notes-to-self

notes to self

Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.

The deeper you go, the better it gets.

You’ll never regret a workout

Gift time, not things.

Everything will be different in six months.

Write your goals down. Cross ‘em out. Write new ones.

Email the people you admire and tell them that. It’ll make their day. And it’ll make yours when they write back.

Learning is a lifelong process.

Productivity is 80% biology. Better health = better performance. Proper planning prevents poor performance. Use the weekend to build the life you want, not escape the one you have. Three hours of deep, focused work beats eight hours of ‘normal’ work. Success isn’t about big, monumental actions. It’s about small daily actions that compound into big results over time.

5 Habits highly effective people practice daily (that 99% of people don’t)

• Habit #1: Plan Your Day The Night Before
• Habit #2: Review Your Long-Term Goals
• Habit #3: Use The Morning For Deep Work
• Habit #4: Use The Afternoon For Managing
• Habit #5: Practice A 5-Minute Performance Review

Radically change your life with “tiny habits” and “1% improvements” Small Actions + Consistency + Time = Significant Results For example:

• Exercise 3-4x a week for six months, and you’ll be in better shape
• Publish content daily for a year, and you’ll have an online audience to monetize
• Save and invest $500 per month for a few years, and you’ll have financial security
• Practice 10 minutes of daily meditation for three months, and you’ll have mental clarity
• Write 500 words daily for six months, and you’ll have an entire book to publish

4 Science-based habits to build a highly productive brain

• Habit #1: Manage Stress
• Habit #2: Prioritize Your Sleep
• Habit #3: Eat Brain-Boosting Foods
• Habit #4: Exercise Often

The Focus Formula Summarized All in all, after years of experimenting with countless focus hacks, this is the focus formula I follow daily:

• 10-14 hours of intermittent fasting
• 8 hours of sleep the night before
• Create a distraction-free environment
• Stay sufficiently hydrated
• Consume 100 - 300mg caffeine
• Listen to 40hz binaural beats
• Pick one high-priority task
• Work in 90-minute focus sessions
• 20-30 minutes break after focus session

Start each day by identifying my top three priorities.

• One task to elevate my business (write an article, create a new product, work on marketing, etc.)
• One task to elevate my health (lifting weights, going for a run, walking in nature, etc.)
• One task to elevate my finances (research potential investments, manage my finances, etc.)