📖 Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal

Topic: Productivity | Medium: Audible | Rating: 4/5

Notes

Play a personality e.g., creator, storyteller, director, kinesthetic.
Create side quests. e.g. - review your calendar and see how it could change - work in a new spot or use new software.
For a boring task ask yourself - “what would it look like to be fun?” E.g. music
How can I approach this work with a little seriousness and more sincerity?
Focus on the process not the outcome.
Reframe failure as successes in new data points.
Create a sense of adventure.
Lower the stakes (we tend to catastrophize).
Comrade mindset.

Ask yourself why 5 times when stuck on a task to determine whether you should do a task. Then ask what?
Inertia - easier to keep going than start.
5-minute rule - just work on it for a bit to trick your brain.
Advice from a billion-dollar mentor - what are the next 1-3 actions?
Need to be clear and actionable.
Bias towards action.
What’s the next action step?
Track progress - shows you are going in the right direction.

Accountability partner - increased sense of duty.

Find a buddy with the same ambition.
Accountablity relationship - disciplined, challenging, patient, supportive, constructive.
Accountability process - regular meeting/check-in.

Active investments list - time and energy.
Hope, dreams, and aspirations list.
Schedule breaks when you know you will get tired.
Most productive workers - 52 mins work to 17 min break.
Long-term future outlook - death-bed. Euology exercise.
Medium-term future - what do you want to celebrate in 1 year? What do I need today to do this week?
Short-term future - what 3 actions can do today to bring me in little step closer to how I want my life to look like in a year.

Adopt the mindset of a scientist! Hypothesise, test, and find out what works for you.