Easier to understand: 1. Don't work hard for the sake of working hard. 2. Don't wander aimlessly. 3. Focus on the processes that lead to the desired outcome. 4. Learn to say no.
You can be incredibly busy and totally unproductive. So many people think that productivity is about putting in hours. In reality, it is much more about putting in _effective hours_
Exactly, a lot of people say that u have to work in your business 10-16h whit out any rest, in fact this is making you unproductive, if u don't let your mind rest your productivity will just decrease hour by hour, and u will think that u are being productive but in fact u are wasting your time. Work smarter, not harder
For me this would be like grade school kind of thinking but then I realized as soon as I thought that after reading your comment that this would make perfect sense because people nowadays are lunatics. Yup beyond morons these days it's now entered into pure lunacy.
So true I would spend 6 hours each day studying for uni worrying about getting my assignments done it would take me ages, but after getting to the library and focusing for 3 hours I would get so much more work done. Sounds so simple but it can be easy to forget sometimes especially when you have a number of deadline
Another book that I would recommend is Essentialism. It would help you figure out where you should be focusing and where you don't need to. Seek out the essential, delegate the trivial! Changed my life!
1. What's the one thing you like most about the personal development niche? 2. What kind of videos would you like to see more on CZcams? I'm doing a bit of research and I'd appreciate your help.
ANSWER LIST: 1. focusing on working hard ( focus on the why instead of what ) 2. wandering aimlessly ( work towards a goal ) 3. worrying about the outcome ( focus on the process ) 4. saying yes (value your time and say no to non- priorities )
Watching this makes me feel like I'm on drugs. The same thing every day. The same habits. The same deep pain of never accomplishing any slowly rotting my soul. I hear the words of reason but I don't want to leave the comfort of mindless routine. It's like I'm drowning in 3 feet of water and I don't want to stand up.
Read the Power of Now. Trust me. Don't get spooked if parts seem a little overly spiritual to you. The overall idea, if understood and implemented, can truly change your life. I also recommend Andrew's next listed video: The real reason you procrastinate. It focuses on emotions. A very good book on that topic which presents a technique that imo is revolutionary is 'Letting Go' by David R. Hawkins. As with all things, you will have to find your own way, some things work for some people, some for others. Just try to listen to yourself and to your body from time to time and try to focus less on what your monkey mind has to say every second of every single day. Good luck, brother.
There's a book called The 10 seconds rule. To sum it up she said that you need to act on your thoughts within the first 10 seconds. For example. You're thinking I really need to start working on that personal project. But you lay there contemplating if you should do that or wait for tomorrow. If you don't get up within the 10 seconds you'll end up talking yourself out of it. And repeat that pattern and never do it. I did that with working out in the morning. I would lay there in bed thinking "Oh, it's too cold," or "I should skip today." But I started counting and would get out of bed before I counted to 10. You can find the lady talk about it here on CZcams. Idk if you really need to read the whole book. Because she summarizes it on an interview I found on CZcams.
I get it so much it hurts! When I get tempted to turn on netflix on my TV, I end up staying at TV screen for many days, I feel like suffocating, I feel so unhappy, feel like I'm drowning like you described, I call myself a mindless zombie. And this mindlessness keeps repeating daily, untill I turn it off and leave that room for good, close the door and go to a room with no TV. Then I feel so liberated, I feel much more alive, like I am able to choose my actions because I am aware!..
@@RococoQira You might not want to hear this but what you're experiencing is called an addiction. I know this because I've suffered (am suffering) the same. The solution is to treat it like an actual addiction.
Absolutely loved the idea of letting the score take care of itself. We can't always control our outcomes in life, but at least we can control our present actions.
I think in this context it's also important to mention that you can never know what the future will bring about. For all you know, you could get hit by a car tomorrow. Just focus on what makes you happy and fulfills you (of course this includes things like grinding hard to accomplish something) and don't depend on any hypothetical outcomes that you absolutely need to come true one day in order for you to finally be happy.
Productivity is replacing, not adding, not taking, but replacing. Replace all of the negative parts of your average day with something that brings value. It doesn't even need to be work! Resting can be equally or even more productive than draining your energy in 1 day.
Productivity is about what you don’t do, rather than about what you do. Word. New CZcamsrs like myself have a lot to learn from you Andrew. Great video. Love Audible too!
In short: *Hunger and need* are the best drivers of discipline and hard work. *Set your goal* Figure out "how" Work hard *Don't wonder aimlessly* Focus on the *processes* not the outcomes Don't say "yes". Focusing is about saying "no". No one else values *your time*
I also listen to audiobooks when training! as I train 4-5 times a week, it's about 2-3 hours in whole (traveling to the gym, warming up, training, jog, cooldown and traveling home) compound is the effect I'm chasing and these hours STACK.
@@ryanhuestis2955 and applying it to yourself. I find it hard to retain the information while working out, driving etc. but would hope at least sub consciously I would.
