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If you want to improve your life, you have to be committed and start from the right foundation.
The typical person could make considerable improvements in...
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The productivity system is not just about getting more work done - it's about organising all of your goals and efforts.
When it comes to self-improvement, people ca...
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Exercise sharpens your mind and improves your mood. It is also entirely under your control.
It is recommended that you start with an exercise schedule that involves
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Working towards any goal is the most important thing you can do. The second most important is to read books about how to do it better.
Every person can read thirty ...
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Writing expands our memory by giving us a buffer to store thoughts before they fade from our memory. Writing also enables self-reflection. When you write down a lo...
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Ensure that you speak with someone who is ahead of you in at least one dimension of their life, once per week. If you're working on your health, have a conversation with the pe...
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Write down whenever you spend money on anything. A spreadsheet can be used to track your spending.
The good life is easier to attain if you're able to budget for it, su...
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For many, the major obstacles to the good life is the abundance of temptations keeping us in the same place:
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Set yourself a time for bed and a wake time. Then stick to it. A consistent sleeping schedule allows you to predictably plan all the other things you intend to do.
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Having a big project you're always working on helps to keep all the other foundational practices together. A project that will last 1-2 years works best to maximize effort.
Four major k...
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This could be a new restaurant, a new activity, event, or just walking in a part of town you've never been to before.
A problem of productivity is that we tend to stick to activit...
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Good rituals can be done quickly, on-demand, and help you get into focus. Pairing a consistent routine with focused work can help to direct your mind into a state of productivity. But rituals can also prevent you from moving into focused work and instead become a tool for procrastination.
Wearing headphones can block out some of the ambient sounds and create a subtle barrier to being interrupted.
Regular headphones with some sounds playing will also do the trick. But researchers found listening to music with lyrics caused a decline in performance while white noise wasn't found to have the same impact.
For any focused work session, we should prevent the distractions we can control.
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It is often unhelpful to hear that the perfect routine is the one you can stick to to help you reach your goals. As everyone is different in personality, constraints, and preferences, the ideal method will differ.
Instead of outlining an exact routine, look at the essential parts of a routine, and season them as you desire.
To perfect your studying routine, look at your current routine, and see what's missing. For example: