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Planning feels productive, but it's not

2026-10-14 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

Ali's 95-5 rule against endless planning: spend at most 5% of your time planning and the other 95% doing the thing, because planning feels productive while plans never meet hard work, other people or the market.

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00:00:00 — The 95-5 rule: why planning feels productive and how much of your time it should take

  • ★★★ To stop planning and take action, Ali's general rule is the 95-5 rule: you may spend up to 5% of your time planning, but the other 95% must go on actually doing the thing. — 00:00:00

    “I have a general rule for this, which is the 95-5 rule”

  • ★★ Ali says people spend ages planning because it feels really productive and is easy: plans happen in your head and on paper and never have to meet hard work, other people or the market. — 00:00:00

  • ★★ Ali's team has to train students of the Lifestyle Business Academy out of spending ages planning and strategising: of 20 hours a week on a business, 19 go on doing and maybe one on planning. — 00:00:29 · Lifestyle Business Academy

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