Summary: - Bring your ideal life into the now at a smaller scale - Each day do 3 things: - Educate yourself in the afternoon - Empty your mind before bed (Journal, plan, meditate) - Focus on creative work in the morning - Have a ladder of priorities from 1 (most creative, focused) down to 4 (maintenance, shallow task). Execute in that order in 45-90 min time sessions with breaks - If you expose yourself to people too early thinking it will just take a few seconds, it will actually continue to pop up and split your focus. For me, the most challenging is: - to respect the ladder order - to work with time blocks (Pomodoro-like) - Once I'm into something (read, write, build, website, social media), I can get lost for 3 hours at the detriment of other tasks - Empty my mind before bed (so tempting to keep being busy) - Reflect on my day/week to improve on
This reminded me of a quote I heard a few years ago that obviously stuck, because I usually forget things quickly. "Build your own dreams or someone will hire you to build theirs." It also reminded me of a short story that illustrates the same thing. A business owner gathers his employees and says, "We had a really good year this year. Because of all of your hard work I was able to buy this Ferrari. If each of you work even harder next year, I'll be able to buy another one." I live near John Deere in Iowa. They just announced a new tractor model they will produce this year and it will be over a million dollars. Then two days ago they also announced about 320 indefinite layoffs. This is after over 1000 layoffs a few years ago, positions that were never rehired. I teach my kids that there is zero loyalty from these situations. When profits are down and they don't need your work you are just a number to these people. When profits are up and they need your mandatory overtime and you're on salary, you are just a number to these people.
Really love the concept of filling your brain with books and learning, emptying your brain prior to bed and journaling and using your brain in the morning with creation and focus. I definitely need more work in the deep work category. Grateful to have come across this video
Mine is i decided to do monk mode and did my non negotiables. 1. Meditate 2. Read a book 3. Train 1 part of body 4. Save money everyday 50-100 5. Work and improve my freelancing skill ( web design / landing page focused) And i decided to do this everyday for the rest of my life. its been 3 months now and it was the best decision i did in my whole life.
@@jackedkerouac4414 you know its bad if you count the time instead of actually clearing your mind. btw are a fan of flux academy when you were learning web design?
Three activities to pursue our goals full force: 1. Fill your mind. Education, ideas, and novel resources you can apply toward your goals. Leads to intrinsic motivation, 2. Empty your mind. Free the thoughts that are trapped inside, don’t feel the need to remember everything. Write it down. 3. Use your mind. Find a vehicle to focus your efforts. With ideas and the clarity you gain from the previous activities to execute and build your ideal future. Appreciate the wealth of knowledge Dan. I’ll strive to implement all three activities again since I’m catching myself slipping.
'If you can't do it for 15minutes a day you won't have time to do it in the future!' The excuse of not having enough time has always been my stumbling block to building my dream life. It has been for years😢. I will implement your tip starting today 3 April 2023. I will report back at the end on the month🙋
Good luck to you. I think my story is very similar with yours. I always find myself dont have enough time to study english. But right now, i study 5 new words, reading books in english, listening to youtube videos in english, journal in english every single day. It only 3 months but I believe I had improved so much that before. I can understand most of this video now 😊. I hope you reach your goal because you deserve it🎉🎉🎉
What stuck out most to me here was ‘inviting entropy’ by checking messages during work/creative time. It shows how the mind can throw you off even when you don’t realize it. Looking at messages at the wrong time can really shape your day and how you prioritize events even if you don’t respond immediately. You may have ignored something consciously, but subconsciously you’re already being guided by it. Great concept you’ve exposed there, thanks!
i saw a post that said "how to get your work done" and the answer was "turn your phone off" - i am guilty of checking my phone and then being consumed by non work related gossip etc.
My comments about this video: 1. Exactly what I have been doing and thinking about lately being consistent in the actions of whom I want to become. For me that means I get up at 3:30am, get to gym, meditate and journal, and spend 2 hours writing for my biz, before I start my work day. Been doing this everyday for about 3weeks. Love it as I feel so accomplished by end of day. 2. I love how you break down - creativity, productivity, and experimenting. 3. This is exactly the type of content young people need to be listening to feel better about life and getting clear direction. 👏🎉
Every good thing that has happened to me in my life has come from working on something else deeply and realizing something else. Such great insights here.
The first lesson, about living your ideal life in a smaller scale, really stuck with me. I always push out my dream to write a blog- because there will come a time when I dedicate my focus into that activity. But, the reality is whenever I attempt to write, I can't focus for more than an hour. It really takes small steps, gradually built-up, to create a routine that we can call our ideal life :).