Haters will hate lol stfu if the information he hears is important enough he will retain and use it regardless of what he's doing while he hears it. Ppl just wanna find excuses to not do it themselves and also bash others and undermine them for doing the work lol
There's another great book called Slight Edge where he talks about point #3 as well, essentially staying focused on the daily habits and tasks rather than trying to get wrapped up in dreams of the outcome. Just stay focused on the process and the results will follow on their own.
If you seek tranquillity, do what’s essential. Do less, better. Because most of what we do or say is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more tranquillity. But to eliminate the necessary actions, we need to eliminate unnecessary assumptions as well.
@@paratame105 That's a great question. It's easy to name a number of things which drain our time. But what I think is more important is first eliminating things that drain our emotional 'health bar'. For me, one of the single most effective 'subtractions' we can make is eliminating the giving of weight / importance to other peoples opinions, especially from people we don't value. It's unbelievable how 'productive' you can be when you're no longer preoccupied with what others think.
Wow man that's real quality content. I like the atmosphere that you create, not like most motivational youtubers, that seems to be productivity robots. You show that we are all just human but with plan and tactic we can achieve more. Great job mate, greetings from Germany!
45 years of hiring people has taught me differently. People who use that phrase typically do neither. If you haven’t worked hard, you cannot know what working smart is. It’s the industrial equivalent of “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” Time has shown this to be an empty claim as well. No, the key phrase is when a person is commended for good work, and that person says, “I try.” That worker is a keeper.
@@isaacsteiner164 This is the philosophy of an inbred elitist scoundrel whose god was Usury. I categorically oppose everything that philosophy represents, and I wholeheartedly embrace all it rejects. JD can shovel hot coals.
Basically 1. Have a plan and execute 2. Dont procrasinate but learn to relax and have fun every now and then work yourself into unhappiness 3. Don't focus on the end goal, FOCUS on the work and execution and the results will take care of themselves 4. Value your time it's the rarest tool you got use it to leverage success Hope this helped!
Really loved the example you gave with the young/old man, I love visuals that drive the point home. Thanks for making amazing content! Keep doing what you're doing.
It's been said over and over again but still worth repeating: work smarter, not harder. Thanks for the video Andrew, your'e a big youtube inspiration for me 👍
hi, I am a university student at the moment. During college, I struggled a lot with productivity due to a personal tradegy. the one thing that got me through was setting out some long term and short tem goals. now, a few years later, I have found it to be a massive aid to my daily and long term productivity. Set out a long term goal to have an aim to focus on. and set up some short term goals to measure your progress. it helps a lot with mental health and motivation too. I hope this can help some people
My english isn't too good, but i can understand you fully, very nice diction and accent. Amazing added graphics and samples of videos. One of the best channels about self improvment, i found, thank you.
Andrew you have no idea how much I appreciate your work . One day I hope that I can help people the way you did with me , with us . Thank you so much .
The 3rd point given in this video is was told by krishna to arjun 5000 years ago (as stated in Bhagvad-Geeta) "act without thinking of results" 👀Thanx for explaining it Andrew
your videos never cease to amaze me and whenever a new video comes out, it co-relates deeply to currents situations i'm in and feel a very personal deep connection to them. i am always satisfied after watching your videos and feel a sense of clarity. i've been watching you for a few months now and it's unbelievable how much i've improved as a person and all the thanks will be to you.
I don't know you to thank you enough! My life changed so much for the better since I started to watch your videos, but MOSTLY implementing all those "tips" and "tricks" that you give openly and freely to the world. Great to watch such a video after a long day of work, is like a reward. Thanks a lot!
I like the part he says at 0:49 seconds, “Another thing that productive people don’t do is stop learning after formal education. The most productive people in the world get in the habit of learning every day and improving themselves through consuming knowledge.” That was epic :) I like this. Never been like this before but now to make the change
This is gold. I hate hustle culture and not a single productivity youtuber knows this aside from you. My dad literally downgraded himself in his job (he's a college teacher now, he used to be a fucking deputy dean) so that he can work less and spend more time with family. He explained it like this: "I had the money to buy a new TV, but I didn't have the time to watch movies on it." and it REALY struck me
1. Working hard just to work hard. They work only with specefic goal in mind and motivation behind it. 2. Wandering aimlessly. They do everything with purpose 3. Worrying about score/outcome. They focus on the tasks and the process 4. Say YES very often. They value their time and only choose the best options for them
“It ain't a force in this world like the focused drive You gotta focus on yourself like an only child You make your dream realer, and you make your team better You wake your game up, and you make your scheme better” - Nipsey
When I was a teaching assistant at university I would try to get my students to focus on the material, not the grade. It was difficult, in part, because everything else in their life and in the course seemed to be saying the opposite. You put it very nicely. I think I will try to apply this advice to other areas of my life, in particular my job search.
