I'm a victim of this and it's all true. A proverb summarizes this perfectly: "If you take care of your pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves". I made another version of it myself: If you take care of your minutes, the hours will take care of themselves. Watch where your minutes go.
@@batuhandogan6241 yeah! Control your environment, work in an empty room with the necessities nearby (water toilet, inspirational poster), work at the same times every day, and let your family know that you need this block of time for isolation on your schedule. Work on the hardest things first, and resolve them before you move on. Take a regularly scheduled break to clear your mind ( I work in 45 minute sprint, then take 10 minutes break to not think).
Does anyone here know who the other you tuber is that Alex Becker listens to? He mentioned Sam Ovens and I didn’t catch the other name (and I can’t recall which video Alex said it in). Thanks!
@@vendictum I just concentrate on the video title and absorb all the information instantly without even having to play it. It's a difficult skill to master, but has saved me a lot of time
Weren't for my procrastination, I wouldn't have seen his Ninja tips on facebook ad machine. I'm still procrastinating but real close to open my online store
Block E Media it’s called investing your time. This is valuable information. How you came across this video is a different story. Holy I just commented a whole paragr-
Please stop leaving this contradictory comment, you never reply and by the way Im cool with that because it’s aligned with your message. Just stop promising. 🖤👍🏼
I just moved from pa to Cali and I know what you mean. It’s like 3 weeks of not having your tools and your workplace setup (in my case, a music studio). And all the stuff we have. Like cars lol. Best of luck in your move. The treadmill desk added so much productivity to my life
The most basic rules are so difficult to see. Most people like me are blind for the things that are right in front of them. Thank you for making me see!
This advice is really for advanced productive people, not for begginers. If you are new to full day productivity, take it step by step... don't force it!
So much value added Sam. A lot of people definitely do not understand the importance and value of time, until their whole life has passed and they spent 3 years of their life, cooking or something!
Not that anybody needs to give you any advice because your the man! So with much respect. Try intermittent fasting eating only once or two times per day. If done correctly its healthier and you have more energy throughout the day. It’s been an amazing transformation for myself going on two years. It’s actually very sustainable and I spend less on food. I really only think about eating one time a day at dinner. Great new place Sam and this is the best advice because it’s so little nobody notices what it does to them.
Training your body to this IF routine will itself take weeks. Stomach Fever is guaranteed in transition phase. People working all day will surely get bad hungry.
Makes perfect sense... Tim Ferriss talks about batching, Jordan B Peterson talks about cleaning your room, Alex Becker talks about laser focus (thanks to Becker for leading me here)... get out of your own way.
Same when I moved to Miami last year. I thought I could be thrown in any environment and own it just as much, only to realize a big part of my success was du to the environment I previously took years to set up. Gold advice here man.
Yeah, I also got here via Alex Becker. I'm taking your advice on evaluating decisions based on how long they last. I'm also going to adjust my sleeping schedule so that I actually have one.
I agree with this video 100%. For a period of time I was a digital nomad and found my productivity levels to be abysmal. Needing to regularly find new accomodation, ID good places to eat, find good places to work etc was killing my life. I felt like a basic human needing to re-invent the wheel every few months. Right now what's working really well for me is intermittent fasting (one less meal to think about) and having two really simple meals each day which take about 5 mins to prepare and food which is tasty and hits my macronutrients. I love the idea of doing the '100 units of time' activity once a month to get regular insight into how I'm using my time. Great video Sam.
Hi Tom yeah for sure. For lunch I have two poached eggs (I heat each egg in the microwave for a minute), a bowl of broccoli with olive oil and an avocado. Add rock salt for extra flavour. For dinner - it's a little unconventional and is more like a breakfast but I really look forward to it at the end of each day. Its 2 cups of oats, with a handful of blueberries and a tablespoon of cocoa. I whack it into the microwave for 2 mins then it's done. I then add some greek yoghurt and a drizzle of maple syrup. I estimate that eating these two meals give me at least an hour extra of freedom each day - highly recommended. I'm not sure what your physical goals are - they may change the quantities you need to eat. I'm in 'cutting' mode which reduces the amount I need to eat.
@@DF430 Damn - I love especially the dinner meal and I'm addicted to it now! But I use melted dark chocolate. :) thank you so much - you could do videos on 5 minute healthy meals hacks.
Alex Becker Sent me here... I definitely see why I am losing some productivity, and focus after watching this video thank you Sam for sharing your personal experience of death of a thousand cuts, and tips to get back on track.
“How long will this decision last? How can I set up my life so I don’t need to think about this again? What decision do I need to make so that this circumstance/issue/problem is taken care of from this point forward?” This thinking will change everything. Thank you.
Thanks, Sam I actually just delete all the social media apps as well as started meal prepping and really getting a hold of my day because I have too much time on my hands to be stuck where I am at now thank you. Hope to meet you one day.
This is one of the best RU-vid videos I have ever watched. My only question is what do you do if you don't have the finances to hire a chef? Meal prep, the half life seems still to low for that imo, only 5 -7 days.
