This Productivity System Will Save Your Life 

Hi Matt, Love from India...

@@leilahnv9960 I thought it was hilarious.

@@leilahnv9960 I thought it was funny too! Why didn't you like it?

You should post your checklists!

The Essential MAN

I really like that analogy!

Steezy Kane wasn’t expecting to see your comment here

LOL but it's true though. Your short term memory functions like the RAM on a computer while your long term memory functions like the hard drive on a computer.

steezy

@@khaleddanab5610 me too 🤣💜

Ty for this!!!

Lol I always forget she has an accent

Angel L Rodriguez Montes she’s Australian????

I'm a Brit and smart, but then been using checklists in earnest since about 1983, saved my bacon a few times too. Trust me I'm a Brit... ; ))))))

Nice.

@@mattdavella this is next level yet again. From blank "change your life" to blank "save your life". 😂

That’s a thing of my everyday routine at dinner like today

That checklist of listening to your gf reminds me of something Jeremy Clarkson or one of the other old top gear guys would do

Been on my watch later list for over a year 😃

So true

Too true

Bro you're hired.

Nobody: Notifications on your phone: Random thing happened randomly because that's how the world fucking works

@@mattdavella LMAO 🤣

For some reason that sounds like a first-person account from Chubbyemu (medical youtuber) 😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Dont you need examples / explanations?

ur right

You're never learn, Julie. You'll never learn.

☑ Check

This is on my checklist 😏

Well I should be sleeping!

@@mattdavella That's a pretty smart comment

Because he’s bRiTiSh

That's because he has a "Checklist" for that....

the accent

I love how you've motivated me not to trust my brain

Even if they have a great memory and memorize most things. Putting things down saves you brain power that you can use on other things than memorizing.

Rose Embers fuck off

@@roseembers2536 heyyy, it's okay. Don't let it boggle your mind. Great job trying to do smth at such a young age! Continue and you'll see success. Someday in 10 years you'll be like "Damn, this video was my first" and this will be a very important moment. Subscribed! :)

@@roseembers2536 mate, even if you were 20, I still won't unsubscribe because You. Are. Trying. And that's the most important thing, so keep going, find what you like and do that for living. Success won't Come without work and without success it's not very easy to live.

@@roseembers2536 I will, next year, haha

Rose Embers - Don’t hint at or tell your age, it’ll attract the wrong people who could come after you.

im not gonna remember this

Hibiki Sakura underrated

Yeah and I have heard it first from David Allen

Wrote down ✅

Wanted to pop in and credit David Allen creator of this quote with GTD system

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yep thats legit

Here's an interesting thought: Consider fighter pilots and surgeons. They both are a handpicked group of elite personnel doing a job few will ever do. They both spend years of schooling and training to get to where they are. They both are entrusted with incredibly expensive equipment, need other teams of highly trained professionals to support them, both hold the power of life and death in their hands, and finally they both think they are god's gift to the universe. Now all that being said there is a major difference. A fighter pilot won't touch a damn thing on her aircraft without a checklist. What makes a surgeon so special to think that he doesn't need one? Food for thought 😊

KAOTIK GRAVE TERRORIZER ✅✅✅

I think we are so many of us feeling this

Antonio Gonzalez yeah it’s strange. It makes total sense to only do things that feel like the right choice yet it’s hard to follow through. I personally allow myself to come up with excuses why I say yes to things that don’t excite me.

But, isn't trying daily hard?

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Phew thanks. Video was too damn long.

Thanks

For anyone who thinks knowing the topic of this video is equivalent to watching it, you are missing the point already.

it’s honestly kinda sad if you can’t sit through an 8 minute video to get some helpful information

Update.... 3 things on the check list is good enough to not trigger anxiety for me. Some times I do more, I can ad stuff like "cleaning" just to make me feel a little better.

underrated

Alexander Mitev I know they make me anxious so I tend to avoid them.

Seems like you are confusing the two, no? Check lists and to-do lists are different things, as the commenter outlined above.

CS it could mean different things. But Matt sometimes refers to checklists in the system sense of breaking down the complex into simpler steps, but he also suggests to use them to make progress on items that you never get to. That’s a to do list.

So basically you shouldn't obssess about it

I find it helpful to create another smaller “must do list” with just say 3 things on it that I DEFINITELY have to do that day. Then even if you just do those 3 things and nothing else, you still feel like you’ve achieved something and are less likely to give up! :) (I got this idea from the book ‘Get Your Sh*t Together’ by Sarah Knight... it’s a great book!)