This is great advice. I always said yes to helping people, working more hours at my crappy job, helping fellow employees when it wasn't my job and I wasted my 20s and got nothing but bad health. Now in my 30s I'm saying no and spending the free time improving myself on steps to reach my goals. I always told myself I'll do thing A or thing B when I had the time. I now realized I always had the time. I was just giving it to other people.
I think Ryan holiday's 'ego is the worst enemy' also mentioned the Bill Walsh story. it's a an important idea that people need to know... as long as you have a why, continue going for it, you're good. The only thing you need to care about is your pace on progressing. For saying no though, whoever says no needs to learn to love and value themselves first, before that happens, they don''t know that they're being dragged around by life. helping people to learn saying no, I believe is an easy fix to a deeper problem. But what you're doing is great no matter what because it wakes people up.
The worrying about outcomes is not really the main thing. I would suggest everyone look into "detachment from outcomes" which was beautifully explained in Dr. K video "How to avoid suffering in life". Suffering as attaching to the outcomes, for instance making money, finding girlfriend etc. Worrying or enjoying outcomes is fine to some extent. But it is that detachment and the suffering that is caused by "bad" outcomes. Have a nice weekend.
got here so fast Andrew didn't even have the time to change thumbnail or even upload the goddman video you are part of the reason im studying Psychology atm! Thanks for the content mate
This video is incredebly professional. It seems like u were born to do vídeos like this. I have watched other vídeos of yours and i can notice the hard work you have to search for information before u put it out. You deserve all the success u are having and i hope the best of luck for you!
Totally agree about saying no. My issue is I thrive off new things...so many times projects don't get enough focus to complete before I move on in favor of something new. Eventually I come back around to it when enough time has passed that it can feel like something new. I think I realized also that I've gotten so spoiled only doing stuff I wanted to do that I've trained my brain to completely reject anything I don't "feel" like doing. So while I actually hate being unproductive...lately I'm not productive at all.
This video has great content presented in a creative manner, supporting clips, and unobtrusive sound effects. I'm definitely taking notes for my channel! Thanks for the inspiration Andrew!
Hey Andrew I really love your work. The 3 point which you explain is explained nicely in bhagwat Geeta I recommend you to read it one time it is really worth reading once.
5:13 "the super productive people let other people call them productive and hard working". This. For long I've been wondering about the dangers of self labeling, and have let others do the labeling for me. This has allowed me to shift focus and put more work in the process, not on how hard I'm working. If I'm a hard working and productive individual, let that be a recognition bestowed upon me by others for the percieved value of my actions and the quality of my production.
The problem with saying no to everything is it limits you to just your own ideas and may decrease your personal growth as well as cause a lack in one of our most valuable resources which is relationships. No one succeeds on their own, we need each other to survive and we can find great joy and satisfaction in cooperative relationships. Maybe it would be better to suggest people to pay attention the choices they make and evaluate if those choices distract you from your purpose or potential or if they help grow and shape you. I say this because many people who say yes often might truly, find joy and satisfaction out of helping others, as their yes might be a clue as to what type of gifts they have and where their calling is. Many people like to help others succeed with accomplishing their goals, and the helper ( the yes person) might be gifted to lead others by supporting their goals, that does not in itself make that persons unproductive or someone whose time has been wasted because they spent it helping someone else achieve their goals. Ideally having a bit of balance between self serving and serving others would be ideal but that may take a life time to do. I just think you should question that metric in your equation.
Totally agree. It took me quite a while learning to say "No". Especially to family and friends. But since I changed that, my life got so much more direction. Good advice. 😉👍🏻
Even though I haven’t implemented anything in this video yet, this really spoke to me, I felt like the explanations of everything you said were very well put together. A couple of your other videos didn’t really do too much for me personally, but this one really hit
I feel like Jobs was saying a bit different thing. When he was saying about saying no he was talking about challenging your ideas and not taking every opportunity for granted. If you say yes to everything and don’t acknowledge things you may improve on and won’t make a good product in the end. Problem with describing this thought in way that you don’t say yes to everything and everyone is to become ignorant of other people and other things witch isn’t good either. By helping others you can learn a lot more than on your own
Excellent. Helpful & motivational. Thank you Andrew. I realise I can do nothing about how I've already lived - but I'm in control with what I do with the rest of my life...
