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In my past, I've had many days where
I sat in front of my computer
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and stared at that blinking cursor.
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I wanted to write a new video script and just
didn't manage to write down a single word.
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After a few more minutes of staring at my screen
in hopes of the cursor writing the script itself,
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I started to come up with all sorts of excuses.
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I'm not feeling inspired today,
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maybe I'm just too tired,
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it's not the right time to do this,
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tomorrow I can still get it done.
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I decided to drop it for the day and look for
another activity which wouldn't take me any effort.
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I would find myself scrolling through my phone,
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watching another series on Netflix,
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or napping at the side of my bed.
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No matter if you have to study for an exam,
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prepare a business presentation or
write a letter for that job application,
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we all know those times in which
our motivation is nowhere to be found.
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I think, in general, our lives can be
separated into two different parts:
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the life we currently live,
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and the life we want to live.
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Or in other words,
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our current situation and our dreams and aspirations.
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And in order to get from one side to the other,
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we have to put in a lot of work
along the way and, in my case,
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this work was writing a lot of good
video scripts and realizing great videos
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in order to achieve my dream of being a YouTuber.
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But as you might now, it is never
that easy to do the work
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because there is something called
resistance in between those two sides.
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As Steven Pressfield says in his book "The war of art",
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"Resistance is a universal force
that has one solo mission:
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to keep things as they are.
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It is the force that will stop
an individual's creative activity
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through any means necessary,
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whether it be rationalising,
inspiring fear and anxiety,
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emphasising other distractions
that require attention,
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raising the voice of an inner critic,
and much more."
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So when I was coming up with those stupid
excuses back then not to write that script,
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it was a resistance telling my brain
to do it another day,
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even though I knew that finishing this task
would help me achieve my goals.
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But...
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Fortunately, there is a solution
to this problem which is called...
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Self-discipline.
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As Samuel Thomas Davies says,
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"Self-discipline is about leaning into resistance.
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Taking action in spite of how you feel.
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Living a life by design,
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not by default.
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But most importantly, it's acting in accordance
with your thoughts - not your feelings."
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Over the last 5 years, I really learned
how to push through that resistance
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and build different systems in order
to fight that voice in my head.
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And today, I want to share the 4 most important tips
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which helped me overcome procrastination,
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build self-discipline and actually get things done.
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So, let's get started.
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So, if you truly want to create something great,
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all of your attention has to be at one specific task,
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for long periods of time.
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But, as our attention became the new
currency in this modern world,
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there are now more distractions than ever before,
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screaming for our attention.
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There are cell phones,
the Internet, social media,
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emails, or annoying co-workers
dropping by your desk.
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Hey!
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What are you up to, man?
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In order to fix this, you have to
remove all kinds of toxic temptations
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which could possibly distract you from your work.
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Because if you don't even have the option
to indulge in these distracting activities,
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you will require a lot less willpower
to withstand procrastination.
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What really worked for me was
to just set aside specific amounts
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of uninterrupted time to work on a project or task.
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So, for me, that would be two different
work blocks throughout the day, so...
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It would be from 8 until 12 a.m.,
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and from 1:30 until 7 p.m.,
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and in these time frames I just
get rid of all of these temptations
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in order to focus on one single task.
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If you want to know more about my daily routine,
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you can find a full video about it, up here.
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So, what can you do to drown out all of this noise?
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Fortunately, I don't have this problem
because I don't work in an office,
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but if you do,
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then just close the door.
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This will hold chatty colleagues
back from popping their head in
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and distracting you, and overall,
it will just lower the amount of noise.
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Alternatively, you can also just use
noise-cancelling headphones,
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which eliminate any noise around you,
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and also, it just shows other people
that you're doing some focused work
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and you just don't wanna talk right now.
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Switch your phone into flight mode and put it
in a place that you can't immediately reach.
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Turn off notifications that don't
require immediate attention,
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so especially social media and emails.
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And also, if you think that my notifications of my YouTube
channel are distracting you from what you're doing,
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then feel free to turn them off.
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Also, when you are at your PC or laptop,
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try to cut out all sorts of distractions.
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No matter what it is for you, it might
be WhatsApp or other messengers.
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For me, it is emails.
