To win the year, win the day Life isn’t linear, it’s made up of a bunch of cycles. These cycles can either benefit you or destroy you, there’s usually no in-between. Generally we are stuck in cycles we don’t care to stay in. Autopilot. I think of Autopilot as doing the same mindless
Consume less, create more The first thing I do when I want to start something new, is look up information about it. That’s a normal part of the process, but also the most dangerous. Because you can get stuck here if you're not careful. If you do, the only antidote is
Overcoming your self doubt One common trait I’ve noticed in capable people that are in a new domain or field, is a overwhelming sense of self doubt. As someone who’s done the same thing, and who’s taught people how to overcome it, I've found 3 ways to help mitigate
Stop putting it off. This week I had a plan to share a pretty detailed video on how I planned out content creation on both YouTube and X. However, the script and the storyboard didn't make sense to me even though I had it built out a week in advance. Every time
Lower the bar Lower the bar to increase your output You’re not getting anything done because you’re trying to climb a mountain before you can crawl. I’m guilty of doing this and it got me nowhere. When you want to try out a new hobby or learn a new skill,
Restarting isn't "Game Over" Don’t Be Afraid to Restart, Be Afraid to Quit Restarting isn't failure. Quitting is. You can restart as many times as you need, as long as you're still moving forward. It might feel like a step back, but you're only truly set back
Here's my video creation workflow When you want to make a video there’s a bunch of things going through your head, and everyone says to just record. If you’re anything like me that’s only going to make you mad. "Record what!?" What’s the reason I’m going out and
Focus We are too Distracted Distraction is everywhere. It keeps us from achieving the goals we set for ourselves. * Not achieving progress * Working on everything and nothing at the same time * Obsessing over the wrong things The problem is that we’ll think that we are actually getting somewhere, when in
What I wasted my time on this week #3 Alright, you know what time it is. Holiday weekend is almost over. Here's some content to hold you over before you have to go back to work tomorrow. I organized them by category to help you sort through them quicker. Interesting For some cool 3D printed product and
Check your stats Life is more like a video game than we think. If you’ve grown up playing them, you’ll be familiar with having certain parts locked behind your characters level. I think the same can be said for our normal lives. If you don’t increase your skills you aren’
Press Start Week 4/4: Stop waiting Week 4, we are done. This short 30ish day project has taught me more in 4 weeks than the countless videos i’ve consumed in years. The biggest takeaway from all this has been crystal clear. “I should’ve started sooner”. The crazier part is that I almost did, and
Press Start Week 3/4: Sustain Last week’s lesson was planing, this week taught me about planning sustainably. Because there’s a difference between getting things done efficiently and getting them done in a rush. You know the feeling, the times where 5 tasks feel like 20 and the ones where 20 feel like 5.
Press Start Week 2/4: Planning My goal for this week was to show you guys the systems I had in place to get things done. However after some time I have noticed the flaws in my current workflow. The issues looked like this: •No progress •Running out of time •Working on the wrong thing •Lack
Press Start: Week 1/4 Overview Ok on Monday it’ll be a week since I started this Project. So as promised here’s the breakdown w/ stats. As a reminder here are the deliverables: * 1 Short form video daily * 1 Long form video weekly * 1 Long form write up (Newsletter) * 3 Short form write-ups daily
New Project: Press Start If you have wanted to start a creative project, but didn’t know where or how to start. This is for you. I want to share a new project with you guys. "Press Start" It's essentially a 4 Week series (Starting today). For people who want
What I've wasted my time on #2 As promised I am back with the weekly drops. And since I don't have a full write up this week I'll share a list of things I've been enjoying this week. So if you see the "What I've wasted my time
Creators to watch for in 2024 It's been a minute. But I'm back, had a lot on my plate with my real job. I happened to be on YouTube and got inspired to share things again. All thanks to these creators, so I wanted to share them with you. Here's
Good tools won't fix bad habits The best tool for the job is the one you already have I have an interest in tools/tech, so naturally I like having the most powerful tools I can for getting tasks done. The problem is that I apply that logic even if the task is something I haven’
The skill to invest in this year It’s teaching. I hadn’t realized this before but it’s a skill I was able to monetize (on accident) while I was a real estate agent. When I started real estate I had transitioned from fixing aircraft so I was obsessed with repeatable processes that could be learned
BRB (Recovering from recovery) I’m typing this a day late, and I also don’t feel like I have anything to say. I think it’s partly because I haven’t stuck to my routine for a few weeks. It's definitely impacted my workflow. However I go back to normal tomorrow.
Repair Log 006: Keep it simple Simple I read Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink, and my favorite lesson out of it was Keeping things simple. (Life changing, I know). I used to overcomplicate things when I was younger. Especially when I was in charge. Thinking I was covering my bases but basically sabotaging myself and my
Quick Fix: Two for One Today I want so share two apps I used while I was in Japan this last month. Hopefully some of these tools will be new and of use to you. Both of these are Apps, let's get started. App: Airalo For anyone traveling internationally, this app is great.
Repair Log 005: Crash and Burn I crashed into the side of the wall at least 20 times I was trying to beat a time trial in Gran Turismo. The Racing rig with the full steering wheel and pedals was set up in a Japanese electronics store. There wasn’t many people in the store so
Quick fix: Some eye candy for your phone. Every time I'm in Japan I take pictures that I think would make for some nice wallpapers for our phones. Here are some from a trip to Kanazawa. A city on the west coast of Japan. The pictures are mainly from Kenroku-Ken Garden and the Kanazawa Castle park.
Repair Log 004: Start now. Later can wait. You can either wish you started sooner, or just start now. I got tired of wishing I had started sooner. So I started in September, and once I did I’ve been seeing more benefits than negatives. The biggest one is Community. I knew others were trying to build things