Better be productive than consumptive. Both in time & money Productive time (self development) and money (investment), better than consumptive time (entertainment) and money (hedonistic consumption). Keep it balance, but if you can restrain, restrain
The epitome of irony is having people sit through an 11 minute video about explaining what productive people DON'T do..... well, sit and watch 11 minute long videos on CZcams is a good start! 😂
Doing best means satisfaction for me and not for the sake of everything but my happiness doing the process and get amazed in the outcome. Though I'm still having trouble in expressing my own idea (as in). Tbh, I'm not good of it but shaping others idea, I am. I just get some help to have a good idea then I'll work in it, and start doing my 'best' definition. - well of course credits for that person. But in my situation right now, in my modular session, I'm having a trouble about that. And there is this page that I got stucked that makes me get piled a lot of modules to answer. Well I'm also not that kind of person who just skip a task/page and then just go back to it so it would not a waste of time. 🤚I'm not that and I do not care if I got finished but having satisfaction like what I said, present is what matters to me. Living in the moment though in my case, my mind don't participate or it's just being that - (Edited: after 9:38 part - but I'm just showing to myself how I want to get satisfied) Yes I already asked help but still no help came because I respect others time too so I just have patience to wait for it though I'm being piled. What should I do about my situation? Advice please
At 0:48 your sound quality dropped. Be careful: it is noticeable and you want to keep your your quality consistent. Usually you or whoever is helping you does a great job.
Hey Andrew! I have a suggestion on a video I'd love to see from you. "How to study effectively"/"Effective study methods". Just an idea, you seem to be good at finding information and I'd like to hear some of your meathods.
Thank you for such excellent content! You really stand out among youtubers in quality and usefulness! Saying "No" has been hard for me and mostly when I need to say it to myself. 🙂
I love the way you thought of organizing the things you have to say. opening with some kind of story or quote that gives an idea of what you're going to deliver to us. by the way, I am sitting here with a notebook taking note from what you are teaching in this video as an active viewer ( which I recommend everyone to start and be like that) not watching for the sake of watching and filling my 15 min gap of doing nothing through the day... but using this watching time and benefit from it. take your notes. really learn from the tools the internet is giving you. don't let the important information to pass as you start watching another video, learn from it.
I would love to see a video from you how to grow a business without social media. It seems like a necessary evil and I hate it. The fact that you don’t even want to borrow other peoples audience (like podcasts) is impressive.
1. Focusing on working hard.
2. Wander aimlessly.
3. Worrying about outcome.
4. Saying yes.
Working hard doesn't make you successful, it only makes you tired. Productivity is doing less, not more.
Number 4 is the real problem, followed by number 1
Easier to understand:
1. Don't work hard for the sake of working hard.
2. Don't wander aimlessly.
3. Focus on the processes that lead to the desired outcome.
4. Learn to say no.
I’m amazing at 2 and 4 and really working on 1... I’m not a worrier so I will leave 3....
This is the comment we need and are looking for.
You can be incredibly busy and totally unproductive. So many people think that productivity is about putting in hours. In reality, it is much more about putting in _effective hours_
Exactly, a lot of people say that u have to work in your business 10-16h whit out any rest, in fact this is making you unproductive, if u don't let your mind rest your productivity will just decrease hour by hour, and u will think that u are being productive but in fact u are wasting your time. Work smarter, not harder
It's not about the hours you put in, it's about what you put into the hours.
For me this would be like grade school kind of thinking but then I realized as soon as I thought that after reading your comment that this would make perfect sense because people nowadays are lunatics. Yup beyond morons these days it's now entered into pure lunacy.
So true I would spend 6 hours each day studying for uni worrying about getting my assignments done it would take me ages, but after getting to the library and focusing for 3 hours I would get so much more work done. Sounds so simple but it can be easy to forget sometimes especially when you have a number of deadline
Totally true...I’m trying to use my time to be more productive...
This video was extremely well planned. Good job
Ikr your videos are great as well
I agree, I also love your videos
Hiya mate,love your videos
Super happy to see you two interact with each other
Cheers Nate, appreciate the feedback
Another book that I would recommend is Essentialism. It would help you figure out where you should be focusing and where you don't need to. Seek out the essential, delegate the trivial! Changed my life!
Who is the author?
Greg McKeown book?
Thx for recommendations.. I will look at this book
@@sillygirl1139 yes!
@@mariaradulovic3203 Greg Mckeown
Saying no is difficult, but wasting your time is even more difficult. - Andrew Kirby
Thank you so much for this !!!
1. What's the one thing you like most about the personal development niche?
2. What kind of videos would you like to see more on CZcams?
I'm doing a bit of research and I'd appreciate your help.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can't read and write, but those who can't learn, unlearn & relearn." -- Alvin Toffler
Thank you.
“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how” -Friedrich Nietzsche
@Axel Granillo sure
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Andrew: ... “again and again and again...”
I love his accent when he says it🤣
I say that phrase again and again and again
@@AndrewKirbys hehehehe
@@AndrewKirbys i love what you do and appreciate it :)
@@AndrewKirbys like my comment
He British?
ANSWER LIST:
1. focusing on working hard ( focus on the why instead of what )
2. wandering aimlessly ( work towards a goal )
3. worrying about the outcome ( focus on the process )
4. saying yes (value your time and say no to non- priorities )
Watching this makes me feel like I'm on drugs. The same thing every day. The same habits. The same deep pain of never accomplishing any slowly rotting my soul. I hear the words of reason but I don't want to leave the comfort of mindless routine. It's like I'm drowning in 3 feet of water and I don't want to stand up.