Yes, be honest about what you actually need to do vs what you’d like to do. Not everything deserves the same priority level. Also, if you have something on your to do list that isn’t directly connected to a larger important goal, you’re less likely to accomplish it. Stay encouraged!

I do that too!! Great sense of accomplishment!💗

Thank you for the advice!!! I love finding new apps. They all seem not.. right

This is so me 😂

Fyi wunderlist is shutting down in less than 2 weeks.. Microsoft bought them out.

@@LostRelicGames Thanks for this info. I'll need to switch everything over. This makes me legit sad

keep doing it and you'll go to places

I do this on the days I have crippling anxiety. Its a life saver,

samie you are not alone. i do the same. sometimes i even write brush my hair. and i usually hide them, paste the small sticky notes in the pantry

Can’t answer 1. 2. No. To get the experience of a book that an author intended, read it. 3. I find e readers are miles more effective than a regular book, for someone who has to read on the bus in the dark or in any other circumstance, reading on an e reader or phone is much easier, in fact, you might forget to bring your book to x place, but you probably didn’t forget your phone did you?

For your first question it depends on how well you absorb the book. For example recently on one of my audiobooks I found that I’m merely letting the words just go past my head. I hear this dude talking but not really taking time to think it through. When reading text you have more of a chance to analyze it. Both are good, and I recommend doing both at the same time. Listen to audiobooks when driving, walking, and read when you can.

Regarding point 2- If you are reading self help books, yes. What I have found is that self help books just repeat a point over and over and over again, putting hundreds of studies and all that stuff. It is almost always never worth your time. Find a few videos about the book, apply them in your own life and refine them. If you are reading anything else, obviously no. Gotta appreciate each style and wording of the author.

@@forestreee yes good point, I agree

of course there's no right or wrong answer, mostly depends on your own cognitive processes. premise: imho, nothing is a substitute to books. my personal take after some experimentation: 1. i found i absorb very little information with audio only. to this day i mostly use podcasts as a "just want to listen to something factual while i'm taking a walk" thing. but i found out that NOT consuming content while having my usual walk is way better to just let my mind flow free while consciously or unconsciously ruminate past or new ideas, and spark creativity. i had my best ideas during or after an old school walk. you don't have to constantly be consuming stuff. to this day, content is most of the time a marketing hook for somethink else, rarely valuable. way better to just unplug and think. maybe a digital detox is all you need instead, think about it. 2. compared to audio media, i do absorb information better by visual stimuli, even at increased speed up to 2x at times. but video content is hard to consume efficiently, and very easy to get you into binging sessions and overall "content FOMO". i'd still prefer a book. 3. a book is still my favourite medium to absorb. objectively, it's a thing that took incredible amounts of time to be crafted compared to other media and it's an actual distillate of knowledge of research and ideas on part of the author. by definition, it will always be the richest medium in terms of value, no contest, while also being the least efficient to consume. but what's the point for speed? you want comprehension and intellectual enrichment, not quantity of consumed information. also books come with the advantage that's there's no binging or "quick and dirty digital distraction" to engage in FOMO (no "shiny new object one click away", so to speak). i.e.: if you want to read the book, you have to read the book. you have to be in the moment and invested in the experience. period. the downside is that nowadays, books are moving into content marketing objects just as well. so most recent books are not really intended as books, just visibility "hooks" (hey, pun!) to get the author "out there". your time is valuable and you won't be able to read all of the books out there. aim for the classics in both fiction and nonfiction. as for e-readers, i've had one for 5+ years now. is it great for monetary convenience? hell yes. is it great for portability? hell yes. do i absorb content the same way as in a regular paper book? well not really. the only thing i still miss is the ability to actually underline text and scribble to the side of the page in real time and in a PHYSICAL WAY (i.e. pencil in hand). That way, i can pin down ideas and reflections by the time they hit me, with no tech barriers, and fix them in memory better. it's basic psychology, nothing against tech. lately i've been experimenting in keeping on reading "low-medium interest" or just "way too heavy-large books to get in paper" books on my e-reader, while actually investing in paper books for "high interest" ones, to be consumed the slow, old school way. and i'm satisfied with the results. better comprehension and deeper reflection on content. PS. speed reading is still mostly BS to me. tried it more than once. granted you'll be able to slightly increase your speed, but again is is about speed? you want to extract knowledge, understand it, and think about it. who cares about speed. make it about value. been wordy. just my 2 cents, let me know your take

Do you write checklists on paper or do you make checklists in an app or something?

F R A N K both actually. I have a couple of lists on paper but most are in the notes app on my phone. For whatever reason I keep a daily to do list on paper and my master to do list on paper but all of my detailed lists are in the app.

