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The 3 Laws of Sustainable Productivity #shorts

2022-06-22 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: List of tips or lessons

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Three essential laws for productivity: Parkinson's law, the Pareto principle, Newton's first law

  • ★★ Ali names three essential laws for getting things done sustainably: Parkinson's law, so give yourself less time; the Pareto principle, so find the 20% of inputs driving 80% of results; and Newton's first law of motion. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Whenever Ali struggles with procrastination, he reminds himself of Newton's first law of motion, that an object at rest stays at rest and one in motion keeps moving: if he can just get started, it will be far easier to keep going. — 00:00:00

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you beat procrastination? — Whenever Ali struggles with procrastination, he reminds himself of Newton's first law of motion, that an object at rest stays at rest and one in motion keeps moving: if he can just get started, it will be far easier to keep going. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: Newton's first law of motion

Also: 80/20 rule · Parkinson's law

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