Journaling is not for everyone, BUT I'm definitely suffering from notion fatigue recently and remembered this from years ago. Let me know if this helped... or not... Whatever the case, thanks for stopping by :D
Love the approach! Instantly subscribed. I’ve been doing those small and big notebooks capturing and organizing system for the past 6months, but my system isn’t organized well as yours. May I know how do u get to stay focus and execute 1 project at a time while incorporating urgent non project tasks into the system, and orchestrate all of the projects and tasks in annual to monthly tasks?
@@alallya8 Thanks! Happy to meet someone thinks alike :) To answer your question, focus doesn't come naturally for me either. I was kinda forced into a career that requires me to juggle lots of things. The ONE trick that unstuck me was to realize that "something is just not as urgent as you might think", from then on I split all task based on "True importance" & "True urgency". And I would only do one of two things first: 1) either something is really important and urgent that requires my attention within a day 2) something that's really easy that can be done in 2min, so I can get it done and cross off the list. When it comes to prioritization, ask yourself - what would happen if you don't get X done in X min / day / year, based on the answer, re-orient your priorities. Once you have that, be discipline and tackle one thing at a time, there's no rushing it, going back and forth would always make things worse. But this question got me thinking... this is a bigger topic than just a post, I might make a video about this later. Thanks for the idea :D
@@kevzwang Many thanks for those thoughtful advise! It seemed to me that you had polished and brilliant framework when designing the system, while put some thoughts to simplify it. no joke, this video is one of the greatest approach I've ever watched here on productivity system. That's why I asked, while secretly hoping if this video could be elaborate further. :D Glad you consider it! Thank you, hope u could reach huge subsribers soon.
The "retention editing" where every small breath is edited out of the content makes it sound robotic or unnatural. I hope this trend will soon fade away.
this is amazing and i can assure you it is engaging enough for a person like me with the attention span of a goldfish to sit through 15 minutes without caring about when this video will end.
Out of all the productivity videos I've ever seen, I've learned the most out of this one, will need to rewatch a few more times, thanks for sharing this!
Interesting, I have not seen a two notebook system but it looks like a great concept. One thing nobody tells you about retirement is that you have lots of time on your hands but if you have passions and dreams to accomplish - you still run very short on time! I feel like it’s more important than when I worked a traditional job to find a way to stay on top of appointments and deadlines…to keep to a schedule and a routine. Thanks for this informative content and also I really like the look of your video, the background, colors, lighting etc. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to more amazing videos 😊
This is highly informative and high quality. I dont know why yt recommended it and you have a small channel, but it seems to be rewarding it. Continue this way!! Subscribed.
Yeah, for some people, using digital versions of productivity tools during work hours is like being trapped in an endless social media loop .. However, the point of this video for me is that notebook journaling is not just about scheduling and remembering; but it is also important for “planning before taking action.” and then, the tiny but consistent executions will accomplish many things.
I am definitely not the main target of the general content you post, but I am glad RUclips recommended this video. I find the method very interesting, and would definitely try it. I am just a bit insecure about what categories I should add in the blueprint that are related to my own projects, I am afraid I could be missing something. Anyway, this was a lovely video and, to be honest, the length was perfect for someone who is genuinely interested in the topic or is looking for a new way to get unstuck!
Thanks! Appreciate those kind encouragement! On "categories to add in the blueprint", I'm a management consultant so this sort of exercise is basically my job, I'd like to offer two suggestions if I may: 1. KNOW how to succeed before starting. It's natural to feel lost before starting anything, we all do, but we can talk to experts, do excessive amount of research, ask specialized GPT or many other things. Blue print is only as good as you design it to be. So for this to work, we really have to know roughly how this thing you are building works. And it don't have to be complicated, it can be really high level, for example: Learning new Language = vocabulary + Daily conversation + cultural learning + grammar ... 2. Your categories should have very little overlapping actions. Otherwise it will be messy two months down the road. For example, "daily conversation" and "Finding a practice partner" shouldn't be two parallel categories, because you will speak a lot with your partner. - MECE principle (It'll be great if you can look it up in case you don't know) Anyways, I'm glad this new type of video helped me find people like you, I will continue to make videos like this. Hope to see you around!