Interesting! Could you give me some examples from your personal life where a checklist is very useful?

@@Buddhababe2 Which app?

Adrian I have a master to do list with appts to make, documents to send, general commitments etc. I also have a daily task list that I create every night before bed. On my app I have a master packing list, a list of who pays for breakfast next, a list of gym exercises (so I don’t forget any of my weights), a list of call backs, a list of what I need to do on my new house, important dates, places to vacation, my Netflix shows and the dates of the next season, and a few others.

Jesse Fremont Lol honestly

@@Dionisio97 haha yup

Would this also summarize the “checklist manifesto” book that he they mentions on this video?

edgar rodriguez yup

the rest of the vedio is about how the check list works.

Checklist: ( ) Save Life

11pleon same

@@-dennis3755 nice...

And you didn't; lol. People fail not because they don't make checklists, but because they fail to follow up with their checklists. Try next time! All productivity advises are crap.

😄 Love it

He has a podcast episode with Ryder Carroll! Ground Up Podcast

@@sugarbanana8066 Thank you!! I didn't know

@Rasmusb that's a dislike right there

@@D4rkLigHtLP the guy asked you to elaborate, can you pls elaborate?

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Same!

Matt d'blanc I saw what you did there

Nobody: Bill Gates: I invented Windows, here's what happened

@@gustavschnitzel wat?

@@gustavschnitzel what r u trying to relate to? Y have u Brought Bill Gates into this? U ok?

Haha you're mean

😂

Just watched the rest of the video. For personal use, I use Apple notes for all of my checklists, I have check lists for Goals, Things I want to buy, Bucket lists of days out, New places to eat, Countries to go to, Camping supplies, Holiday supplies, Money Management and many more.

@Finance Fit They are useful but so are spoons and hairbrushes but I don't need a 9-minute clickbait video to tell me that. ;)

@@harmonyvegan And that's why he said this after 25 seconds ;)

Thanks man

Whatever i plan to do, i store it in my mind. Checklists is not something im used to but i guess it can help prevent missing something out.

Fernando Castilho Cintra 😊

Sean de Beer the sociopath way

Well, to be fair, if empathy comes that hard to you, we will all appreciate you putting it on a checklist to remind yourself.

I hear you. I seems like it's fake or forced and that you don't really care if you have to write it down. That being said, you could make the same argument about reminders for birthdays and anniversaries. That a person couldn't possibly really care all that much if they had to be reminded about a friend's birthday, but we know that's not really true. I see it like this, it's a prompt. You'd bring a list of exercises to the gym that you'll follow like a checklist to make sure you do the right movements. You make the list because you care about doing it right. After a while, if you follow the same routine, then you can go and do it without the list. Writing be emphatic on a checklist may be a low bar, but if you are already poor at empathy it shows effort and care and gives you a more consistent way to practice it until it becomes more routine. Anything worth doing in life requires some planning and plenty of practice. Everyone sucks at something until they don't.

Newfound Dreamer Yes! Then your poor brain doesn’t have to remember every individual part of the process and, inevitably, forget something!

save paper? hahahah

First thing that came to my mind as well...

GTD on a trello board is the best thing to reclaim my sanity.

Came here to say this. Thanks for saving my time :-D

Wut show is that

@@mnadamishak9299 Everybody Loves Raymond

@@mnadamishak9299 Friends

Jenelle Carter Check!

Isn't ADHD basicly a group of bad habits, lack off focus and unawareness? Idk, but I worked on some of these and I feel "ADHD" a lot less. (im not nature speaker)

@@moracex ADHD is a phyiscal disability, your brain is wired differently. You can live with it and learn to deal with it but you cannot fix it you can just make it effect your life less. Mine was pretty bad and after years of dealing I was recommended medication to make my brain work like a normal brain

@@sillygoosechinachina I was told ADHD isn't a real thing, so I stopped looking for an advice on how to deal with it and rather tried to focus on how to fix other problems, but now I'm very sceptical. I've built organization systems for myself and they were very usefull, but for some reason I sometimes trust it and sometimes fall into doing something else. I will have to think it trought as simplisticly as I can and do some research on it.

Me is like: Make a checklist... Then, forgot to add the important thing on the list 😒

Some interesting opinions on ADHD on here... checklists, systems and schedules can be effective coping strategies for ADHD. Although it can take some work to get them implemented, it can eliminate some of that 'brain office' function of having to keep everything in your head. Instead you can fall back on your systems when you forget what you were doing or get distracted.

If there was a like button times 100, I would press it for this video.