[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Productivity]] - People: [[Jim Kwik]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4NpIl0kYg --- ## Summary - Have an unshakable to-don't list. - [[Create meaning with a to-do list. Protect it with a to-don't list.]] - [[Say no to good so that you can say yes to great]]. - [[First, you create your habits and then your habits create you]]. - [[Put first things first]]. ## Notes - The amount of information exponentially increases every day - every moment. However, how do we process information, how do we learn has remained the flatline same. - This gap between the ever-growing amount of knowledge and what we perceive to know can cause anxiety. The technical term being information fatigue syndrome. - [[Tackle the Mount Everest challenge of bridging the knowledge gap with a relentless courage to understand]] - to [[Take one emboldened curious step at a time]]. - One skill to master in the 21st century, is the ability to learn rapidly. - Find your focus amongst the eternal world of data. - [[Remove digital distractions and bask in the calm of it's much needed absence]]. - Protect your focus. [[Focus is a personal ethereal thing that the world never stops trying to take]]. - "[[The success that everyone is desiring is hidden in our daily habits]]". - "[[First, you create your habits and then your habits create you]]". - "Some of the highest achievers, they have a not to do list". - [[Create meaning with a to-do list. Protect it with a to-don't list.]] - "[[Say no to good so that you can say yes to great]]." - [[Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out is largely a matter of conscious choice and of discipline.]] - Success brings opportunity-stress. - Avoid checking your phone first thing in the mornings. - [[Don't let distraction dictate the possibilities of your day]]. - Rewire your mind towards focus and meaning. Rewire your mind towards response not reaction. - You can feel your emotions, but also be productive as well. - [[Your inbox is nothing but a convenient organizational system for other people's agenda for your life]]. - [[The simplest thing is to not do something. Yet, it's often the hardest thing to do.]] - [[We must be good at doing, and great at not doing]]. - Keep learning expose yourself to new knowledge. - Discover opportunities to download decade's worth of knowledge and experience in days. - K[[Knowing the details of a concept is not as important as knowing the character of its principles]]. - [[Put first things first]]. Keep the most important thing, the most important thing. - [[Don't be afraid of failure. Be wary of succeeding at things that don't matter.]] - Imagine a successful productive day. Then work backwards to discover how that day unfolded. - You cannot accomplish something meaningful if you're always giving away your sovereignty of focus. - "[[It's not time management. It's priority management.]]" - Forgetfulness is a survival mechanism as a result of navigating infinite data. - "[[We don't need to remember 500 phone numbers, but we lost the ability to remember just one.]]" - [[Two of the most costly words in life and business is, 'I forgot']]. ## Original ![[The one thing only 1% of people do-1.jpg]] ![[The one thing only 1% of people do-2.jpg]] ![[The one thing only 1% of people do-3.jpg]]