Bring your ideal future into your present 00:00 Bring your ideal future into the present by performing the same actions that you would in your ideal lifestyle, but on a much smaller scale. Start small and slowly increase over the years until you can sustain the lifestyle you want. Don't wait to put off what you're already going to be doing. If you're not already doing those things, then it's going to be much more difficult when you decide to finally start doing them. Dissect what actions you should be taking 01:19 Dissect your ideal future and figure out what actions you should be taking. Start working on the things that will bring you closer to your ideal future. Start small and figure out what you don't want, which will act as a self-corrective compass to figuring out what you actually do want. Cultivate passion along the way by discovering things you wouldn't have without direct experience. Invest mental energy in a goal 03:24 When you bring your actions from your ideal future into the present and start executing on them, you begin to invest mental energy in a goal. The more you do it, the more you feel obligated to do it, and that's how you build momentum and passion. You sustain a passionate, fulfilling, and momentum full life. The law of conceptual survival 04:42 The law of conceptual survival is the human phenomenon where our survival instincts have transcended the physical realm and are included in the mental. We work to survive ideas, concepts, and beliefs that form our sense of self. If you identify or create a goal that forms your perspective and how you view the world and start acting in alignment with it, you start to slowly build that identity. View life from the lens of your future self 05:25 View your daily situations from the lens of your future self or from the lens of the goal that you're working towards. You're going to see life in a completely different light. You're going to be able to filter what people say so you can spot the things that actually help you move towards that goal. Conclusion 06:08 If you aren't working towards your ideal future, you're working towards someone else's. Create your own goal and start to invest energy in it. Importance of Identity 06:17 "Identity" refers to the labels assigned to us by society like job titles, student status, etc. When we invest our energy into these identities, our actions tend to follow that belief, whether we're conscious of it or not. We need to be aware of the identities we're investing in to make sure they align with our goals. Holistic Daily Routine 06:39 We need to have a holistic daily routine that includes different activities that serve different purposes. Afternoons should be dedicated to learning and socialization, filling our brains with books and new ideas. We should empty our brains before bed with journaling, planning, and meditation. Mornings should be dedicated to creation output and focus, using our brains to execute and refine our ideas. We need dedicated time every single day for creativity, productivity, and experimentation. Productivity vs. Experimentation 07:01 We need a mixture of productivity and experimentation to achieve our goals. It can't only be about productivity without experimentation and being able to refine along the way. We need to dedicate time every day to work on our goals, even if it's just 15-30 minutes to start. If we don't invest time in creating our future, we won't create it. Monkey in a Cubicle 08:01 Our psyches aren't wired for modern life, especially not for being under fluorescent lights and sitting in a cubicle. We need to hunt for novel dopamine sources or meaningful dopamine through discoveries and creativity to feel fulfilled. If modern life has become normal to us, we're trapped in The Matrix and enslaved to routine. Three Activities to Pursue Goals 09:11 We need three activities to pursue our goals: one that fills our minds with education and ideas, one that empties our minds, and one that uses our minds to focus our efforts. Deep work is how we build out our dreams in record time. Deep work is a necessity in a world of notifications and overwhelm. Priority Ladder 11:27 The priority ladder is a way of prioritizing tasks based on their level of challenge and potential for distraction. Priority One should be devoted to building out our vision through a project and should be done first thing in the morning. Priority Four is for maintenance tasks like responding to emails and messages and is more open to distractions. Conclusion 12:55 We should always have one project we're working on to build our lives around. Our daily routine should be holistic and include different activities that serve different purposes. Deep work is a necessity in a world of distractions and notifications, and we should prioritize it through the priority ladder. Focused Work Time Blocks 12:57 One hour a day is reserved for focused work. This hour is used to focus on the levers that will lead to creating your vision for the future. For beginners, this could mean starting a social media brand or taking a writing or digital economics course. This hour is where you are focusing your efforts on the most important tasks. Perception Threshold 13:22 At the beginning, it's very difficult to focus for an hour, but it slowly becomes more pleasurable with time. Your mind perceives the difficulty to be more than it actually is. Once you hit a breakthrough, you're able to systemize things and it flows a lot smoother. You can then fit so much more into that one hour. Priority Time Blocks 13:48 Your first hour of focused work isn't going to be that focused. You have to stick it out and refine your system with time. Once you start seeing results from that first hour of work, then you move that into the second priority time block. The second priority time block is where your lever-moving tasks go. For example, replying on social media or creating content. Building a Service or Product 14:42 After starting a social media brand, the next step is to start building a service or product. Once you start seeing results with that, it becomes a lot more efficient to keep up with. Then you're going to start reaching out to people and building out a funnel or something else. All of these things slowly build on each other over time. Third Time Block 15:07 The third time block is also for lever-moving tasks or creative meaningful tasks. This is where you work on the things that you don't want to outsource. For example, writing is something that Dan Koe doesn't want to outsource. Fourth Time Block 15:40 Priority four is for maintenance tasks such as checking and responding to messages and emails. This is where you expose yourself to people. It's important to push back all of the conversational and maintenance tasks to the fourth priority. Time Blocks 16:45 Dan Koe structures his time blocks for each priority anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes long. He takes breaks in between to make breakfast or lunch and goes on a 30 to 40-minute walk while listening to something in his ears. Experimentation 17:14 The entire joy of all this comes through experimentation. Create a way that you like doing and just test different techniques. Pull some of the good things from it and put them into your own day. Slowly refine that over time until you live a completely self-made lifestyle.
I like your emphasis on starting small in building new habits. It doesn't need to begin with 2 solid hours of deep work, the magic happens in the consistency and building momentum. I greatly appreciate your honest and authentic approach, you are a talented teacher. Quality content.
don't forget to spend time building up good happy memories and conversations and making sure the people you care about KNOW That you care about them.. before it's too late and you wish you'd spent real time with real people making sure they know you care
Dan Koe is the man, I love the way he broke down how he breaks down his day into those segments for continuous productivity, manifestation, and creativity while also adhering to making sure you block out time for true deep work. we all need that to properly deal with all the bullshit distractions we are dealt with on a regular basis every day.
What stands out to me about all your ideas and your content is your emphasis on experimentation. As of now, to me, experimentation seems like the best way to truly internalise an idea. Because then, I am not just relying on your words as a teacher and your personal results to validate it as a viable path. I learn a lot from your content. Thank you.
The part that stuck out the most is that i can see myself in you. Its like you're the developed version of me. Im following in your footsteps right now.
i literally change my lifestyle in 6 months and I can say it's not easy to change things right away. No matter how hard it is to move and change everything, it's all worth it at the end
This whole thing of planning and execution is amazing. Its like so obvious and basic but it's like a cheat code. Like if you want to create a successful social media page all you have to do is research your field of choice plan and then execute. It's so simple. I started the first semester of uni this year in a shaky state. I ended up doing well but I was just so stressed. In the second semester I sat down and planned literally everything, all my assignments and work felt so easy to do. I essentially finished everything so quickly and at a high standard.
Not using my phone in the morning is something i never pay attention to but through this video, i acknowledged the fact that how it's shifting my focus on unusual things. I am definetly going to stop using my smartphone in the morning. Thank you for creating this insightful video , i really loved how wonderfully explained everything. My favourite part of the video was when you were telling us how to schedule tasks to work on productivity, creativity and experimentation.
Love how you broke down the priority in the morning. I personally love to work out first thing in the morning, but I'm realizing that the endorphins that I'm receiving from working out gives me a sense of accomplishment. Yes working out first thing in the morning is an accomplishment to me however I've been struggling with accepting the fact that I need to be creative first thing in the morning. Then I can work out. Working out for me is so pleasurable that I could do it all day long. Long story short thank you for breaking down the creativity time block
This is really inspiring! I felt I needed to leave my full time job last year to work independently so I could have a more flexible schedule, just so I could do this type of deep work. It's been a struggle, but so rewarding! I usually start my day at 9am and see clients for 3-4 hours a day, six days a week. Then I spend the rest of my day in movement (exercise), study, spiritual practices and housework. I've never been happier and can't imagine going back to that horrible 9-5 grind! This video is gold!