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I just close my email program
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and let these emails accumulate over time,
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and then I have a specific time where
I just get back to all of these emails
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and I reply to them in a batch,
which is a lot more time-efficient
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and doesn't impact my focus on other tasks.
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Also, a good way to see what it's like to live without
these temptations is to do a dopamine detox for 7 days.
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That's what I did a couple of weeks ago,
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where I didn't use any social media,
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any digital entertainment or music,
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and also some other things which are holding
us back from achieving our goals.
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And yeah, I saw a huge impact on my life,
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I can recommend it to everybody else,
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and you can find the video up here
if you haven't watched it yet.
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But now, let's get to the next point.
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"Amateurs wait for inspiration to strike
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while the pros get up and get to work."
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I really like this quote because it is just so true.
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Not feeling inspired is, like, one
of the most common excuses
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that everybody uses in terms of creative work,
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and I've used it a hundred times back in the days.
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But action should not be the result
of inspiration or motivation,
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because inspiration often comes from taking action.
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So it's not really a linear process, but
more of a loop of those 3 things,
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of inspiration, motivation and action,
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and each of these parts just reinforces the other one.
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So you should just focus on getting that loop started
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instead of waiting for inspiration to strike.
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It's all about overcoming that very first resistance,
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because almost all of the time, as soon as
you get started, afer like 5 minutes,
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you will be in a good flow of work
and you will actually enjoy it.
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So for example, in my case,
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writing the scripts of these videos is like
one of the most challenging parts of my work.
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I'm just sitting in front of a blank page and
I have to come up with a compelling story.
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And so many times, I've just looked
for different excuses not to do it,
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but over time I just learned to detach
my emotions from my actions.
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Even if I wasn't motivated,
I just showed up for work
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and I just got started,
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and that was a massive game changer when
it comes to my productivity and creativity.
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As soon as you write down the first
sentence of the script,
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your thoughts will start to form
and you will make progress.
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And then you will enjoy it, you will be
motivated to write down another sentence,
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and slowly, you will find the inspiration
and motivation to get the ball rolling.
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And this applies to everything in life,
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not only creative work, but also fitness
or talking to strangers, basically anything.
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Like, if you just approach a stranger, obviously
at the beginning there's some resistance
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holding you back from talking to them,
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because probably you're scared or
you think something weird might happen.
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But as soon as you talk to the person,
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you actually figure out it's not
that bad, it's really easy.
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And it's the same for fitness,
it's the same for your creative work,
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it's the same for basically anything.
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I used to be a massive overthinker and never
really got started with things I wanted to do.
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But applying this mindset really
made me a man of action,
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if you wanna say that. And I don't really need
any motivation in order to get started.
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So yeah, this is a really helpful tip:
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just get started.
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Just do it!
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Do it!
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Just... do it!
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Don't let your dreams be dreams.
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I'm feeling like Shia LaBeouf here.
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And now, let's jump to tip number 3.
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I've talked about this before,
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and I still think that "I don't have any time"
is no excuse,
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because time is all about setting priorities.
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And if you actually want to achieve your goals,
you have to make them a priority
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and pass on other activities.
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And one thing that's really great
for prioritizing your time,
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and also scheduling your time throughout the day,
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is to write to-do lists.
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I myself make a to-do list every single morning,
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where I just sit down and where
I write down the most important tasks
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that I want to get done today.
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And when you make your to-do list, you should
really try to break down your tasks
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into concrete and achievable steps
that lead to a bigger goal.
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So, for example, instead of saying
"write video script",
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you should say "finish intro of video script".
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Or instead of saying "apply for job applications",
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you should just write down "apply for 3 jobs".
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Just try to create very concrete to-do's
that you can actually achieve and take off.
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And also, try to keep them realistic,
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because taking off these different to-do's will get
you more sparks of motivation to keep you going,
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and it will just boost your motivation instead
of draining it if you don't finish that task.
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And besides those to-do lists, I also schedule specific
time blocks for these tasks in my calendar.
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I basically have 4 different calendars:
business, private, release and vacation.
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"Business" is just business-related stuff,
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"private" is like meeting friends, going for dinner.
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In "release", I just keep track of all of the publishing
days for my Instagram posts and YouTube videos,
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and in "vacation",
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there's basically nothing.
