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How to make the switch? 2/2
- You Vs. You - You don’t need another productivity app, another book, another video, the only thing that ruined your plans in the past was your own resistance.
- Short-term planning - Plane the progress in short sprints, here’s a frame works that can be used. Create Something – Ship it – See the Real Feedback – Adapt – Repeat
- Time & Place - This really helped me - Schedule some time time and decide a space for constructive deliberate reading. The combination of fixed time & space helps overcome the resistance and helps in building a habit.
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Blue Dot level
There are only two main reasons we consume
1. It is useful &
2. It makes you happy
After a certain point the more you consume the lower the returns from the new content - less fun, less enjoyment, no happiness & not useful either
I call this the “Blue Dot” level
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How to make the switch? 1/2
- Recognise Consumerism - marketing is oriented towards one thing – making you believe that consumption will make you happy & successful. No iPhone, movie, book, car, dress, bag or shoes can make you happy/successful.
- Track your time - Watch where you you spend time and track it like ...
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Consumption Engines
Recent statistics show that an average person consumes about 10.5 hours of media per day - watching movies, shows, surfing the internet, social media, listening to the radio/podcasts, playing with an app & much more.
In a world where zillions of bytes of content is created every single day,...
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It is time to create 💪
What do the most successful & intellectual people have in common? Do we look up to people who are constant consumers or passionate creators?
Coincidentally wealth also needs to be created!
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Indicators that you have reached the blue dot
- don’t feel +ve after consuming more
- Seen/heard/tasted all of this before
- Cribbing & complaining about creators
- Missing the “good old days”
- Losing curiosity
- Feeling down
If you have lost interest in what you are consuming, you have reached the “Blue ...
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Consumption vs Creation
Consumption is convenient - streaming your favorite shows with no commercials, and on your own timetable - what could be better.
Creation is stopped before it could even get started because it is hard and it requires effort, focus, motivation & determination.
When you create you have ...
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Understanding when to make the switch from consumption to creation.
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