I found your video very helpful! Although, it was a little hard to follow going a little bit too quickly when looking at the at the written examples in your notebooks. I had to pause the clip several times. And I really appreciated your attention to the why we want to do something and the steps the why each step we want to do. And also you're sharing your goal is to help people which is your priority. So thank you very much.❤
Amazing! The video was very well explained with no unnecessary background music or shallow explanations. It went straight to the point and provided valuable information. Keep up the good work, brother. You have earned one more subscriber. I was recommended this video by RUclips earlier and I saved it to watch later. Now that I am watching it, I am pleasantly surprised by how good it is. Great work! Please continue to keep distracting music away from your videos, as you did in this one. It really makes me want to watch and listen attentively.
I just finished reading Piranesi, he utilized a journal system. A sign😊 I'm glad youtube found favour with your channel. There is hope for other like-minded creators. That you love paper is icing on the cake!
Wonderful! Lots of journalling method out there, we are all tweaking things around and try to find something that works for us individually! Best of luck!
Hi I am a family doctor and now that I retired I have a hard time managing my every day life because I don’t have a schedule every day that my staff give me. I really like your approach. I subscribed to your channel and I sent your video to some friends also. I think you are doing well. A suggestion- leave the page with the subheadings you are creating a little longer. I wanted to copy them down and I had to repeatedly stop your video and backtrack to find the names.
This was so good! I have been going naturally in that direction. But this exhilarated my notebook understanding 1000X. Thank you, I'm now one of your fans
what a great video. you outlined the system and when referenced other books etc you actually told us what they do instead of vaguely refering to them. thanks !
Great video! Your video just showed up in my feed, and the content, quality, and delivery is excellent! Thank you! I just started exploring the pocket notebook as my little capture system because there were so many times I was trying to capture my “random” thoughts and inspirations, but my phone and random paper bits didn’t cut it. So, they were lost forever ~ truly. I have a good “at the desk” system so I thought until I watched this video. Now, I can fine tune my “blueprint notebooks” and process my capture EDC notebooks with my inspired thoughts and actions. Your intention to help other people is well on its way, and you have a new sub here. I am a trader (financial markets) and didn’t know anything about you or your channel, but I needed this bit of clarity to create a better process for both my personal life (mom/wife, homeschool mom, personal learning/life goals) and my business as a trader. I am constantly switching hats, and I have found it difficult to capture, categorize, analyze, create clarity and a well thought out plan together. This video helped tremendously! Thank you for your efforts in producing this video. Well done!
This was a great video! I was looking for a non-digital organization system to capture my tasks, goals etc. and I am going to give this a go. I liked the way you presented this information. Thank you.😀
Hi I am a family doctor and now that I retired I have a hard time managing my every day life because I don’t have a schedule every day that my staff give me. I really like your approach. I subscribed to your channel and I sent your video to some friends also. I think you are doing well. A suggestion- leave the page with the subheadings you are creating a little longer. I wanted to copy them down and I had to repeatedly stop your video and backtrack to find the names. I think the idea about being intentional about your list of ideas is a great one.
Hey thanks for the suggestion! Already corrected in my next video, it's really nice to have an outside perspective when you work on your own stuff for hours...Cheers and thanks for the comment!
Thanks - this is a really helpful video! I went & found my empty little notebook & I’m taking notes while I’m watching. I really like the sound of this system, I prefer to write things down but my journal/planner is too big to carry around everywhere with me so I inevitably always stop using it. I think using the little notebook capture system might solve the problem! 🙌🏻
Thank you! Your video is extremely informative and practical. Simple tools like the paper and pen is actually the answer for me. Very motivated to jump on it!