Alex Becker sent me. Such valuable information, Mr. Ovens. I went into a bit of a frenzy, pausing your video here and there and going through my kitchen, bathroom, linen closet, 'fridge and so on and purging items that take up my time and provide me with no real value. Food has been a tough thing for me to systemize; although I am not quite to the place of hiring my own chef, I do plan to have groceries delivered and things like toilet paper automatically delivered on a schedule, saving me time and enhancing my productivity. Thanks so much for sharing your insights.
My environment is toxic, mainly due to my partner who has devolved into pre-dementia. It's actually death by a thousand stabs. We had elected to move in together (September 21) to improve productivity because he cannot drive. It's been a total nightmare. Now, my wife, who has been a total trooper, has been looking for a new residence for us. We will be giving up the partnership as Bob's dementia is accelerating (as a point of dark humor, I am already in an Accelerator program -5.0); it's awful. A total change of environment is necessary: housing, partnership, office, etc.; I have to work alone, which I'm really good at especially since I will beginning Accelerator immediately following my knee replacement January 2. Thank you for the video which clearly supports and identifies with my dilemma I had my best income year in 2017 with a net income of $1.9 Million. I have really screwed up.
I'm an entrepreneur my self and you hit it real hard at the end when you talk about having no constraints and too much "free" time. I definitely need to work on this! Great video and content man 👍
Truly appreciate this video. Insanely powerful to realize that every big goal and every failure is made up of either the little things you did well or the little things did did wrong and repeadted over and over again. Thanks brother. This is perfect for going into and dominating this new year
Here from A Becker, I think you just revealed one of the secrets to success! We’ve all heard time management advice, but this one is the best as now I am able to see my whole life in the picture.
Some how, I've converted my lady friend into my personal chef and house cleaner. Don't ask me how and I'm still gonna look into my future chef, just in case she get feed up with my movements. Thanks for that food for thought Sir.
One of the things I used to solve this problem on a budget was using PlateJoy. It uses 100 data points to build a menu, grocery list, and it was only $75 for a year. I remove all that decision fatigue on planning, deciding every meal and building a grocery list. I even throw it on my Google calendar, so it pops up on my phone what I am eating for that meal and have the whole week planned out with a weekly printout posted on the fridge. Then, I hop into the kitchen, follow that recipe, don't waste food, eat good food, lose weight and keep focusing on other things. I have saved at least 3-4 hours a week by doing this. It's been great!
Sam, you inspired me to hire what I'm calling a "Food Hero" to outsource all things food for my family. Wrote ad copy as if I was hiring someone for my company and put up a webpage yesterday. Can't wait to fill this position and buy so much of the time I've been wasting back. Love your videos. Keep up the awesome.
2 of my kids running around my home office was not sustainable. Now I have a coworking office space. Thank you. I am also INTP and in sales/co-founder. I am going to use this tools.
Even before you started on food I sensed where you were going. I am sitting here preparing breakfast and you had me thinking about all those times that I have no idea where my coffee mug is, then I have to look for a spoon, then "..where the hell is the sugar?..", and "oh I need to fill up the kettle" and " do I have any bread?..," etc, So many times during the week I repeat this same clumsy process without even thinking about how unnecessarily messy and time consuming I make it. I just finished my first year in college as a mature student and, after many years of working and taking pride in 'apparently' being a hard worker, I realized through college that it's way too easy for me to be un-productive because of putting my energies into an unorganized strategy or even worse, the wrong strategy.
You know up until right now at this very moment, i truly believe this is the most valuable piece of information ive received in the last 3 years. After graduating high school and being a complete scatter brained moron i am going to try my best to follow this piece of advise because now i know how important it is, Thank you Sam
Another way to look at it. Systems thinking, Theory of Constraints and Lean Systems or Lean Processing. Delete/Eliminate, Integrate, Outsource/Delegate, Automate.
Watching this video and applying the principles has made me EUR 45,875.- worth of time per year in the past three days. Absolute f-ing GOLD, Sam! Thank you!
Just getting back into the groove of creating my business, and every pitfall and solution that u mentioned is what I have been experiencing, ....so moving forward to productive days, thanks for your insights
That would be so awesome to have you on for a 30 minute interview on my channel! I've read many productivity books and really love this content. Well done Sam!
Cynchronia that’s all it takes man! Would be sweet to have him on, but I will do my best to replicate his ideas and put my own twist on them to give my viewers a unique experience 😎
Thanks for this Sam, I am applying these principles now. As a business owner I struggle with time management and I am now tracking where my time is going.
Hello Mr. Owens. I'm just a man looking into starting my own e-commerce website. I am watching some RU-vid videos in an effort to educate myself on possible pitfalls and productivity "killers". Thank you for reminding me that it all starts with ME!
