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Feel-Good Productivity Ali Abdaal - Coggle Diagram
Feel-Good Productivity
Ali Abdaal
First Pillar:
Energisers
Play
Choose Your Character (8 Play Personalities)
Collector
Competitor
Explorer
Creator
Storyteller
Joker
Director
Kinesthete
Embrace Your Curiosity
Life is a series of Side-Quest
Curiosity doesn't simply make our lives more enjoyable. It also allows us to focus longer
Reference: Research about asking people random trivia questions
The Magic Post-It Note
Write in Post-It Note and Ask Yourself
"What would this look like if it were fun?"
Enjoy Process, Not Outcome
Growth Mindset:
The only purpose is to be better as an individual (Internal Motivation), not random target numbers (External Motivation)
Create low-stakes environment
Reframe Your Failure
No failure is ever just a failure. It's an invitation to try something new.
Don't Be Serious. Be Sincere
Power
The Confidence Switch
“What would it look like if I were really confident at this?” Then act as if you’re confident, even if you’re not feeling it.
Vicarious mastery
Seeing someone else successfully perform a task you’re about to do boosts your confidence, because it shows you the task is not impossible
The Batman effect
Imagining yourself as a fearless superhero
Self-Talk
Think like a beginner (The Shoshin Method)
Take Ownership
Instead of thinking about tasks we “have to” do, we can start thinking of them as tasks we “choose to” or “get to” do
People
Ask for help
Overcommunicate Good News
Be candid instead of honest
Being candid is about directly challenging the issue at hand, while genuinely caring about the person you’re speaking to. Don’t make it personal or say whatever pops into your head.
Second Pillar:
Unblock
Clarity
To fight Uncertainty
Ask Yourself
Why are you doing this task? Focus on the high-level “Why”.
The 5 Why's
What should you do in practice? And what are the obstacles you are likely to face?
NICE Goals instead of SMART Goals
Near-term
Energising
Input-based
Controllable
When will you do the task?
Timeblocking
Courage
To fight Fear
Understand Your Fear
Affective Labeling
Reduce Your Fear
The 10-10-10 Rules
Get Started
To fight Inertia
Reduce Friction for Productive Tasks
Add Friction to Unwanted Distractions
Take a small step
The 5 Minutes Rule
"Don't beat yourself up"
Third Pillar:
Sustain
Overexertion (Conserving)
Don't overcommit
Energy Investment Portfolio
Active (Closed) "To Do" Investments
Open "To Do" List
"Hell yeah" or "No"
Think of Opportunity Costs
Imagine it was tomorrow
Take breaks
Depletion (Recharging)
Do creative activites - but protect them
CALM
Competence
Autonomy
Liberty
Mellow
Nature and walks:
Greenery, Recommended 10.000 steps/day
Mindless recharging
(The Default Mode Network)
Do Nothing
(By doing less today, you'll feel better tomorrow)
Play Video Games
Order Take-Out
Misalignment (Aligning)
Clarify your long-term values
Ideal eulogy (Obituary)
Odyssey plan
(5 years from now)
Current Path
Alternative Path
Radical Path
(Money and Social Constraints are irrelevant)
Wheel of Life
Health
Body
Mind
Soul
Work
Mission
Money
Growth
Relationships
Family
Romance
Friends
Align your values with near-term behaviour
(Because long-term value still too abstract)
12-month celebration
Daily alignment quests
Alignment Experiments
Develop Hypothesis to increase alignment
Test it, in a small way
Record your results
Burnout Types
Overexertion
Depletion
Misalignment
3 Productivity Pillars
Energisers
Unblock
Sustain
Think Like a Productivity Scientist
Don't rote-learn your way to feel-good productivity. Experiment your way