Without watching this video, I already empty my brain, journaling prior to bed. But instead of structuring it in 4 priorities, I structure my day into 2 phases. Phase 1: I start my morning with a meditation. 2 hour morning focus. Start meetings by 10 am. Lunch Break by 12. Push for another 2 hours with automated tasks. Phase 2: Break to reset. Get into the creatives. Dinner. Then self-educate before my night routine. Look forwards to experiment how to restructure into deep work.
Dan, I've had two enlightening moments in the past few months. I'm a college student working full-time for someone while in the process of forming my own business. The point you made about no conversations + notifications stuck out to me mostly because my job is to be on the phone from 7a-4p 5 days a week and I'm still experimenting with how to effectively 'reset' my brain to have the energy to focus on my actual deep work (through walks as you'd mentioned, naps, and guitar) As I write this I have this vivid vision where my day is filled with freedom and I'm working entirely for myself; when that day comes I won't forget how you, Simon Sinek, and Naval Ravikant, Robert Greene, and Ryan Holiday got me there.
What I find helps me focus is putting my phone on DND, setting the alarm for 1-2 hour increments, then setting my phone on my bathroom counter that way I have to physically leave my room and get up to go grab my phone which I won’t feel like doing or even think about when I’m in the flow state. So I would only get up when I hear the alarm go off to turn it off. Just a suggestion that might help some of you.
- Priorities - Do what you’ll do in your ideal life now at smaller scale and build it up - Once you’re doing something and then time currency you have invested will give you momentum
This is great! After almost 20 yrs in corporate life, I am finally starting a business, in an area I have been passionate about for a long time. I've never had the courage to start before. Starting a business is overwhelming, especially when someone has no experience in it. So seeing this video now is very helpful. I'm going to start with priority 1 for a few days to see how it will work. I will deep focus on getting my target market right and setting up a business plan. I believe if I get those two right, it will set up the business well. Thank you for this insightful video!
The thing you mentioned about not using your phone in morning before doing creative work as it will decrease the focus stands out for me . previously i thought i will not hurt to check phone for are minute in the morning but now i will refrain myself from using phone until my creative work is done.
The idea of working an hour for yourself to build your ambitions compared to 8 for someone else is so crucial. It is something that I have been aware but now am implementing regularly.
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I loved that you actually specified the things to improve ourselves like we should have specific areas in our day where we focus on productivity, maintainenece and experimentation. Alot of love to you Dan!
Dan, thank you for this process. Simply applying 30 mins to an hour each day towards your life’s work will reap handsomely. A gain, thank you for sharing this.
What stood out for me: *Addressing distraction, phone, others. *Project/Process ladder steps 1-4, how they feed each other. *How tasks are structured/broken down. *Laying out how long your sessions are, plus what you do in-between. *Grounded advice of finding the joy in experimentation. *The experience backing your system. Super valuable and helpful! I appreciate your contribution.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 2 months ago about self development. Now I have 141 subs and almost 75 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
I just started building the Wealth Potion brand, but this hits home. My full time job pays the bills, but I already feel like my energy is being poorly invested when I’m not building my brand. Thank you for this.
The concept of having the day broken into 3 parts: filling the mind, emptying the mind, and creating really stood out to me. I will apply the 4 prioritization method.
Since I started watching your channel 3 months, my book now is 155 pages long. In 3 months the pre-alpha version is gonna be finished. I don't know if I'm gonna publish it, I don't know if the people I will send it to are gonna like, but I don't care. Listening to you helped me implement 15 years of knowledge I'd been idly accumulating, but not implementing. Thank you man.
Everything you say always is so simple and so true and somehow always exactly at a moment i need to hear it. You mention little things that others just flyover as if ots nothing, but its not. It IS difficult to start, to stay focused... Thanks for making me feel im not alone ❤️
I'll immediately implement not checking the phone/allowing rogue thoughts, because I see the entropy and how it ends up taking a ton of mental space that blocks flow
I’ve never resonated with a channel more than yours. I’ve begun my journey recently, and my head is filled with all of the exact same thoughts as you. I can see myself following your footsteps. Thank you for sharing and being a guide for me.
web development for productivity psychology for creativity and experiments writing or notion or reading for emptying my mind and gosh you were so right about importance of not answering to messages first thing in the morning
Dedicated deep work focused on creating my ideal life. I know I have a lot of talent I just can't figure out how to best put it to use to monetize to allow me the freedom to leave the 9-5 world.
This is mind blowing information, worth thousands of dollars, over time, as a course. The best part is knowing that although our time is limited each day, it's important to spend just one hour a day to working on building a life for your future. Because if working a 9 to 5 makes you feel comfortable & normal, you're just enslaved are a slave to routine & trapped in the matrix. This got me thinking
I like how you said to focus on your future self and if you don't do it now, how are you going to find time in the future? I find balance hard, so how you explained the day makes sense it too... your planner helps me throughout the day, but this video makes it make sense. Thank you for doing what you do!
I really needed this today. Was starting to feel so bland. Constantly working at my job and being good at it, but knowing it's all going to end someday and I'll walk away with what? Really having to fight a lot of fatigue to get in my goals each day and telling myself it's so worth it. 🙏
Life hit me pretty hard. I used to live in Miami being around street violence, guns, death, and I even used to eat $3 a day, 25 cents noodles, expired toast and canned campbell tomato soup. I survived the Boston Marathon Bombing which was a few feet away and I saw all the blood the people screaming and I was alone at 18. I also used to live in a room with no kitchen, trash bag as a window and bugs crawling on me at night. I ended up moving states (from LA to Miami) and ended up working a job where I had to literally hope I don't get shot or robbed while working overnight near one of the most dangerous areas. So I ended up takin boxing to protect myself and learned how to defend against bigger threats. Now I live in a cabin in the north of Sweden where I run an online business, I go down to a lake to breathe and heal my past and I post on UA-cam to help others who need it the most 💜
As a medical student, I've been investing tons of hours into studying. However, it's really hard for me to monetizing my creativity into something that is rewarding. After watching this deep work routine of Dan Koe, I think it's a great start for me to write something and refine my knowledge as a whole, and the creativity will come as long as I renew myself continuosly.