I think this is an excellent alternative to Mind Maps... you can see multiple concepts on 1 page... ive been writing notes like this for a few years and its very effective. 👌
I love this video, and yes, I do suffer from notion fatigue because I know it is easy to use, but I still don’t feel it as easy to implement into my planning. I waste too much time just to learn the program on how to present it properly and I agree with you writing on pen and paper is basic and easy. I can spend more time and energy. Thinking of ideas rather than trying to format my thoughts in a program. If you have, please share with us, your planning format template
Hi! It's difficult to elaborate on a comment on the topic of "how to plan", however, I appreciate the input and I think there's good potential for a future video idea. Thanks for that :)
I've never heard of this, never thought of it and didn't search anything related to journaling/ note taking yet youtube recommended a video on using notebooks for productivity but i ignored it and scrolled down and then your video about notebooks is there. Okay youtube, I'll try it 👂🏼 Thoroughly enjoyed your video and will sub. Great video 👍🏼
very cool system. I was doing pen and paper for 1/2 of my life and i think it's really great if you work on your own but when you manage team or work together (share notes, tasks etc.) it gets really confusing and adding more work than it solves. When I really overload i keep getting back to pen and paper but after that i put stuff to online / digital tools. beside all that i always lose my pen so all "capturing" stuff I had to always do on my phone :D. The video is cool, all blueprint system i really enjoy so i will save this video and will getting back to it!
This was a very good and thorough video for real. Very detailed and goes straight to the point and loved the added value of sharing the detailed breakdown.
This was so helpful. I spent an embarrassing amount of time learning formatting on Google Sheets to use a planner that wasn’t 10% as effective. It’s weird but your video gave me permission to go ahead and use pen and paper. Yes, you are inconstrained! Your sense of humor is the best. Very dry! And I love the pace of your video. I learned so much.
this was great. Going to buy a small notebook on my way to work tomorrow! keep making these types of vids and you'll 100% grow the channel's viewership.
GTD methodology right? capture>clarify>next steps and when you broke things down it was for projects that require more than 1 action. I think you recited the whole GTD sytem your own way while using manual pen and paper.
Yes and No, David Allen's GTD was published a bit early, I actually didn't read about it until I finished Tiago Forte's Second brain. There's also Ryan Holiday whose system was even more similar :D So in a way, you are absolutely right, this has a lot in common with GTD, but the more you read the more you will realise all the great system in the past few decades has lots in common in the fundamental principle, how you use these principles to achieve your goal largely depends on your ability to deconstruct your goal and your own way to execute them. I think I showed my own approach when it comes to the specifics. I highly recommend you search for the other two author (Ryan Holiday and Tiago Forte), as they have more sophisticated system than what I can showcase in a 15min video. Cheers! love this comment :D
Solid Video! Loved it. Also loved the graphics with the Dotted Paper instead of Lined Paper. I been working on 'Organizing My Note taking' as well as the structure of my note taking. I only use App's for either Digitalizing my backups or for research. But Writing with pen and paper is definitely my way to go. I use Mind Mapping and Linear Note Taking. I like the Systems you mentioned, Breaking the book down into sections before you get started I like too. I tend to Make a Key in the Front of my Notebooks with Highlighters that Signify what Topics are what. My sticky notes tend to fall out eventually lol. Either way thanks for the content. Very Much enjoyed this video at 2am lol.
I tried to use digital apps and all the time i feel nesesity to fill all the endles spaces that cause permanent sence of a stress. While u work on a paper, u know, if a pen is still in ur heand ==> u got someting to write down, and u can chill since ur hands are free. Either way u open ur to do list, or notion, and all those alerting stuff starts to fight for ur attention, those buttons, notifications, emojis, links, ability to endlessly edit ur page, i mostly forget what i want as soon as i open those apps😮💨 Thx for the vid.
