14. Avoid To Do List, create a
schedule
If you can’t fit it in within 30 days, it is not
important
15. Most suffering
comes from
focusing on
me, the self
If you having trouble making
yourself happy, then make
someone else happy. So
cliche yet pragmatic.
16. Go first
Be the first to smile, to say hello, to
open the door, etc.
17. Choose only 1 location (app,notebook, spot on
wall, sticky note, etc.) to serve as your project
home and collect the items there. No more than
3 at a time!
18. Do Not
• Multitask
• Make important decisions when
fatigued or in a bad mood
• Try to do meaningful work in
chunks of time under 30 minutes
• Lose sight of what is most
important in life
• Spend all your time working
• Eat garbage food
• Create To Do Lists
19. Answer these
questions
1. What are YOUR priorities?
2. What are two most important things you want to
get done tomorrow?
3. What provides value in your life?
4. Where should you invest your energy?
34. Internet
• Try to only have one
browser tab open(my
biggest struggle)
• Try not to check email
20 times an hour. Close
it out and do work.
• Ditto for phone alerts
• Are you distracted
now?
35. Do you have app notifications turn on?
Does it also vibrate?
Consider turning them off.
Completely…..except maybe family messages
52. Tips
● Use different colors for
things to help stay
organized
● Pick a routine for work
time. For me I use
weekend mornings
when I know kids will
sleep in.
● Enter what is needed
to be reminded, but not
worthy of using brain
space
● Remove all things on
you don’t want to do.
59. Rubber
Duck Test ○ A coder technique. When
something is not working and
you are getting frustrated here is
a tip to make things work. Go
ahead and grab a rubber duck.
Seriously!
○ Here is what you do next. Talk to
your duck. Explain each step one
by one. Make the duck
understand. When you do this I
bet you will find the error of your
ways. Great tip for students as
well.