Deep work is amazing. I mean, it's really difficult to do it, because of all the distractions, but when you figure out how to, you can achieve many in less time. Thanks for the talk Dan.
I support the concept of emptying my brain at night to keep me rested and allow my sub-conscious to work on my challenges and bring me the clarity/answer in the morning.
Investing mental energy into building your ideal future is the biggest one for me. Perceiving mental energy as a currency in the first place, that can be invested into realities is something that never came to my mind. But once I perceived it, the possibilities just seemed limitless. We have infinite mental energy for as long as we're conscious and powered by sleep, so in theory, we can invest that energy into creating anything of tangible form, literally. Other than that, it would be the priority ladder, I've always wondered how structured deep work is like, and breaking it down into 4 levels of priorities made them seem logical and practical. Especially the one about lowering your creative task down the ladder, as you systemize things to be more efficient. Thanks Dan. Always learning a lot from you.
The first hour in the morning really stuck out to me, I plan to alternate between 2 task , doing exercise on one morning and assignments the next morning for an hour. 💪🏿🤓
I like the idea of avoiding all the notifications 1st thing in the morning. For my job typically none of them are super urgent and can be cleared up mid day. Thanks!
The idea of doing what i desire to do in the future, doing that now for a manageable duration is gold. Not doing that and continuing with how life is going doesnt build the identity I am after and i will continue to work for someone elses vision. That stuck out to me the most. My problem has been wanting to do too many things and ending up not achieving anything. Im going to pick one and start with 15-30 mins on it now. You are a legend mate!
6:43 did it for me, especially the "Empty Your Brain" I'm late to the game on some things, didn't have a great mentor growing up, but I'd had innate things I did as a man, but I've learned a great deal in my 40s I'm now 56. Thank you for the great content!
I was literally writing about this last night (mcping and being comfortable in this matrix life ) and now youre making a video 😮 love all your vids and your newsletter ❤️🎉🙏🏼🙏🏼🧿🧿
Amazing video! In work had presentation how nowadays time management is not a problem, but the focus management is. Let's focus on the right thing at the right time 💪
Wowwww FANTASTIC VIDEO 🎉! I have never heard this concept before, after watching thousand of videos, I can start working 5min a day in my " Ideal Future "
Spin that hat backwards Mike Piazza style like ya used to. Makes ya look spooky with it forward. You give great information. And you definitely have definitely help me. I know any little outsider Outsider tip helps. Always like how you have the computer on the screensaver in the background with the blue ambient lighting it's perfect. The audio is really good crystal clear. Keep doing your thing🎉
I really appreciate your down-to-earth honest and practical advice. So tired of people speaking loudly and weirdly trying to sell you something. While everyone needs to make a living and sell something, which is respectable, it's just a nice breath of fresh air to hear you say it like it is, without any frills. Also, I was inspired by your 3 activities. I was thinking of implementing a new and practical routine, and how to do it, and your advice seems to resonate. Thank you!
Summary:
- Bring your ideal life into the now at a smaller scale
- Each day do 3 things:
- Educate yourself in the afternoon
- Empty your mind before bed (Journal, plan, meditate)
- Focus on creative work in the morning
- Have a ladder of priorities from 1 (most creative, focused) down to 4 (maintenance, shallow task).
Execute in that order in 45-90 min time sessions with breaks
- If you expose yourself to people too early thinking it will just take a few seconds, it will actually continue to pop up and split your focus.
For me, the most challenging is:
- to respect the ladder order
- to work with time blocks (Pomodoro-like)
- Once I'm into something (read, write, build, website, social media), I can get lost for 3 hours at the detriment of other tasks
- Empty my mind before bed (so tempting to keep being busy)
- Reflect on my day/week to improve on
Very well summarised 🙌🏻
Thanks for the summary!
Exactly my struggle too ..
Emptying my mind before bed - I have the same issue. I just want to keep working…
Brilliant summary....but GUARANTEED you'll live in regret not taking the time to SOAK into his content audibly
"If you aren't working towards your ideal future, you're working towards someone else's" - 🤯 this quote honestly just blew my mind!
This reminded me of a quote I heard a few years ago that obviously stuck, because I usually forget things quickly. "Build your own dreams or someone will hire you to build theirs."
It also reminded me of a short story that illustrates the same thing. A business owner gathers his employees and says, "We had a really good year this year. Because of all of your hard work I was able to buy this Ferrari. If each of you work even harder next year, I'll be able to buy another one."
I live near John Deere in Iowa. They just announced a new tractor model they will produce this year and it will be over a million dollars. Then two days ago they also announced about 320 indefinite layoffs. This is after over 1000 layoffs a few years ago, positions that were never rehired.
I teach my kids that there is zero loyalty from these situations. When profits are down and they don't need your work you are just a number to these people. When profits are up and they need your mandatory overtime and you're on salary, you are just a number to these people.
Absolutely agree with you
wow what a greatest quote
Really love the concept of filling your brain with books and learning, emptying your brain prior to bed and journaling and using your brain in the morning with creation and focus.
I definitely need more work in the deep work category. Grateful to have come across this video
right, I literally screen shot them
wth you have 8 million subs?
@nandini6302 I did the same. It’s really helpful
Indeed that's an "original" thought. Gives you that "light bulb moment" 😊
The concept of deep work is characterized by a flow-like state of mind and Dan koe's voice stimulates it perfectly.
100% agree with this🙌🏻
Dost ❤️
You said it.
Mine is i decided to do monk mode and did my non negotiables.
1. Meditate
2. Read a book
3. Train 1 part of body
4. Save money everyday 50-100
5. Work and improve my freelancing skill ( web design / landing page focused)
And i decided to do this everyday for the rest of my life. its been 3 months now and it was the best decision i did in my whole life.
