How to Actually Use Productivity Tips and Improve Your Life

Productivity always sounds good in theory, but it can be harder to put into practice. In this episode, we're talking about how you can use productivity in your real, everyday life.

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Timestamps!

0:02:25 - Putting productivity tips into practice
0:03:33 - Drinking tea and good old mold
0:05:28 - The 3 stages of skill building and how they affect your progress
0:09:38 - Don’t tell others about your goals
0:11:01 - Prioritizing specific problems, interests and activities
0:15:38 - Structuring and optimizing certain aspects of your life
0:23:05 - Taking into account all the optimizable variables of your system
0:28:46 - Sponsor: FreshBooks (Working as a freelancer)
0:31:49 - Building habits slowly and consistently
0:38:16 - Using external motivators to make sure you do stuff
0:43:25 - Knowing yourself and not taking people’s advice at face value
0:51:00 - Handling possible failures in your habit building
0:55:20 - Following someone else’s advice when you’re clueless
0:57:18 - Reviewing your progress on the goals you’ve set
0:58:42 - Recap and conclusion

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