. When you start achieving that you will start getting better results and having more time for yourself.
You don't have to just leave it at the 80/20 you can do 90/10 or 95/5 which should be the goal.
Do it with everything in your life. Really look at all the time you waste on your procedures and start cutting the extra nothing work.
Let's look at Parkinson's Law
Parkinson's Law works like a shrinking machine per se but let's not! Basically, it works like this we as humans give a task a window of time to do a task, goal, or whatever it is we will take up that time even if we can get it done in less time we will waste time to fit the window of time we set to get that task done. The adage is that "work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
Parkinson's Law is about you cutting that time allocated to the task to get it done. It cuts the time in half. You just take the time to get the task done and cut it to an insanely short amount of time to get it done so who gives a fuck were already insane so let us be productive! We work in the time frames that we give ourselves a block of time to get any task done. Why not make it smaller and get more done in less time? You can cut all the fat using this Law which would be one way to get to the top of the company ladder or just get shit done faster in a shorter amount of time. And before you start saying who uses this law to be successful? well, I'll name two people.
Peter Thiel - Paypal
Jeff Bezos - Amazon
Both men took their 10-year plans and used Parkinson's Law to accomplish their 10-year plan in 6 months. Yes, you read that right 10 years shrunk down to and achieved in 6 months. I am sure many other successful people use this law every day that we will never hear about but make themselves much more money because of Parkinson's Law.
Parkinson's Law has often been coupled with the 80/20 rule to succeed. How can you go wrong with having a system that gets more done in less time while focusing on that 20 percent that reaps 80 percent result?
Newton's Law of motion
As you can see there are tools for how you do things, upgrade your mindset and just be better at achieving everything you want to get done.
Law #1
An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion. You, your goals, your objective can use this law. Remind yourself next time you're procrastinating or doing busy work.
Law #2
The second law states that the rate of change of momentum of a body over time is directly proportional to the force applied, and occurs in the same direction as the applied force.
So basically if you are moving in a certain direction the more you move in that direction the more momentum you have.
So next time you get depressed because you're not getting anywhere you might want to look at how often you take a goal your ideas and thoughts in a direction and have they been consistent?
If they are all over the place this law will give you more of a chaotic pattern over a unified pattern that you can keep you building positive results because you stay true to the task at hand.
Within this law, you have what is called constant mass which works like an accelerator and accumulation.
The more consistent you are at anything the more your add to its mass. That mass could be anything, a goal an objective, etc, and the more you add to that mass "objective" the faster you start moving toward the completion next step. Success loves speed so get to know this law we'll if you seek success in anything you do.
Law #3
The third law states that all forces between two objects exist in equal magnitude and opposite directions.
Let's apply this law to a goal. If you do the above consistently you have that force happening but what happens if you stop and start doing nothing we'll with this law you have the opposite taking place which will make you move farther from your goal.
Let's talk about obvious hacks
First, we have what we call distractions. With this said you would be surprised just how many people become their own distraction by the little things they don't even realize they're doing.
Let's point to the elephant in the room, distraction. Oh, we all do it and for most of us, we jump right in because well work isn't always fun and all these distractions are fun or we would do them.
What happens when distraction becomes a habit or an addiction that we crave that starts causing procrastination or worse neglect of one's work or self-care.
Here are some tactics that you can do to stop distraction from killing the side of life that keeps you housed, feed, and clothed and just might make you some extra money to go on that badass vacation you've always wanted to take.
The morning routine should be one of peace and a slow waking process, not a bombardment of bad lighting and information you don't need to know during that precious time.
You set your body up chemically and hormonal at the start of your day, so why throw it out of whack by doing things that will put you swimming against the current and throwing those bodily reactions and responses into a place that has them possibly doing the opposite of good.
Leave your smartphone down. I suggest a normal alarm clock and use the phone's alarm as a backup. Don't look at the screen or check notifications it just makes you lose in so many ways.
When you look at your phone you give yourself a dose of bad lights and emf that is and never will be good for your body. You are also throwing off your body's natural rhythm with the hormones it produces within the waking process.
Be like the farmer. I know you're saying to yourself wtf I don't want to get up that early and know I feel your pain because I don't like it either. I also don't want to die early because I thought I could have my cake and eat it too. I have to add this that were all different and your circadian rhythm might be different. No matter what it feels like naturally to you we have the power to reset it.
You can blackout windows, use light therapy, etc but nothing will change the most healthy way to chemically and hormonally keep the body in balance more than your geographical locations light and dark pattern. That pattern is part of our DNA and has been developed as what the body really wants since the first human being. You might be able to biohack getting what you need but why spend all that money when you can do what nature has done for you naturally for free.
Murphy's Law
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
If I need to explain this to you umm Idk what to say.
Carlson's Law
Sune Carlson states that all interrupted work will be less effective. I am most people call it the flow state. It takes about 20 minutes to get into the flow state where the magic happens so if you are always getting interrupted how the fuck are you gonna get things done?
Energy and places
Have you ever heard the places have energy? Well, they have whatever energy you consistently do in that particular space. Everything is all fucked up because we eat where we work where we sleep and relax where we try to be productive with side projects or planning. How the fuck are we going to get anything done with all that conflicting energy. Pick a place to work and work. Pick a place to relax and just relax etc.
I used to have a really hard time sleeping but I would go get in bed two hours before I was really going to go to bed. That was a really bad habit. I would after working on something or communicating with people or just scrolling social media.
