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12 of the best methods for high-performance living:
How to Budget (50-30-20 Rule)
Allocate your income to these buckets:
50% Needs
• Housing
• Food
• Transportation
• Basic Utilities
• Insurance
30% Wants
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Fashion/Gear
20% Savings
• Debt payments
• Emergency fund
• Retirement
• Investments
Allocate your income to these buckets:
50% Needs
• Housing
• Food
• Transportation
• Basic Utilities
• Insurance
30% Wants
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Fashion/Gear
20% Savings
• Debt payments
• Emergency fund
• Retirement
• Investments
How to Boost Charisma (SHR Method)
Make people feel important:
Seen
• Give eye contact
• Offer a specific compliment
Heard
• Ask good questions
• Be interested, not interesting
Remembered
• Follow up
• Remember name(s)
• Recall something you discussed
Make people feel important:
Seen
• Give eye contact
• Offer a specific compliment
Heard
• Ask good questions
• Be interested, not interesting
Remembered
• Follow up
• Remember name(s)
• Recall something you discussed
How to Learn Anything (Feynman Technique)
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
His powerful 3-step learning technique:
Step 1
• Choose & study a concept
Step 2
• Teach it to a child
Step 3
• Return to learning
• Fill in knowledge gaps
• Simplify further
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
His powerful 3-step learning technique:
Step 1
• Choose & study a concept
Step 2
• Teach it to a child
Step 3
• Return to learning
• Fill in knowledge gaps
• Simplify further
How to Beat Perfectionism (70-20-10 Rule)
The #1 factor that influences creative success?
Volume produced.
Use the 70-20-10 Rule:
• 70% of your work will be mediocre
• 20% will suck
• 10% will be amazing
If you're avoiding failure, you're avoiding success.
The #1 factor that influences creative success?
Volume produced.
Use the 70-20-10 Rule:
• 70% of your work will be mediocre
• 20% will suck
• 10% will be amazing
If you're avoiding failure, you're avoiding success.
How to Give an Update (4-Bullet Status)
Powerful people are busy.
(They might not remember what they asked you to do.)
Use this outline:
• Here's what you asked me to do
• Here's what I did
• Here are the risks/blockers (if any)
• If given more time, I'd do this
Powerful people are busy.
(They might not remember what they asked you to do.)
Use this outline:
• Here's what you asked me to do
• Here's what I did
• Here are the risks/blockers (if any)
• If given more time, I'd do this
How to Protect Your Energy (Relationship Razor)
Evaluate your relationships.
• Spend more time with people who give you energy
• Spend less time with people who steal your energy
• If you're introverted, block out time to be alone
Evaluate your relationships.
• Spend more time with people who give you energy
• Spend less time with people who steal your energy
• If you're introverted, block out time to be alone
How to Fall Asleep Quickly (4-7-8 Method)
1. Breathe in through your nose for a 4s count.
2. Hold your breath for a 7s count.
3. Exhale for an 8s count, making a "whoosh" sound through pursed lips.
4. Repeat up to four times, twice daily.
Learn more:
1. Breathe in through your nose for a 4s count.
2. Hold your breath for a 7s count.
3. Exhale for an 8s count, making a "whoosh" sound through pursed lips.
4. Repeat up to four times, twice daily.
Learn more:
How to Learn from Your Mistakes (After Action Review)
1. What did I intend to accomplish?
2. What happened?
3. Why did it happen that way?
4. What will I do next time for a better outcome (or to repeat my success)?
Learning from mistakes separates the best from the rest.
1. What did I intend to accomplish?
2. What happened?
3. Why did it happen that way?
4. What will I do next time for a better outcome (or to repeat my success)?
Learning from mistakes separates the best from the rest.
How to Communicate Powerfully (7-38-55 Rule)
People will like/dislike your speaking based on:
• 7% words
• 38% tonality and face
• 55% body language
Stand up straight, pull your shoulders back, make eye contact, smile, give a firm handshake...
You will be dangerous.
People will like/dislike your speaking based on:
• 7% words
• 38% tonality and face
• 55% body language
Stand up straight, pull your shoulders back, make eye contact, smile, give a firm handshake...
You will be dangerous.
How to Stop Looping (3 Powerful Questions)
If you're like me, you re-run things over in your mind.
Often these loops do not serve us.
When you catch yourself in a loop,
Ask a powerful question:
• Am I present?
• Is this useful?
• Will I care about this in 1 year?
If you're like me, you re-run things over in your mind.
Often these loops do not serve us.
When you catch yourself in a loop,
Ask a powerful question:
• Am I present?
• Is this useful?
• Will I care about this in 1 year?
How to Be Productive (3-3-3 Plan)
Write down today’s 3-3-3 Plan:
• 3 hours on your most important project
• 3 shorter tasks
• 3 maintenance activities
Defining a "productive day" is crucial.
Or else you'll never be at peace (even with excellent output).
Write down today’s 3-3-3 Plan:
• 3 hours on your most important project
• 3 shorter tasks
• 3 maintenance activities
Defining a "productive day" is crucial.
Or else you'll never be at peace (even with excellent output).
How to Make Decisions (‘No’ by Default)
Normalize making 'No' your default.
Whether it's new work projects or social gatherings,
Saying 'Yes' to non-priorities ruins your priorities.
In the words of Mark Manson,
If it's not a 'fuck yes,'
It's a no.
Normalize making 'No' your default.
Whether it's new work projects or social gatherings,
Saying 'Yes' to non-priorities ruins your priorities.
In the words of Mark Manson,
If it's not a 'fuck yes,'
It's a no.
I could go on (I love this stuff), but that's it for today!
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