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So, these different calendar groups really
help me to separate my tasks
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that I need to get done, and I define specific
timings for things like appointments, or calls,
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or meetings which need to happen at one specific time.
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But for other things which need a longer time,
like shooting a video or editing a video,
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I just define time frames of days or half days
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in order to just have an overview of how much
time I want to devote to that one task.
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And in my release calendar, I actually set myself
deadlines for the different things I have to do.
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So, if there's a sponsored video,
or if I work for a client,
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obviously I have real deadlines
that I just add in there.
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But also for my own projects,
like non-sponsored videos,
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my online shop releases or also my newsletter,
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which you should actually subscribe to,
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I just set myself artificial deadlines,
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because I think that deadlines really help you push
your focus and your motivation to get something done.
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Obviously, you have to keep it realistic,
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or else you're going to get stressed out.
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But I think that deadlines can actually be your friend.
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So, I really think that this combination of
a daily to-do list and an overall calendar,
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to schedule your time blocks is
the way to go, at least for me.
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I don't write down every specific
timing for everything that I do,
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because I think that this is just overkill.
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But having this overall structure and
this to-do list that you can follow
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really helps you reinforce the
second point we talked about,
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which is to just get started,
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because you know when to get started with it.
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It's basically like, you never go for
a run because you don't feel like it,
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but as soon as you sign up for a marathon,
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and you hear that starting shot,
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you know what to do and you're
just going to start running.
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That was a pretty good analogy, huh?
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Let's get to the next tip.
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Focus on what you are in control of.
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In my opinion, this is the most important mindset
when it comes to building self-discipline,
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and to living an overall happy life.
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I truly believe in this,
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I could probably create a whole video
about it, I probably will,
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but for now, I'm just going to keep things simple.
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So, every person has something which
is called their "locus of control".
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"The locus of control is the degree
to which people believe that they,
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as opposed to external factors,
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have control over the outcome
of events in their lives."
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You can either have an external
or an internal locus of control.
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If you have an external locus of control,
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you believe that the events of your life
are a result of external forces,
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while if you have an internal locus of control,
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you believe that the events of your life
are a result of your own actions.
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So, for example, if you're sitting in class
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and the teacher just hands you back
the results of your exam,
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and you're just sitting there,
like "damn, I fucked it up again",
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then the person with an external locus of control
will say "yeah, the teacher just doesn't like me,
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the exam was too difficult",
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while the person with an internal one
would say "maybe I just didn't study enough,
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probably I should put in more effort the next time".
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And when it comes to self-discipline,
you want to have an internal locus of control,
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because as soon as you have that,
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90% of the excuses you come up with
when feeling demotivated will just disappear,
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because you realize that it is completely up to you,
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and not to external factors.
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See, if there's something holding you back
from doing a specific task,
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just ask yourself the question
"can I change something about it?"
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If the answer is yes, then find
a solution to the problem,
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and if the answer is no, then stop draining all
of your attention and energy on this one thing,
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and just get along with it, because there's
nothing you can change about it, right?
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The more internal your locus of control becomes,
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the more solutions you will find
to the problems you face.
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So, I have a lot of people reaching out to me and
saying they would love to start a YouTube channel
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and it is their absolute dream,
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but they just can't do it because
they don't have a camera,
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or they don't have the right equipment.
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And people who say that
have an external locus of control,
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because the ones with an internal one
would just look for a solution,
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they would save up money, they would get another job
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and work really hard in order to make it happen,
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if the camera is needed to achieve their goals.
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So yeah, I think that this mindset
applies to all areas in your life,
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and I think that it is actually the number 1 reason
for any success that I had in my life.
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As soon as you become independent from external factors
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and you just focus on what you're in control of,
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you can do so much more and you will
become really really disciplined.
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Alright, so, that's it for this video.
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I hope that these four tips will help you build
more self-discipline and achieve your goals.
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Obviously, being passionate about your work
is also one of the greatest catalysts
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in order to stay motivated and to get things done,
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because as soon an you love your work,
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it just becomes a lot easier to do.
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I just didn't really want to go in depth
into that topic of passion in this video,
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as I wanted to keep it applicable to everybody.
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But if you want to know more
on how to find your passion,
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you can check out my full video about that here.
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And yeah, I'm going to see you guys in the next one.
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Peace out, bye bye.
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