I'll add to that learn to dance merengue, spanish & latam history ... thanks me later 😉
thankyouu. but i think it would be not good if your non negotiables are above 5.
but i think is a good habbit to do.
Need to integrate meditation into my life more. You know it's bad when I struggle to do it for more than 10 mins
@@jackedkerouac4414 you know its bad if you count the time instead of actually clearing your mind.
btw are a fan of flux academy when you were learning web design?
@@jackedkerouac4414 Welcome to this journey my friend. This is exactly what happen to me at the beggining
Three activities to pursue our goals full force:
1. Fill your mind. Education, ideas, and novel resources you can apply toward your goals. Leads to intrinsic motivation,
2. Empty your mind. Free the thoughts that are trapped inside, don’t feel the need to remember everything. Write it down.
3. Use your mind. Find a vehicle to focus your efforts. With ideas and the clarity you gain from the previous activities to execute and build your ideal future.
Appreciate the wealth of knowledge Dan. I’ll strive to implement all three activities again since I’m catching myself slipping.
"Writing is the foundation of all media" - such a simple statement but you gave me an epiphany with that.
'If you can't do it for 15minutes a day you won't have time to do it in the future!' The excuse of not having enough time has always been my stumbling block to building my dream life. It has been for years😢. I will implement your tip starting today 3 April 2023. I will report back at the end on the month🙋
Good luck to you. I think my story is very similar with yours. I always find myself dont have enough time to study english. But right now, i study 5 new words, reading books in english, listening to youtube videos in english, journal in english every single day. It only 3 months but I believe I had improved so much that before. I can understand most of this video now 😊. I hope you reach your goal because you deserve it🎉🎉🎉
how have u been doing?
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How did it go ?
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What stuck out most to me here was ‘inviting entropy’ by checking messages during work/creative time. It shows how the mind can throw you off even when you don’t realize it. Looking at messages at the wrong time can really shape your day and how you prioritize events even if you don’t respond immediately. You may have ignored something consciously, but subconsciously you’re already being guided by it. Great concept you’ve exposed there, thanks!
So true, I agree. It’s so easy to let your phone get in the way of focused time and pull you out of your priority. 😊
i saw a post that said "how to get your work done" and the answer was "turn your phone off" - i am guilty of checking my phone and then being consumed by non work related gossip etc.
My comments about this video:
1. Exactly what I have been doing and thinking about lately being consistent in the actions of whom I want to become. For me that means I get up at 3:30am, get to gym, meditate and journal, and spend 2 hours writing for my biz, before I start my work day. Been doing this everyday for about 3weeks. Love it as I feel so accomplished by end of day.
2. I love how you break down - creativity, productivity, and experimenting.
3. This is exactly the type of content young people need to be listening to feel better about life and getting clear direction.
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Curious to hear how is that going now that a couple of months have passed. Has this been sustainable for you (in general?)
Every good thing that has happened to me in my life has come from working on something else deeply and realizing something else. Such great insights here.
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The first lesson, about living your ideal life in a smaller scale, really stuck with me. I always push out my dream to write a blog- because there will come a time when I dedicate my focus into that activity. But, the reality is whenever I attempt to write, I can't focus for more than an hour. It really takes small steps, gradually built-up, to create a routine that we can call our ideal life :).
Bring your ideal future into your present 00:00
Bring your ideal future into the present by performing the same actions that you would in your ideal lifestyle, but on a much smaller scale.
Start small and slowly increase over the years until you can sustain the lifestyle you want.
Don't wait to put off what you're already going to be doing.
If you're not already doing those things, then it's going to be much more difficult when you decide to finally start doing them.
Dissect what actions you should be taking 01:19
Dissect your ideal future and figure out what actions you should be taking.
Start working on the things that will bring you closer to your ideal future.
Start small and figure out what you don't want, which will act as a self-corrective compass to figuring out what you actually do want.
Cultivate passion along the way by discovering things you wouldn't have without direct experience.
Invest mental energy in a goal 03:24
When you bring your actions from your ideal future into the present and start executing on them, you begin to invest mental energy in a goal.
The more you do it, the more you feel obligated to do it, and that's how you build momentum and passion.
You sustain a passionate, fulfilling, and momentum full life.
The law of conceptual survival 04:42
The law of conceptual survival is the human phenomenon where our survival instincts have transcended the physical realm and are included in the mental.
We work to survive ideas, concepts, and beliefs that form our sense of self.
If you identify or create a goal that forms your perspective and how you view the world and start acting in alignment with it, you start to slowly build that identity.
View life from the lens of your future self 05:25
View your daily situations from the lens of your future self or from the lens of the goal that you're working towards.
You're going to see life in a completely different light.
You're going to be able to filter what people say so you can spot the things that actually help you move towards that goal.
Conclusion 06:08
If you aren't working towards your ideal future, you're working towards someone else's.
Create your own goal and start to invest energy in it.
Importance of Identity 06:17
"Identity" refers to the labels assigned to us by society like job titles, student status, etc.
When we invest our energy into these identities, our actions tend to follow that belief, whether we're conscious of it or not.
We need to be aware of the identities we're investing in to make sure they align with our goals.
Holistic Daily Routine 06:39
We need to have a holistic daily routine that includes different activities that serve different purposes.
Afternoons should be dedicated to learning and socialization, filling our brains with books and new ideas.
We should empty our brains before bed with journaling, planning, and meditation.
Mornings should be dedicated to creation output and focus, using our brains to execute and refine our ideas.
We need dedicated time every single day for creativity, productivity, and experimentation.
Productivity vs. Experimentation 07:01
We need a mixture of productivity and experimentation to achieve our goals.
It can't only be about productivity without experimentation and being able to refine along the way.
We need to dedicate time every day to work on our goals, even if it's just 15-30 minutes to start.
If we don't invest time in creating our future, we won't create it.
Monkey in a Cubicle 08:01
Our psyches aren't wired for modern life, especially not for being under fluorescent lights and sitting in a cubicle.
We need to hunt for novel dopamine sources or meaningful dopamine through discoveries and creativity to feel fulfilled.
If modern life has become normal to us, we're trapped in The Matrix and enslaved to routine.