Read the Power of Now. Trust me. Don't get spooked if parts seem a little overly spiritual to you. The overall idea, if understood and implemented, can truly change your life. I also recommend Andrew's next listed video: The real reason you procrastinate. It focuses on emotions. A very good book on that topic which presents a technique that imo is revolutionary is 'Letting Go' by David R. Hawkins.
As with all things, you will have to find your own way, some things work for some people, some for others. Just try to listen to yourself and to your body from time to time and try to focus less on what your monkey mind has to say every second of every single day.
Good luck, brother.
There's a book called The 10 seconds rule. To sum it up she said that you need to act on your thoughts within the first 10 seconds. For example. You're thinking I really need to start working on that personal project. But you lay there contemplating if you should do that or wait for tomorrow. If you don't get up within the 10 seconds you'll end up talking yourself out of it. And repeat that pattern and never do it. I did that with working out in the morning. I would lay there in bed thinking "Oh, it's too cold," or "I should skip today." But I started counting and would get out of bed before I counted to 10. You can find the lady talk about it here on CZcams. Idk if you really need to read the whole book. Because she summarizes it on an interview I found on CZcams.
Also outwitting the devil is a great book
I get it so much it hurts! When I get tempted to turn on netflix on my TV, I end up staying at TV screen for many days, I feel like suffocating, I feel so unhappy, feel like I'm drowning like you described, I call myself a mindless zombie. And this mindlessness keeps repeating daily, untill I turn it off and leave that room for good, close the door and go to a room with no TV. Then I feel so liberated, I feel much more alive, like I am able to choose my actions because I am aware!..
@@RococoQira You might not want to hear this but what you're experiencing is called an addiction. I know this because I've suffered (am suffering) the same. The solution is to treat it like an actual addiction.
“Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship” - Denzel Washington
Ur underrated.
*Criminally*
Most people major in minor things
Focus on doing the right things
80/20 principle
Excellent comment....
Absolutely loved the idea of letting the score take care of itself. We can't always control our outcomes in life, but at least we can control our present actions.
I think in this context it's also important to mention that you can never know what the future will bring about. For all you know, you could get hit by a car tomorrow. Just focus on what makes you happy and fulfills you (of course this includes things like grinding hard to accomplish something) and don't depend on any hypothetical outcomes that you absolutely need to come true one day in order for you to finally be happy.
@@paratame105 well said my brotha!
Bhagwad Gita As it is.
Productivity is replacing, not adding, not taking, but replacing. Replace all of the negative parts of your average day with something that brings value. It doesn't even need to be work! Resting can be equally or even more productive than draining your energy in 1 day.
Productivity is about what you don’t do, rather than about what you do. Word. New CZcamsrs like myself have a lot to learn from you Andrew.
Great video. Love Audible too!
Dhishan.....I'm a fan. Love your channel. You deserve more subscribers.
@Axel Granillo Dude... you are going places. Editing on the videos are good and you are funny!
Totally with you...I’m productive at being unproductive
In short:
*Hunger and need* are the best drivers of discipline and hard work.
*Set your goal*
Figure out "how"
Work hard
*Don't wonder aimlessly*
Focus on the *processes* not the outcomes
Don't say "yes". Focusing is about saying "no".
No one else values *your time*
I also listen to audiobooks when training! as I train 4-5 times a week, it's about 2-3 hours in whole (traveling to the gym, warming up, training, jog, cooldown and traveling home) compound is the effect I'm chasing and these hours STACK.
Are you retaining that information when working out?
@@ryanhuestis2955 and applying it to yourself. I find it hard to retain the information while working out, driving etc. but would hope at least sub consciously I would.
Haters will hate lol stfu if the information he hears is important enough he will retain and use it regardless of what he's doing while he hears it. Ppl just wanna find excuses to not do it themselves and also bash others and undermine them for doing the work lol
I do this too. You have to have the speed at least 2x or it feels too slow.
@@ryanhuestis2955 i think u should be referring to retrieval instead of retention.
4.3k views in 43 minutes. You deserve the recognition man that’s amazing. Came across your channel a long time ago, so good to see how far you’ve come
Appreciate the feedback Wesley!
Of course! 😃I’d imagine it feels surreal at times
Love the term "Action Faking", don't think I've seen it before. Very good way of explaining high levels of work - low productivity
@Axel Granillo indeed it is from MJ demarco
Just cause you are doing a lot doesn't mean you are productivity.
It is doing the right things at the right time ❤️.
Great video m8 👍.
There's another great book called Slight Edge where he talks about point #3 as well, essentially staying focused on the daily habits and tasks rather than trying to get wrapped up in dreams of the outcome. Just stay focused on the process and the results will follow on their own.