The blue light was not helping my body go to sleep actually it did the opposite and signaled my body that the sun has not gone down yet so I gave my body the go-ahead to stay the fuck awake for 2 to 3 more hours. One day I was so exhausted that I was like what the hell, why can't I seem to get deep sleep. I remember looking it up and it talks about what the blue light on the phone does to our body clock and how certain light signals the wake hours and the sleep hours.
Later when I got into biohacking and listening to the bulletproof podcast he had many episodes on sleep. I was given a bag of crap about how we don't need to sleep and we can cut it up however we want, um bullshit and no that's a lie, and before you start talking their science that says you never have to sleep and you'll live forever. I can find science that will prove that if you shove your head up your ass and fart you'll live to 120 or drinking your own pee, umm no!
Get some fucking sleep and I am not talking about you waking up several times a night kind of sleep I am talking about deep sleep that repairs and heals the body like it was meant to. I no longer get into bed to do anything except sleep. guess what happens when I get in my bed? I fall asleep most days within 10 minutes and I am out cold. So remember that next time you are trying to do everything in one place because space has energy so keep those spaces and the energy you want to be focused on what you truly want to accomplish in or on that space.
Illich's Law
This is the Law of diminishing returns. What does that mean besides the obvious? Well, the law is stated like this; Beyond a certain threshold, human efficiency decreases, even becoming negative. basically, he says to anything after 90 minutes is a washout you just don't get anything done.
I have a problem with this because if you are like me and have ever been in a flow state time can seem nonexistent and 12 hours could pass by without stopping and you just wrote a book. So this law is ok to use but you'll never get much done in the conventional world stopping every 90 minutes. When you are in the flow state keep going. The point here is to take a break and I completely agree, if you feel as if you are hitting a wall take a break.
The Pomodoro Technique
I mentioned this at the beginning of this post but I wanted to repeat it again. This is simple work for 25 minutes and take 5 off. You must go somewhere else that is completely different for those 5 minutes off.
Remember with anything pay attention to your body sometimes you will be in the flow and be able to fly thru time like it's nothing and other times you are going to be hitting walls so take more breaks and maybe go outside for those breaks.
Trim all the fat and schedule everything
Peter Thiel - Paypal
Jeff Bezos - Amazon
Both men took
Newton's Law of motion
As you can see there are tools for how you do things, upgrade your mindset and just be better at achieving everything you want to get done.
Law #1
An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion. You, your goals, your objective can use this law. Remind yourself next time you're procrastinating or doing busy work.
Law #2
The second law states that the rate of change of momentum of a body over time is directly proportional to the force applied, and occurs in the same direction as the applied force.
So basically if you are moving in a certain direction the more you move in that direction the more momentum you have.
So next time you get depressed because you're not getting anywhere you might want to look at how often you take a goal your ideas and thoughts in a direction and have they been consistent?
If they are all over the place this law will give you more of a chaotic pattern over a unified pattern that you can keep you building positive results because you stay true to the task at hand.
Within this law you have what is called constant mass which works like a accelerator and accumulation.
The more consistent you are at anything the more your add to its mass. That mass could be anything a goal an objective etc and the more you add to that mass "objective" the faster you start moving toward the completion next step. Success loves speed so get to know this law we'll if you seek success in anything you do.
Law #3
The third law states that all forces between two objects exist in equal magnitude and opposite direction.
Let's apply this to a goal. If you do the above on a consistent basis you have that force happening but what happens if you stop and start doing nothing we'll with this law you have where the opposite will happen and you'll move further from your goal.
Here we are with some concepts to get more done in less time but what about things that will help you but not always talked about or overlooked in time management conversation.
Let's point to the elephant in the room, distraction. Oh we all do it and for most of us we jump right in because well work isn't always fun and all these distractions are fun or we would do them.
What happens when distraction become's a habit or an addiction that we crave that starts causing procrastination or worse neglect of one's work or self care.
Here are some tactics that you can do to stop distraction from killing the side of life that keeps you housed, feed and clothed and just might make you some extra money to go on that badass vacation you've always wanted to take.
The morning routine should be one of peace and a slow waking process not a bombardment of bad lighting and information you don't need to know during that precious time.
You set your body up chemically and hormonal at the start of your day, so why throw it out of whack by doing things that will put you swimming against the current and throwing those bodily reactions and responses into a place that has them possibly doing the opposite of good.
Leave your smartphone down. I suggest a normal alarm clock and use the phones alarm as a backup. Don't look at the screen or check notifications it just make you lose in so many ways.
When you look at your phone you give yourself a dose of bad lights and emf that is and never will be good for your body. You are also throwing off the natural rhythm of your body with the hormones it produces within the waking process.
Be like the farmer. I know you're saying to yourself wtf I don't want to get up that early and know I feel your pain because I don't like it either. I also don't want to die early because I thought I could have my cake and eat it too. I have to add this were all different and your circadian rhythm might be different. No matter what it feels like naturally to you we have the power to reset it.
You can black out windows, use light therapy etc but nothing will change the most healthy way to chemically and hormonally keep the body in balance more then earths and your geographical locations light and dark pattern. That pattern is part of our DNA and has been developed as what the body really want since the first human being. You might be able to biohack getting what you need but why spend all that money when you can do what nature has done for you naturally for free.
