A system is...
- Something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of success regardless of the immediate outcome.
- A collection of goals, tools, habits, and methods is not the same as a purposeful system.
- A working system allows you to reduce your tasks to a manageable set of inputs and outputs, and establish some predictability.
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“When you focus on the practice instead of the performance, you can enjoy the present moment and improve at the same time.”
- If you do something every day, it’s a system.
- If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal.
- Take yourself mentally from step one all the way to the final step.
- At each step, ask yourself what tools, resources, information, or people you might need access to.
- Put them in a designated space or build in the easiest possible method for getting what you need when you need it.
- As part of the system, plan a regular time to restock the consumable resources that the system requires.
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People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of those hours to be unproductive.
You can use the Pomodoro Technique get into the state of flow: work for 25 minutes on a single task and then take a short break of 5 minutes. If you get in the habit of performing Deep Work in the morning, even for just half an hour, your work will rapidly compound over time. Focus on performing Deep Work, meaning you get to work free of distraction for a long time.
Having no routine or structure is so much more draining mentally, physically, and emotionally than any routine could ever be.
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