If you seek tranquillity, do what’s essential. Do less, better. Because most of what we do or say is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more tranquillity. But to eliminate the necessary actions, we need to eliminate unnecessary assumptions as well.
Can you name a few examples of what one might end up eliminating?
@@paratame105 That's a great question. It's easy to name a number of things which drain our time. But what I think is more important is first eliminating things that drain our emotional 'health bar'. For me, one of the single most effective 'subtractions' we can make is eliminating the giving of weight / importance to other peoples opinions, especially from people we don't value. It's unbelievable how 'productive' you can be when you're no longer preoccupied with what others think.
If it's a video from Andrew, you know it is going to be amazing.
Wow man that's real quality content. I like the atmosphere that you create, not like most motivational youtubers, that seems to be productivity robots. You show that we are all just human but with plan and tactic we can achieve more. Great job mate, greetings from Germany!
As the old saying goes “work smart not hard”
Smart hard work 🤔
@@888_Rajat 💪
45 years of hiring people has taught me differently. People who use that phrase typically do neither. If you haven’t worked hard, you cannot know what working smart is. It’s the industrial equivalent of “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” Time has shown this to be an empty claim as well.
No, the key phrase is when a person is commended for good work, and that person says, “I try.”
That worker is a keeper.
"He, who works all day has no time to make money." -John Rockefeller
@@isaacsteiner164 This is the philosophy of an inbred elitist scoundrel whose god was Usury.
I categorically oppose everything that philosophy represents, and I wholeheartedly embrace all it rejects. JD can shovel hot coals.
- create not find a why
- don't mindlessly wonder
- say no to focus
Man that audible ad was sneaky haha
Basically
1. Have a plan and execute
2. Dont procrasinate but learn to relax and have fun every now and then work yourself into unhappiness
3. Don't focus on the end goal, FOCUS on the work and execution and the results will take care of themselves
4. Value your time it's the rarest tool you got use it to leverage success
Hope this helped!
Everyone should incorporate these productivity tips in their life! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser
Really loved the example you gave with the young/old man, I love visuals that drive the point home. Thanks for making amazing content! Keep doing what you're doing.
It's been said over and over again but still worth repeating: work smarter, not harder. Thanks for the video Andrew, your'e a big youtube inspiration for me 👍
What I love about Andrew Kirby is that he doesn't do relationships videos. He keeps me focused. And somehow, that helps me have better relationships.
hi, I am a university student at the moment. During college, I struggled a lot with productivity due to a personal tradegy. the one thing that got me through was setting out some long term and short tem goals. now, a few years later, I have found it to be a massive aid to my daily and long term productivity.
Set out a long term goal to have an aim to focus on. and set up some short term goals to measure your progress. it helps a lot with mental health and motivation too. I hope this can help some people
My english isn't too good, but i can understand you fully, very nice diction and accent. Amazing added graphics and samples of videos. One of the best channels about self improvment, i found, thank you.
Andrew you have no idea how much I appreciate your work .
One day I hope that I can help people the way you did with me , with us .
Thank you so much .
The 3rd point given in this video is was told by krishna to arjun 5000 years ago (as stated in Bhagvad-Geeta) "act without thinking of results" 👀Thanx for explaining it Andrew
The thumbnail said to me: 4 Things Productive People NEVER Do:
1. They don't date...(smh)
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Yup.
good stuff man your videos are definitely super insightful. Keep up the good work we need more people like you in the world!
I am very lucky to see this at my teenage years thanks a lot appreciate it.
your videos never cease to amaze me and whenever a new video comes out, it co-relates deeply to currents situations i'm in and feel a very personal deep connection to them. i am always satisfied after watching your videos and feel a sense of clarity. i've been watching you for a few months now and it's unbelievable how much i've improved as a person and all the thanks will be to you.
I don't know you to thank you enough! My life changed so much for the better since I started to watch your videos, but MOSTLY implementing all those "tips" and "tricks" that you give openly and freely to the world. Great to watch such a video after a long day of work, is like a reward. Thanks a lot!
I like the part he says at 0:49 seconds, “Another thing that productive people don’t do is stop learning after formal education. The most productive people in the world get in the habit of learning every day and improving themselves through consuming knowledge.”
That was epic :) I like this. Never been like this before but now to make the change
This is gold. I hate hustle culture and not a single productivity youtuber knows this aside from you.
My dad literally downgraded himself in his job (he's a college teacher now, he used to be a fucking deputy dean) so that he can work less and spend more time with family. He explained it like this: "I had the money to buy a new TV, but I didn't have the time to watch movies on it." and it REALY struck me
1. Working hard just to work hard. They work only with specefic goal in mind and motivation behind it.
2. Wandering aimlessly. They do everything with purpose
3. Worrying about score/outcome. They focus on the tasks and the process
4. Say YES very often. They value their time and only choose the best options for them
"Many men go fishing all of their
lives without knowing that it
is not fish they are after."