Three Activities to Pursue Goals 09:11
We need three activities to pursue our goals: one that fills our minds with education and ideas, one that empties our minds, and one that uses our minds to focus our efforts.
Deep work is how we build out our dreams in record time.
Deep work is a necessity in a world of notifications and overwhelm.
Priority Ladder 11:27
The priority ladder is a way of prioritizing tasks based on their level of challenge and potential for distraction.
Priority One should be devoted to building out our vision through a project and should be done first thing in the morning.
Priority Four is for maintenance tasks like responding to emails and messages and is more open to distractions.
Conclusion 12:55
We should always have one project we're working on to build our lives around.
Our daily routine should be holistic and include different activities that serve different purposes.
Deep work is a necessity in a world of distractions and notifications, and we should prioritize it through the priority ladder.
Focused Work Time Blocks 12:57
One hour a day is reserved for focused work.
This hour is used to focus on the levers that will lead to creating your vision for the future.
For beginners, this could mean starting a social media brand or taking a writing or digital economics course.
This hour is where you are focusing your efforts on the most important tasks.
Perception Threshold 13:22
At the beginning, it's very difficult to focus for an hour, but it slowly becomes more pleasurable with time.
Your mind perceives the difficulty to be more than it actually is.
Once you hit a breakthrough, you're able to systemize things and it flows a lot smoother.
You can then fit so much more into that one hour.
Priority Time Blocks 13:48
Your first hour of focused work isn't going to be that focused.
You have to stick it out and refine your system with time.
Once you start seeing results from that first hour of work, then you move that into the second priority time block.
The second priority time block is where your lever-moving tasks go.
For example, replying on social media or creating content.
Building a Service or Product 14:42
After starting a social media brand, the next step is to start building a service or product.
Once you start seeing results with that, it becomes a lot more efficient to keep up with.
Then you're going to start reaching out to people and building out a funnel or something else.
All of these things slowly build on each other over time.
Third Time Block 15:07
The third time block is also for lever-moving tasks or creative meaningful tasks.
This is where you work on the things that you don't want to outsource.
For example, writing is something that Dan Koe doesn't want to outsource.
Fourth Time Block 15:40
Priority four is for maintenance tasks such as checking and responding to messages and emails.
This is where you expose yourself to people.
It's important to push back all of the conversational and maintenance tasks to the fourth priority.
Time Blocks 16:45
Dan Koe structures his time blocks for each priority anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes long.
He takes breaks in between to make breakfast or lunch and goes on a 30 to 40-minute walk while listening to something in his ears.
Experimentation 17:14
The entire joy of all this comes through experimentation.
Create a way that you like doing and just test different techniques.
Pull some of the good things from it and put them into your own day.
Slowly refine that over time until you live a completely self-made lifestyle.
Thx
Done a great job, keep it up😇
Thank you, you're the best!
Thanks for the detailed and through summary. Great job!
Done a great job thank you
I like your emphasis on starting small in building new habits. It doesn't need to begin with 2 solid hours of deep work, the magic happens in the consistency and building momentum. I greatly appreciate your honest and authentic approach, you are a talented teacher. Quality content.
Love this
don't forget to spend time building up good happy memories and conversations and making sure the people you care about KNOW That you care about them.. before it's too late and you wish you'd spent real time with real people making sure they know you care
Dan Koe is the man, I love the way he broke down how he breaks down his day into those segments for continuous productivity, manifestation, and creativity while also adhering to making sure you block out time for true deep work. we all need that to properly deal with all the bullshit distractions we are dealt with on a regular basis every day.
What stands out to me about all your ideas and your content is your emphasis on experimentation. As of now, to me, experimentation seems like the best way to truly internalise an idea. Because then, I am not just relying on your words as a teacher and your personal results to validate it as a viable path. I learn a lot from your content. Thank you.
Valuable ideas are a promise that only experimentation can turn true for you
Knowledge is nothing but a stepping stone to experience.
@@yoricmangeart7573 very well said
@@yoricmangeart7573 I'm saving this!
I will implement:
morniing work with no phone checking
structurizing my morning, evening and night
writing out my priorities
I started that this week 😅
The part that stuck out the most is that i can see myself in you. Its like you're the developed version of me. Im following in your footsteps right now.
I followed your last deep work video a few months ago, and now I’m a full time creator, doing what I love. This shit works!
WELL DONE
i literally change my lifestyle in 6 months and I can say it's not easy to change things right away. No matter how hard it is to move and change everything, it's all worth it at the end
This whole thing of planning and execution is amazing. Its like so obvious and basic but it's like a cheat code. Like if you want to create a successful social media page all you have to do is research your field of choice plan and then execute. It's so simple. I started the first semester of uni this year in a shaky state. I ended up doing well but I was just so stressed. In the second semester I sat down and planned literally everything, all my assignments and work felt so easy to do. I essentially finished everything so quickly and at a high standard.
Not using my phone in the morning is something i never pay attention to but through this video, i acknowledged the fact that how it's shifting my focus on unusual things. I am definetly going to stop using my smartphone in the morning. Thank you for creating this insightful video , i really loved how wonderfully explained everything. My favourite part of the video was when you were telling us how to schedule tasks to work on productivity, creativity and experimentation.
The first thoughts of the day is such a powerful predictor of the rest of the day. Protect them from distraction.
Fundamental tasks born from our core values is so powerful.
The ultimate alignment.
I’m so grateful you share your passion and message.
Love how you broke down the priority in the morning. I personally love to work out first thing in the morning, but I'm realizing that the endorphins that I'm receiving from working out gives me a sense of accomplishment. Yes working out first thing in the morning is an accomplishment to me however I've been struggling with accepting the fact that I need to be creative first thing in the morning. Then I can work out. Working out for me is so pleasurable that I could do it all day long.
Long story short thank you for breaking down the creativity time block
This is really inspiring! I felt I needed to leave my full time job last year to work independently so I could have a more flexible schedule, just so I could do this type of deep work. It's been a struggle, but so rewarding! I usually start my day at 9am and see clients for 3-4 hours a day, six days a week. Then I spend the rest of my day in movement (exercise), study, spiritual practices and housework. I've never been happier and can't imagine going back to that horrible 9-5 grind! This video is gold!
what do you do now? who are your clients?