Really interesting video. You made me realize that I should be planning my meals in a much better way. Right now, I'm intermittent fasting during the week (I am an elementary teacher and I teach in French), so I eat once a day. I started doing that as an experiment, but it turned out to be like the best thing ever! However, when the end of the day come, this is where I sometimes make bad food choice. I'm so tired with all the decisions I had to make during the day that I end up neglecting my health and that is not acceptable. You made me realized that I should plan all my meals for the week (even the month) and stick to it. Thanks!
Now, I'm recognising those small 1000 cuts in my life! Before I saw obvious issues and obstacles and for the rest I didn't care, I thought OK, it's not a big deal. But together all those small cuts are counted for a really big danger. Thank you, Sam!
He mentions time a bunch, but the more specific loss he refers to is his attention, focus, and work momentum. Which is involved in time, but specificity really hammers the point down.
Wow! *Thank you!* I wish I had the ability to explain this to people who feel it's okay to interrupt me for the stupidest things! They can't see that even if it's a 30 second interruption, I may lose an hour or more of "in the zone" work. No one *gets it!*
I listened to this while on a focus pill 💊 I think you got something here. Funny I can tell you like software development from how you say ‘ship a product’ and full stack. This is all true. Thanks Sam.
Hey Sam, I could not agree with you more. In the office I work with 2 x 27 inch monitors side by side, wireless full keyboard and wireless mouse all connected to me 15inch MB Pro. At home I have a 17inch monitor over the top of my 15inch MB Pro and the desk is slightly higher and a rough surface. I am super productive at work and hate working at home. It's the little things, desk is not right, monitors are different etc. So I am thinking of replicating my office office with my home office - the $700 or $800 I will spend will pay its self back in a day or two..I do have a charger in both places though. Also agree with costs etc, I call it "The Docket Affect" . You go to Woolies or Coles to get a few things and $67.76 later you wonder how did that happen...thanks for lots of great content!!
I already follow you but alwx Becker did mention this video specifically and he said he trully believes in you your message and your mastermind 100% verified you are the truth I already love your messages and content throughout 2018 but it was really cool to see another influencer shout you out. Thanks for being Real. 2019 is all about waking up from the social media fog that has been created over the last few years.
Hello Sam, You are awesome. I paid $2K to get the same information :). Key lessons: It's not the big distractions, but small little ones which make you unproductive. Value time more than money. Make decisions for once those that are repetitive and then you'll be lot more productive.
This is fantastic. It is easy to get caught in the net of the vast amount of content. Cardone, Lopez, Vaynerchuck (like your ad) and many other sub-producers that have tidbits of gold in their content. Sifting through the advice and trying to decide what is good and what is trash is a real effort in itself. I have decided to cut that out of my life, and study you and your methods instead. Thank you for this amazing content. It is excellent.
Great value of a lesson! Great job. After thinking about this video, you starting to fit the peaces and saw that all these tips it's to obvious. Too obvious that anyone does not see in a whole lifetime. Thanks Alex and Sam!
Hi Sam! I love this video. I need to revamp my routine. Thanks, this video has helped me a lot. Right now I'm working on my copyright and getting ready to invest money on FB ads. I'm really digging inside my niches fractal patterns to write the best ads I can.
Another great video Sam, I was listening to it while preparing my food to store for the next few days - to save time. I am moving from Mexico back to NZ next week in the short term to be able to focus on my business from my mothers garage, to have fewer distractions ie death by Mexican cuts lol eg dealing with the language issue takes up so much of my time and wastes energy every day. I was very productive in NZ three years back, then I moved to San José del Cabo in Mexico for the good life, the first issue was the internet speed, then the heat, and nosy Mexican culture which affected my sleep. I found it hard to find a good gym, basically, everything slowed down business wise. I moved to Guadalajara a larger city to try to get better Internet and get with my first physical product made and exported ie a white powder from Mexico, but it was stopped at the border by the FDA (it was a natural stevia product), funny story ...the drama's and frustrations continued for 2 more years in the physical product Amazon Private label space ...anyway thanks again, really enjoying the videos and I am taking action ie back to simple NZ life, buy your course and get focused.
Incredible content, Sam -- you're hands down one of the realest "gurus" out there. I'm a direct response copywriter and I was wondering, do you have any tips on acquiring more clients as a copywriter?
Hi Edwin, Sams program is all about this. Have you done his free webinar? www.consulting.com/webinar . By the way if you want to join the program I can also give you a 500 $ discount. You can just write me a message :-). It's the best investment I ever made.
These are great tips, thank you! I've been struggling with time management and it really does come down to lack of planning and attention to detail. I will be putting your ideas to use. Much gratitude!
Sam thank you so much for the well-timed information and transparency. Just what I needed as I Work to get my business lifted up off the ground. Focused effort and doing less is what I need and will be developing for my life in this upcoming new year or better yet tomorrow as I give it some thought this evening .
Good! Funnily enough, tomorrow I planned introducing a fixed time where I get up and where I start to work and where I stop working. I need a steady rhythm. I just saw the video and Sam says exactly the same thing
