Productivity Boils down to:
1) Getting Started
2) Not getting distracted
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1) Getting Started
2) Not getting distracted
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I’ve been thinking about how tech use impacts our conversations.
Conversations are the most human and humanising thing that we do.
It’s where empathy is born, where intimacy is born.
Because of eye contact, because we can hear the tones of another person’s voice and sense their body movements.
It’s where we learn about other people.
But, without meaning to, without having made a plan, we’ve actually moved away from conversation in a way that research shows is hurting us.
89% of Americans say that during their last social interaction, they took out a phone.
82% said that it deteriorated the conversation they were in.
Basically, we’re all doing something that is hurting our interactions and making them more shallow, as we desperately try to find more depth & meaning in relationships.
If you put a phone on the table in during a social interaction, it does two things:
First, it decreases the quality of what you talk about, because you tend to talk about things where you wouldn’t mind being interrupted.
And secondly it decreases the empathic connection that people feel toward each other because we realise that all parties see each other as less of a priority.
So, even something as simple as going to lunch and putting a phone on the table decreases the emotional importance of what people are willing to talk about.
And it decreases the connection that those people feel toward one another.
If you multiply that by all of the times you have your phone on the table when you have coffee with a friend or are at breakfast with your child or are talking with your partner about how you’re feeling, we’re doing this to each other multiple times per day.
A good solution here is to create sacred spaces where you won’t use your phone.
Make the kitchen or dining room or car or restaurant phone-free zones.
Just leave your phone in the car or in your bag when you’re spending time with your friend or partner or kids.
Maybe even suggest that they do it too.
The social media apps will be waiting for you when you’re done, but you can’t rerun a cherished conversation which you were too distracted to enjoy.
- Chris Willsx
#Socialmedia #Distracted #Deepwork #Focus
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Conversations are the most human and humanising thing that we do.
It’s where empathy is born, where intimacy is born.
Because of eye contact, because we can hear the tones of another person’s voice and sense their body movements.
It’s where we learn about other people.
But, without meaning to, without having made a plan, we’ve actually moved away from conversation in a way that research shows is hurting us.
89% of Americans say that during their last social interaction, they took out a phone.
82% said that it deteriorated the conversation they were in.
Basically, we’re all doing something that is hurting our interactions and making them more shallow, as we desperately try to find more depth & meaning in relationships.
If you put a phone on the table in during a social interaction, it does two things:
First, it decreases the quality of what you talk about, because you tend to talk about things where you wouldn’t mind being interrupted.
And secondly it decreases the empathic connection that people feel toward each other because we realise that all parties see each other as less of a priority.
So, even something as simple as going to lunch and putting a phone on the table decreases the emotional importance of what people are willing to talk about.
And it decreases the connection that those people feel toward one another.
If you multiply that by all of the times you have your phone on the table when you have coffee with a friend or are at breakfast with your child or are talking with your partner about how you’re feeling, we’re doing this to each other multiple times per day.
A good solution here is to create sacred spaces where you won’t use your phone.
Make the kitchen or dining room or car or restaurant phone-free zones.
Just leave your phone in the car or in your bag when you’re spending time with your friend or partner or kids.
Maybe even suggest that they do it too.
The social media apps will be waiting for you when you’re done, but you can’t rerun a cherished conversation which you were too distracted to enjoy.
- Chris Willsx
#Socialmedia #Distracted #Deepwork #Focus
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It's not about the information you can consume. It's about what you consume ? How can you make it work more according to your condition? How much do you iterate it? ( Because if you apply the same thing..you won't have the competitive advantage)
Reminder: Whenever consuming information. Go slow. Understand. Iterate. Apply. Don't just go on with more and more new content..it's endless.
CONSUME. PAUSE. WRITE. REFLECT. APPLY. ITERATE
It's not about more information, it's about how much time you put in to make it personalized and how you make it work in real world.
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Reminder: Whenever consuming information. Go slow. Understand. Iterate. Apply. Don't just go on with more and more new content..it's endless.
CONSUME. PAUSE. WRITE. REFLECT. APPLY. ITERATE
It's not about more information, it's about how much time you put in to make it personalized and how you make it work in real world.
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Today, with the cost of creating content being close to zero, people can share an incredible amount of content. This has sparked my curiosity about the concept of long shelf life versus short shelf life. While much of what we see and hear quickly becomes obsolete, there are timeless ideas or even pieces of music that can remain relevant for decades or even centuries.
For example, we’re witnessing a resurgence of Stoicism, with many of Marcus Aurelius’s insights still resonating thousands of years later. This makes me wonder: what are the most unintuitive, yet enduring ideas that aren’t frequently discussed today but might have a long shelf life? Also, what are we creating now that will still be valued and discussed hundreds or thousands of years from today?
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For example, we’re witnessing a resurgence of Stoicism, with many of Marcus Aurelius’s insights still resonating thousands of years later. This makes me wonder: what are the most unintuitive, yet enduring ideas that aren’t frequently discussed today but might have a long shelf life? Also, what are we creating now that will still be valued and discussed hundreds or thousands of years from today?
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Most people stop at consumption. This has always been the case, and will continue to be the case forever and ever, Amen. This makes sense, as it requires the least amount of effort. But the evolution of algorithmic and hyperpersonal content makes moving beyond consumption even more challenging. If I already enjoy the content I’m being served, why would I spend time in discovery or discernment (synthesis)? However, there is a critical, existential issue embedded here.
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Synthesis is where taste develops.
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“Strategising is easy but execution is hard.” — Chris McChesney
It’s a sad fact about life that we are all drawn to strategising much more than we are to executing.
We all have a friend who constantly fantasises about their huge plans without taking a single step toward making them a reality.
They prefer to talk, rather than do because it’s easier.
Execution requires us to take action which involves getting off our arses.
Another reason we have an aversion to execution is that it brings us face to face with potential failure.
We never have to worry about failure when we only strategise, because our plans don’t need to prove their effectiveness in the real world.
By always strategising and never executing, we sacrifice the potential for success but inoculate ourselves from failure.
This is the slippery slope of mental masturbation.
Where in your life are you strategising and not executing?
Your goal should be to constantly seek the point of immediate execution.
Where is the next available physical step toward doing the thing?
Over time this will seep into other areas of your life.
You’ll notice you bypass the talking stage and move straight to walking more and more.
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It’s a sad fact about life that we are all drawn to strategising much more than we are to executing.
We all have a friend who constantly fantasises about their huge plans without taking a single step toward making them a reality.
They prefer to talk, rather than do because it’s easier.
Execution requires us to take action which involves getting off our arses.
Another reason we have an aversion to execution is that it brings us face to face with potential failure.
We never have to worry about failure when we only strategise, because our plans don’t need to prove their effectiveness in the real world.
By always strategising and never executing, we sacrifice the potential for success but inoculate ourselves from failure.
This is the slippery slope of mental masturbation.
Where in your life are you strategising and not executing?
Your goal should be to constantly seek the point of immediate execution.
Where is the next available physical step toward doing the thing?
Over time this will seep into other areas of your life.
You’ll notice you bypass the talking stage and move straight to walking more and more.
Execution eats strategising for breakfast.
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“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.” —
Ernest Dimnet
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Ernest Dimnet
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The paradox of productivity:
It's difficult to start the task, but once you do, it's difficult to stop.
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It's difficult to start the task, but once you do, it's difficult to stop.
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What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.
― Anais Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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― Anais Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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