As you give the low puncher words at the beginning of this video, did my heart not burn within me?
Thank you, Dan.
Without watching this video, I already empty my brain, journaling prior to bed. But instead of structuring it in 4 priorities, I structure my day into 2 phases.
Phase 1: I start my morning with a meditation. 2 hour morning focus. Start meetings by 10 am. Lunch Break by 12. Push for another 2 hours with automated tasks.
Phase 2: Break to reset. Get into the creatives. Dinner. Then self-educate before my night routine.
Look forwards to experiment how to restructure into deep work.
Dan, I've had two enlightening moments in the past few months. I'm a college student working full-time for someone while in the process of forming my own business. The point you made about no conversations + notifications stuck out to me mostly because my job is to be on the phone from 7a-4p 5 days a week and I'm still experimenting with how to effectively 'reset' my brain to have the energy to focus on my actual deep work (through walks as you'd mentioned, naps, and guitar) As I write this I have this vivid vision where my day is filled with freedom and I'm working entirely for myself; when that day comes I won't forget how you, Simon Sinek, and Naval Ravikant, Robert Greene, and Ryan Holiday got me there.
What I find helps me focus is putting my phone on DND, setting the alarm for 1-2 hour increments, then setting my phone on my bathroom counter that way I have to physically leave my room and get up to go grab my phone which I won’t feel like doing or even think about when I’m in the flow state. So I would only get up when I hear the alarm go off to turn it off. Just a suggestion that might help some of you.
- Priorities
- Do what you’ll do in your ideal life now at smaller scale and build it up
- Once you’re doing something and then time currency you have invested will give you momentum
This is great! After almost 20 yrs in corporate life, I am finally starting a business, in an area I have been passionate about for a long time. I've never had the courage to start before.
Starting a business is overwhelming, especially when someone has no experience in it. So seeing this video now is very helpful. I'm going to start with priority 1 for a few days to see how it will work. I will deep focus on getting my target market right and setting up a business plan. I believe if I get those two right, it will set up the business well.
Thank you for this insightful video!
The thing you mentioned about not using your phone in morning before doing creative work as it will decrease the focus stands out for me .
previously i thought i will not hurt to check phone for are minute in the morning but now i will refrain myself from using phone until my creative work is done.
The idea of working an hour for yourself to build your ambitions compared to 8 for someone else is so crucial. It is something that I have been aware but now am implementing regularly.
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The opening hit hard if I can work 8 hours for some ones dreams why no do one for mine ❤️🔥
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
One of the best videos I’ve watched on YT. Incredibly helpful and practical.
I loved that you actually specified the things to improve ourselves like we should have specific areas in our day where we focus on productivity, maintainenece and experimentation. Alot of love to you Dan!
Dan, thank you for this process. Simply applying 30 mins to an hour each day towards your life’s work will reap handsomely. A gain, thank you for sharing this.
Great video. Love how you framed the reminder of taking action and experimenting before the liking or passion appears. “Do before you can BE”
What stood out for me:
*Addressing distraction, phone, others.
*Project/Process ladder steps 1-4, how they feed each other.
*How tasks are structured/broken down.
*Laying out how long your sessions are, plus what you do in-between.
*Grounded advice of finding the joy in experimentation.
*The experience backing your system.
Super valuable and helpful! I appreciate your contribution.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 2 months ago about self development. Now I have 141 subs and almost 75 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
@user-vi5dl3bl8z hi, do you mean reach out to you?
I just started building the Wealth Potion brand, but this hits home.
My full time job pays the bills, but I already feel like my energy is being poorly invested when I’m not building my brand.
Thank you for this.
Awesome! I’m going to start mine too. Do you have an IG, we can exchange notes ?
Love the name “Wealth Potion!”
@@Longliveicecream Yes! @wealthpotion
@@TotalWealth Thank you! A play on "Health Potion" :)
What stood out for me is that once you give in to the work in start it won't be good, by time you'll be able to refine it. Thanks ❤️
i was watching this while eating midway i realized i couldnt take note and eat at the same time thats how valuable your words are god bless you bro
I love the clarity of choosing either working towards our own dream or ending up an automaton working as a slave for someone else’s. Big fan of you!
The concept of having the day broken into 3 parts: filling the mind, emptying the mind, and creating really stood out to me. I will apply the 4 prioritization method.
Since I started watching your channel 3 months, my book now is 155 pages long. In 3 months the pre-alpha version is gonna be finished. I don't know if I'm gonna publish it, I don't know if the people I will send it to are gonna like, but I don't care. Listening to you helped me implement 15 years of knowledge I'd been idly accumulating, but not implementing. Thank you man.
What is it about?
You are such a blessing. I listen to you every morning to get my mind started
Everything you say always is so simple and so true and somehow always exactly at a moment i need to hear it. You mention little things that others just flyover as if ots nothing, but its not. It IS difficult to start, to stay focused... Thanks for making me feel im not alone ❤️
Exactly. I do this. I just be who I want to be and then I am. Thank you for this informative and encouraging video.
This is such an important video. This is the ultimate breakdown for people to find structure and to start changing their life.
Everything sticks out Dan,
because this video is outstanding.
The 1st priority deep work, that excludes any distractions.. thats one that I will really have to work on. Great video Dan.
I'll immediately implement not checking the phone/allowing rogue thoughts, because I see the entropy and how it ends up taking a ton of mental space that blocks flow
I’ve never resonated with a channel more than yours. I’ve begun my journey recently, and my head is filled with all of the exact same thoughts as you. I can see myself following your footsteps. Thank you for sharing and being a guide for me.
Deep 🕳 Our psychy is not wired for modern life On point #create stay #consistent and #Focused! 🫣
web development for productivity
psychology for creativity and experiments
writing or notion or reading for emptying my mind
and gosh you were so right about importance of not answering to messages first thing in the morning
Dedicated deep work focused on creating my ideal life. I know I have a lot of talent I just can't figure out how to best put it to use to monetize to allow me the freedom to leave the 9-5 world.
I’m that young dude with no responsibilities. So lucky and grateful to be in this phase of my life. I’ll be applying this in my life.
You have taken things I’ve felt for years and articulated them in an effortless presentation! Thank you Dan!