Henry David Thoreau
That's for another kind of video
“It ain't a force in this world like the focused drive
You gotta focus on yourself like an only child
You make your dream realer, and you make your team better
You wake your game up, and you make your scheme better” - Nipsey
Kirby peddling practical motivation on youtube. You're the only creator that tells me to stop watching his stuff and go get stuff done 🙏
When I was a teaching assistant at university I would try to get my students to focus on the material, not the grade. It was difficult, in part, because everything else in their life and in the course seemed to be saying the opposite. You put it very nicely.
I think I will try to apply this advice to other areas of my life, in particular my job search.
Work hard with purpose. Thank you, Andrew. There was different thing I saw when you were telling the story about the old man's wife.
Bill Gates is productive at trying to control all our lives.
Are you stupid or something?
And how did he get to such a powerful position in the first place?
This is great advice. I always said yes to helping people, working more hours at my crappy job, helping fellow employees when it wasn't my job and I wasted my 20s and got nothing but bad health.
Now in my 30s I'm saying no and spending the free time improving myself on steps to reach my goals.
I always told myself I'll do thing A or thing B when I had the time. I now realized I always had the time. I was just giving it to other people.
his story telling is so good !! keep telling us stories, keep providing us with knowledge !! Thanks for existing..
One of the best youtube videos I've watched. Thank you for your words of widom. This video has really spoken into me to set things right in my life.
I'm so impressed with the quality and time that went into this, and the content was great. Subscribed👍
I think Ryan holiday's 'ego is the worst enemy' also mentioned the Bill Walsh story. it's a an important idea that people need to know... as long as you have a why, continue going for it, you're good. The only thing you need to care about is your pace on progressing.
For saying no though, whoever says no needs to learn to love and value themselves first, before that happens, they don''t know that they're being dragged around by life. helping people to learn saying no, I believe is an easy fix to a deeper problem. But what you're doing is great no matter what because it wakes people up.
5:50 Andrew Kirby's general theory of productivity
This story telling though
"He, who works all day has no time to make money." -John Rockefeller
Excellent comment...
Interesting figure
The worrying about outcomes is not really the main thing. I would suggest everyone look into "detachment from outcomes" which was beautifully explained in Dr. K video "How to avoid suffering in life". Suffering as attaching to the outcomes, for instance making money, finding girlfriend etc. Worrying or enjoying outcomes is fine to some extent. But it is that detachment and the suffering that is caused by "bad" outcomes. Have a nice weekend.
got here so fast Andrew didn't even have the time to change thumbnail or even upload the goddman video
you are part of the reason im studying Psychology atm!
Thanks for the content mate
Unrelated, but how about open a discord server Andrew?
Can you please elaborate because i want to pursue psychology too.
Bro I remember when you had 19k subs. Seems like yesterday... You are proof that these things work 🙌🏻
Excellent as always!
This video is incredebly professional. It seems like u were born to do vídeos like this. I have watched other vídeos of yours and i can notice the hard work you have to search for information before u put it out. You deserve all the success u are having and i hope the best of luck for you!
Totally agree about saying no. My issue is I thrive off new things...so many times projects don't get enough focus to complete before I move on in favor of something new. Eventually I come back around to it when enough time has passed that it can feel like something new. I think I realized also that I've gotten so spoiled only doing stuff I wanted to do that I've trained my brain to completely reject anything I don't "feel" like doing. So while I actually hate being unproductive...lately I'm not productive at all.
This video has great content presented in a creative manner, supporting clips, and unobtrusive sound effects. I'm definitely taking notes for my channel! Thanks for the inspiration Andrew!
Wow! That was amazing storytelling at the start. That hooked me on until the end and I’m glad to have all four ideas. Thanks
Hey Andrew I really love your work. The 3 point which you explain is explained nicely in bhagwat Geeta I recommend you to read it one time it is really worth reading once.
5:13 "the super productive people let other people call them productive and hard working". This. For long I've been wondering about the dangers of self labeling, and have let others do the labeling for me. This has allowed me to shift focus and put more work in the process, not on how hard I'm working. If I'm a hard working and productive individual, let that be a recognition bestowed upon me by others for the percieved value of my actions and the quality of my production.
1. Be anxious for nothing.
2. Learn to be poor, so you can afford to be rich.
3. Never compete always create.
Researching productivity for 2 years sounds like a fantastic way to procrastinate.
I am doing every single one of the things you said and benefit a lot from them.
thanks for the reminder and the motivation boost!
Man that video was so simple yet eye opening.
