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Have you ever been caught by the 6 week trap? 😬

2023-12-19 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:45 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, Lesson from a book

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali describes the six-week trap, saying yes to a commitment weeks ahead because the calendar looks empty, and advises asking whether you would be excited about it if it were happening tomorrow.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — The six-week trap and the tomorrow test

  • ★★★ Ali calls the six-week trap seeing blank space in your calendar six weeks ahead and saying yes, then finding as the day comes that the space has filled and you should not have said yes. — 00:00:00

    “your calendar six weeks from now, see all the blank space and think, I could totally say yes”

  • ★★★ For any request a few weeks ahead, Ali advises asking whether you would be excited about it if it were happening tomorrow, or are only thinking of saying yes because it is easier to make it a problem for your future self. — 00:00:00

  • ★★ In six weeks your life will be just as busy as today, Ali says, so if you would not say yes to something happening tomorrow you should not say yes to it in a month or more. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you decide what to say yes to? — For any request a few weeks ahead, Ali advises asking whether you would be excited about it if it were happening tomorrow, or are only thinking of saying yes because it is easier to make it a problem for your future self. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: six-week trap

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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