This is mind blowing information, worth thousands of dollars, over time, as a course. The best part is knowing that although our time is limited each day, it's important to spend just one hour a day to working on building a life for your future. Because if working a 9 to 5 makes you feel comfortable & normal, you're just enslaved are a slave to routine & trapped in the matrix. This got me thinking
I like the idea of not answering messages first thing in the morning, it really does eat up the day and makes u lose focus !
Fill. Empty. Use.
I refuse to let this one go.
I'll be making use of it for sure.
SO much respect for you, Dan Koe. Gratitude for all you share, as I embark on my writing life. I’m drawn to all you highlight here.
Love this my god! ❤
Man I like the "self-made lifestyle" phrase, and you're a genius
Awesome video bro, definitely earned your self a life time sub!
I like how you said to focus on your future self and if you don't do it now, how are you going to find time in the future? I find balance hard, so how you explained the day makes sense it too... your planner helps me throughout the day, but this video makes it make sense. Thank you for doing what you do!
Really helpfull information! You can really noticed that Dan is passionate about what he is doing here. Thanks
I really needed this today. Was starting to feel so bland. Constantly working at my job and being good at it, but knowing it's all going to end someday and I'll walk away with what?
Really having to fight a lot of fatigue to get in my goals each day and telling myself it's so worth it. 🙏
Just apprieciate the fact that I found Dan's videos.
Your content is amazing. Everyone needs to hear this message. Deep work is essential.
This seems almost impossible as someone with ADHD, but I’m done making excuses and ready to build my foundation towards order & growth.
Life hit me pretty hard. I used to live in Miami being around street violence, guns, death, and I even used to eat $3 a day, 25 cents noodles, expired toast and canned campbell tomato soup. I survived the Boston Marathon Bombing which was a few feet away and I saw all the blood the people screaming and I was alone at 18. I also used to live in a room with no kitchen, trash bag as a window and bugs crawling on me at night. I ended up moving states (from LA to Miami) and ended up working a job where I had to literally hope I don't get shot or robbed while working overnight near one of the most dangerous areas. So I ended up takin boxing to protect myself and learned how to defend against bigger threats. Now I live in a cabin in the north of Sweden where I run an online business, I go down to a lake to breathe and heal my past and I post on UA-cam to help others who need it the most 💜
Thank you, Your lesson is very valuable. I find the "Find something new and create with it" very excting.
❤ love your teaching for real
I'm in your course for September
As a medical student, I've been investing tons of hours into studying. However, it's really hard for me to monetizing my creativity into something that is rewarding.
After watching this deep work routine of Dan Koe, I think it's a great start for me to write something and refine my knowledge as a whole, and the creativity will come as long as I renew myself continuosly.
Deep work is amazing. I mean, it's really difficult to do it, because of all the distractions, but when you figure out how to, you can achieve many in less time. Thanks for the talk Dan.
Just stay committed to yourself ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I support the concept of emptying my brain at night to keep me rested and allow my sub-conscious to work on my challenges and bring me the clarity/answer in the morning.
Investing mental energy into building your ideal future is the biggest one for me.
Perceiving mental energy as a currency in the first place, that can be invested into realities is something that never came to my mind.
But once I perceived it, the possibilities just seemed limitless. We have infinite mental energy for as long as we're conscious and powered by sleep, so in theory, we can invest that energy into creating anything of tangible form, literally.
Other than that, it would be the priority ladder, I've always wondered how structured deep work is like, and breaking it down into 4 levels of priorities made them seem logical and practical. Especially the one about lowering your creative task down the ladder, as you systemize things to be more efficient.
Thanks Dan.
Always learning a lot from you.
The first hour in the morning really stuck out to me, I plan to alternate between 2 task , doing exercise on one morning and assignments the next morning for an hour. 💪🏿🤓
The best resume for having a great life I've seen. Thanks for that.
Such an Amazing narration about Deep work, Keep making more videos. lots of love from India!
Feel like I'm going watch this agian
I like the idea of avoiding all the notifications 1st thing in the morning. For my job typically none of them are super urgent and can be cleared up mid day. Thanks!
Excelent video.
Clear and " easy/simple"
The idea of doing what i desire to do in the future, doing that now for a manageable duration is gold.
Not doing that and continuing with how life is going doesnt build the identity I am after and i will continue to work for someone elses vision.
That stuck out to me the most.
My problem has been wanting to do too many things and ending up not achieving anything.
Im going to pick one and start with 15-30 mins on it now.
You are a legend mate!
This is great. This is what I was looking for.
6:43 did it for me, especially the "Empty Your Brain" I'm late to the game on some things, didn't have a great mentor growing up, but I'd had innate things I did as a man, but I've learned a great deal in my 40s I'm now 56. Thank you for the great content!
when i lose focus i come to this channel thank you dan
A very knowledgable session brother! Keep up the good work👌🏾😇
Never gets old. Change your life -> how -> buy my course eventually and make me rich
I was literally writing about this last night (mcping and being comfortable in this matrix life ) and now youre making a video 😮 love all your vids and your newsletter ❤️🎉🙏🏼🙏🏼🧿🧿
Love the way you talk. I know you're not joking but sometimes it is so funny the way you explain things.
Amazing video! In work had presentation how nowadays time management is not a problem, but the focus management is. Let's focus on the right thing at the right time 💪
Wowwww FANTASTIC VIDEO 🎉! I have never heard this concept before, after watching thousand of videos, I can start working 5min a day in my " Ideal Future "
Spin that hat backwards Mike Piazza style like ya used to. Makes ya look spooky with it forward. You give great information. And you definitely have definitely help me. I know any little outsider Outsider tip helps. Always like how you have the computer on the screensaver in the background with the blue ambient lighting it's perfect. The audio is really good crystal clear. Keep doing your thing🎉
I really appreciate your down-to-earth honest and practical advice. So tired of people speaking loudly and weirdly trying to sell you something. While everyone needs to make a living and sell something, which is respectable, it's just a nice breath of fresh air to hear you say it like it is, without any frills.
Also, I was inspired by your 3 activities. I was thinking of implementing a new and practical routine, and how to do it, and your advice seems to resonate. Thank you!