when usually people are distracted and
they say well I can't stay focus what
they really mean is they're getting a
lot of stuff done and B they're not so
sure if they are actually doing things
that actually produce any results does
that make a difference so the key number
one to extreme productivity is you need
to be absolutely ruthless when it comes
to the outcome what is it you're trying
to do what is it you're trying to create
what's the outcome that you want instead
of just getting busy busy busy busy
because I believe busyness is also a
form of laziness that is not just
because you're busy it doesn't mean
you're productive
just because you fill up your calendar
with all kinds of stuff to do it doesn't
mean you're producing any results right
just because you're splashing in the
water it doesn't mean you're swimming
right so that's what I wanted to be
absolutely worthless don't just ask okay
what I need to do what I need to do how
can I do this better
why am I even doing this at all is this
important can I eliminate this if I
don't do this would even make a
difference what people notice how would
this contribute in my life want to my
bottom lines of business when you are
very clear and you are ruthless about
the outcome now guess what you're more
productive and what you notice is it
doesn't matter what is it that you want
to do whatever result you want to create
the 80/20 rule always applies only 20%
of what you do contribution 80% of
results so you constantly want to be
thinking about okay am i doing the
important 20% why am I just wasting time
with that 80% that actually doesn't
matter that much so time management
ultimately is self management high
management ultimately is self management
it's not about managing time it's about
managing ourselves managing our
priorities managing our emotions what
are we and how many of you have a task
or something in your business that you
know you're supposed to do but you just
you've been putting it off needs to be
done time you have we
have the time because we can't get
ourselves off our ass and get it done
so we got high management the self
management number three is make sure you
give yourself a time a finish time so
whenever you're working on a task
instead of saying hey you know what
today I'm gonna work on this particular
task and I won't stop until I finish it
it is okay but I found that that's not a
very good idea if you want to maximize
your productivity its maximum results in
minimum time I find that you can train
yourself to work faster and get stuff
done faster so let's say I'm going to
write an article for a before Inc
website well instead of me sitting down
and just spending hours and hours and
hours on it I would say okay I'm gonna
write this article I'm gonna block it an
hour I'm gonna write this article I'm
gonna finish in an hour you're training
your brain to finish things in a certain
time certain frame of time versus they
let it go on and on and on and on and
then guess what you don't finish and
then kind of you procrastinate okay fine
I'll finish tomorrow that
procrastination kicks in and then drag
on another day another day and the other
day versus you know what today I'm gonna
get this done so give it a timeframe
give it a deadline and you could see you
could actually get way more done in a
data and what most people think your
question your to do that's not like get
up in the morning what I need to do what
I need to do today what I need to do I'm
saying why the hell are you even doing
it at all you look at anything why am I
even doing this and you question well
maybe I should act only to do this oh
it's just an obligation maybe it's not
that important now let me cross that out
oh that's just distraction no I don't
need to do that and out of that it kind
of thought maybe all you have to do is
this instead of that again normal
managing kind managing ourselves we have
the question firstly number one what is
the highest and best use up to my time
right now please repeat after me with
knowledge you put what the question was
the highest and best use of my time
right now
Mateusz why am I doing this again why am
I even doing this number three what is
the payoff on this activity what is the
payoff so when I state outcomes expend
time with my family what the payoff is I
get to spend quality time with my family
I get joy happiness out of that great oh
that's the payoff of that to me I could
watch a movie there keep that let me
escape from the day to day so that I can
go into a different world and recharge
my battery that's the payoff of that
activity I can work out one hour you
know what
become stronger I can let thick I am I
am more energetic that have to pay off
of that many years ago I've got to do
lives I'm a lot and it's long because
I'm this control freak and I'm
perfectionist my to-do list at a time
was probably five seven pages worth
documenting the kind of items and it was
you good and I would have a to do thing
and then cross it out I'll cross it out
how many of you feel good when you're
crossing our audience ridiculous okay
and that's what I had now let's make a
decent money by six-figure year but also
that's the problem
then I evolved then I learned that I
don't just want to have my to-do list I
want to have and other people's to do
this what is it other people's little
list so I would have another people's
to-do list and started developing that
and that thing gets thicker and thicker
and thicker and thicker and actually my
tutelage gets shorter and shorter and
shorter shorter so every day now the way
operate is if you actually if I invite
you to my office I work from home and
you see on my on my wall I would have
what I call the big five every day I'm
five big things unless accomplished you
every day
big stuff every day and I would usually
in the morning okay today I got to call
this partner well I got to set up this
oh I got to come map out the strategy
for that company well whatever it might
be I got a reveal so five things very
simple not a ton of stuff and every day
I want to make sure
I don't get off work until I finish
these five things now what's interesting
is sometimes it would take me hours to
do these it would take me a good day to
do it
sometimes only takes me an hour to
finish the whole thing now if let me ask
you a question if I've got five things
on my list the big five in the morning
and I finish it I cross it let's say I
get it I get it I got it done by 12:00
noon time what do I do for the rest of
the day celebrate good yes everybody
celebrate yeah but what else dying you
planned for tomorrow do this which takes
about five minutes or so well seriously
what else gotta read maybe learn yes not
but not the right answer yeah what do I
do with the rest of the time self
develop maybe maybe I don't go off by
the way help other people but it's too
big too big if you were me what would
you do have lunch
relax all right okay bye what would you
do you're done for that day would you do
couldn't you how many of you continue
working find more stuff to do okay
that's the [ __ ] problem not the
answer not the answer but that's a
that's a habit right now right not the
answer what else you what do you do
spend time with family maybe maybe sleep
I sleep a lot are they ready so that's
not quite it he is what it is I would
think think
most entrepreneurs you're not taking
enough time to think because when you're
running like this can you think no you
can only when you get off the hamster
wheel then you think now with me I
usually sing with an open a pad like
this right and then a pen I just sit
there and I think it's almost like I'm
if you if you observe it's almost like
I'm like daydreaming a little bit but I
just think well the question is is that
the time you and I have to see - Bill
Gates Warren Buffett Jack Ma 24 hours a
day seven days a week 365 days a year
what's the difference the question you
should be asking yourself is how can I
devote my time to something important
how can I be more like tied to something
that will be closer to my goals that's
what you want to focus on because
anything that you do so much to do every
single [ __ ] day but what do you focus
on ask yourself is this moving closer to
my balls
closer to what is it gonna make me money
this is gonna benefit my family it's
going to make me richer is it gonna make
me happier
sometimes I believe laziness or business
is about laziness people get so busy
their bygones
I'm so lucky we can do so many things by
you producing results are usually
producing results that's the most
important things that's what I'm talking
about you have to make that choice