Thank you for that
The problem with saying no to everything is it limits you to just your own ideas and may decrease your personal growth as well as cause a lack in one of our most valuable resources which is relationships. No one succeeds on their own, we need each other to survive and we can find great joy and satisfaction in cooperative relationships. Maybe it would be better to suggest people to pay attention the choices they make and evaluate if those choices distract you from your purpose or potential or if they help grow and shape you. I say this because many people who say yes often might truly, find joy and satisfaction out of helping others, as their yes might be a clue as to what type of gifts they have and where their calling is. Many people like to help others succeed with accomplishing their goals, and the helper ( the yes person) might be gifted to lead others by supporting their goals, that does not in itself make that persons unproductive or someone whose time has been wasted because they spent it helping someone else achieve their goals. Ideally having a bit of balance between self serving and serving others would be ideal but that may take a life time to do. I just think you should question that metric in your equation.
Totally agree. It took me quite a while learning to say "No". Especially to family and friends.
But since I changed that, my life got so much more direction.
Good advice. 😉👍🏻
No one is going to value your time more than you do. That's powerful.
Great job. You put knowledge of several books in one video. Thank you
Even though I haven’t implemented anything in this video yet, this really spoke to me, I felt like the explanations of everything you said were very well put together. A couple of your other videos didn’t really do too much for me personally, but this one really hit
Time to start procrastinating procrastination. Staying focus in November is my number 1 goal. Thank you for your videos
Commenting for the algorithm bc more people need to see your informative and well put together videos!
I feel like Jobs was saying a bit different thing. When he was saying about saying no he was talking about challenging your ideas and not taking every opportunity for granted. If you say yes to everything and don’t acknowledge things you may improve on and won’t make a good product in the end.
Problem with describing this thought in way that you don’t say yes to everything and everyone is to become ignorant of other people and other things witch isn’t good either. By helping others you can learn a lot more than on your own
Excellent. Helpful & motivational. Thank you Andrew. I realise I can do nothing about how I've already lived - but I'm in control with what I do with the rest of my life...
Bestselling isn't best as people think, as this video it's not most viewed CZcams video but the knowledge it holds.
PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE DON'T WATCH ADS ON CZcams
Better be productive than consumptive. Both in time & money
Productive time (self development) and money (investment), better than consumptive time (entertainment) and money (hedonistic consumption). Keep it balance, but if you can restrain, restrain
11:13 - 11:19 My new mantra 🧚🏿♂️
Andrew kirby your videos always motivates me
Great Video, Andrew! You're my hero!
The epitome of irony is having people sit through an 11 minute video about explaining what productive people DON'T do..... well, sit and watch 11 minute long videos on CZcams is a good start! 😂
So big value and not even 100 000 views for now. Sad. Your movies are underrated in my opinion. Great job, carry on and thank you.
I've been subscribed to this man for 2 months, NOW IMA TURN ON THE NOTIFICATION!!
Doing best means satisfaction for me and not for the sake of everything but my happiness doing the process and get amazed in the outcome. Though I'm still having trouble in expressing my own idea (as in). Tbh, I'm not good of it but shaping others idea, I am. I just get some help to have a good idea then I'll work in it, and start doing my 'best' definition. - well of course credits for that person.
But in my situation right now, in my modular session, I'm having a trouble about that. And there is this page that I got stucked that makes me get piled a lot of modules to answer. Well I'm also not that kind of person who just skip a task/page and then just go back to it so it would not a waste of time. 🤚I'm not that and I do not care if I got finished but having satisfaction like what I said, present is what matters to me. Living in the moment though in my case, my mind don't participate or it's just being that - (Edited: after 9:38 part - but I'm just showing to myself how I want to get satisfied) Yes I already asked help but still no help came because I respect others time too so I just have patience to wait for it though I'm being piled.
What should I do about my situation? Advice please
At 0:48 your sound quality dropped. Be careful: it is noticeable and you want to keep your your quality consistent. Usually you or whoever is helping you does a great job.
The action steps for something that is "easier said than done" is a good feature u include inside this video. Keep it up!
Never stop learning .. you about summed it all up right there. Thanks for a great video. I especially admire your energy and enthusiasm. ✌️👌
Hey Andrew! I have a suggestion on a video I'd love to see from you. "How to study effectively"/"Effective study methods". Just an idea, you seem to be good at finding information and I'd like to hear some of your meathods.
Thank you for such excellent content! You really stand out among youtubers in quality and usefulness! Saying "No" has been hard for me and mostly when I need to say it to myself. 🙂
I love the way you thought of organizing the things you have to say.
opening with some kind of story or quote that gives an idea of what you're going to deliver to us.
by the way, I am sitting here with a notebook taking note from what you are teaching in this video as an active viewer ( which I recommend everyone to start and be like that) not watching for the sake of watching and filling my 15 min gap of doing nothing through the day... but using this watching time and benefit from it.
take your notes.
really learn from the tools the internet is giving you.
don't let the important information to pass as you start watching another video, learn from it.
I would love to see a video from you how to grow a business without social media. It seems like a necessary evil and I hate it. The fact that you don’t even want to borrow other peoples audience (like podcasts) is impressive.
Omg so helpful. Thank you