Productivity is about finding a system that works for you ✅

2024-03-13 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:41 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, His own products discussed

Ali says Feel-Good Productivity, cut by half at his editor's request, still holds 54 experiments in nine chapters, and that readers should try them one at a time as experiments, since what works, such as for gym consistency, differs from person to person.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Apply the book's 54 experiments one at a time and find what works for you

★★ Ali says Feel-Good Productivity was at first twice as long, with twice as many strategies, until the editor asked to cut them down; it now has nine chapters and 54 actionable experiments. — 00:00:00 · Feel-Good Productivity (book)
★★★ Ali says the goal is not to apply all 54 experiments of Feel-Good Productivity at once but one at a time: try each strategy, see whether it works, and either way you have gained data on how to make it work for you. — 00:00:00 · Feel-Good Productivity (book), experimental mindset
★★ Ali says what makes going to the gym consistent differs between people: going first thing in the morning or in the afternoon, an accountability buddy, doing CrossFit or tracking workouts in an app. — 00:00:00
★★ Ali says finding the things that work for you, without overloading your brain by doing them all at once, is the path of continuous and never-ending improvement. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

looked back · Ali's first book, which a publisher asked him to write (2020) — Ali says Feel-Good Productivity was at first twice as long, with twice as many strategies, until the editor asked to cut them down; it now has nine chapters and 54 actionable experiments. (00:00:00)
refine · Which productivity system should you use to organise your life? — Ali says the goal is not to apply all 54 experiments of Feel-Good Productivity at once but one at a time: try each strategy, see whether it works, and either way you have gained data on how to make it work for you. (00:00:00)
refine · How do you exercise consistently and get in shape? — Ali says what makes going to the gym consistent differs between people: going first thing in the morning or in the afternoon, an accountability buddy, doing CrossFit or tracking workouts in an app. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

Also: accountability buddy · experimental mindset · kaizen

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