I did subscribe because I like your style and I am a pen 🖊️ and paper person I find it enjoyable and it transfers itself better to technology later when I’m ready. Example I created all my blue prints for my businesses this why, and I never felt rushed as it’s my journey and I know at the end I will love the outcome once I do what I said I would, if not the only one that’s been lied to would be me. Plus it’s so less distracting 😊 Keep up the good works and I love your Why!😅
very valuable video! thank you! in fact, going to try this out today/this weekend to finally START the things ive been wanting and even KNEW how to but.. was in freeze mode. needed to see this to get back into to. i need to: -find a new job (possibly within same company) -interact with other teams at current company -update resume -update linkedin (but the key words i want on both resume/linked, i first need to study for) -study key-word subject matter (will take the most time) -figure out an acceptable timeframe to accomplish this.. 3 months, 4 or 6 months? Kev (or other viewers) - any suggestions on how to break this down into bite size dailys? i will literally LOSE MY MIND if i stay with current team. NEED HELP
Hi:) I'm gonna try my best to answer this but I may very well fail due to the limitation of a post... I'm gonna say the problem is two folded, one you need a prioritization of your tasks, and then you need to break things down. For prioritization, split all the above todos based on "True importance" & "True urgency". And you should only start with something that is really important and urgent that requires my attention within days, i.e - update resume - linkedin. These two not only takes little effort to do, but it directly impact your chances to get a new job. So high importance & high urgency. On the other hand, "figure out how long to do something" - not important & not urgent because it's about setting a goal, this is not a scientific research and you DO NOT need to be specific at all. It shouldn't have any consequence if you set a random target as long as it's sort a achievable, just pick a number, aim for it and forget about it. Do that for all items on your to-do list. When it comes to break things down, avoid planning for "result", rather than "action", for example, "study for subject matter for 3 months" is a good task, "get a new job" is NOT. Latter may very well be a result of the former. That brings me the next point, when breaking task down, try to be clean and use MECE principle (pls look it up) That said, I'd advise you to break things down in 10 ish actionable items at any given time, if you cross one off the list, add a new one so you always have 10~ to work with. And Be very patient about the result, it's likely outside of your control. Taking care of your mind & body is important, Life a marathon not a sprint. Take care and best of luck! Thanks for stopping by my channel :D
Thank you making this video. Im at a stage of my life where I want to take my life seriously but I’m struggling to stay motivated and be productive. I’m planning to start a RUclips channel focus on productivity, personal development, wellness,
Take a look at the hatch notebook. They had a kickstarter and it's still available. It has a system to breakdown the captured ideas all in one notebook. It's good for the initial brainstorms.
Thanks for this. Will try as I"m always feeling unorganized. However, I'm a little vague about the use of the 4 sections in the notebook (11:00) and how it relates to the blueprint. Can you elaborate?
Thanks for the comment, here is how it works: The entire notebook (blueprint) is about a long term goal, for example - Learn a new language. Then each section is targeted for smaller but related goals such as Section 1) Basic vocabulary , Section 2) Grammar, Section 3) Idiom and common sayings 4) Cultural related learnings... as you can see, they all contribute to being fluent in the new language, but creates some structure for you to reference back when things piles up. Hope it helps! Cheers!
@@kevzwang I understand dividing a book into sections, but in your video you show a table with columns. 1) How do columns relate to the sections in the book and 2) how do you decide what columns to put in a the table?
haha yes, too much of a learning curve and too few real life use cases besides project management imho... Sad truth is that I'm very likely return to it sometimes in the future.
Wow, top notch video, mate! Very high quality, information dense video. I very much appreciate showing me how to utilize this meathod. Definitely something I plan on incorporating for my every day life. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the useful information! One comment regarding editing: its a bit hard on the ear, feels "jagged" with the constant audio jumpcuts. Those tiny pauses are essential I believe. It makes a story-like video and helps the information to sink in, or rather gives the ear-brain room to catch a breath and process the info.
Top quality info man! I've been journaling and using notebooks for the past 2 years, which has helped me immensely. I have one question about dividing the notebook. Do you use each section for a different goal? Or do we use the whole notebook for 1 goal and use the sections for the improvement/brainstorming/etc example you gave us.
Good question. Here is how it works. The entire notebook is about a long term goal, for example - Learn a new language. Then each section is targeted for smaller but related goals such as Section 1) Basic vocabulary , Section 2) Grammar, Section 3) Idiom and common sayings 4) Cultural related learnings... as you can see, they all contribute to being fluent in the new language, but creates some structure for you to reference back when things piles up. Hope it helps :D
Your videos are very well edited and very informative! It’s very surprising that you have so much production quality but are not very popular. My one recommendation would be to make the videos slightly shorter and only including the information for more engagement. The new thumbnail style is very attractive and useful!
Great advice! I heard a similar suggestion the other day… shorten the time-to-value… a fancy way of saying cut the crap and filler content as much as I can 😂. Anyways really appreciate it! Cheers!
You have 6 columns but are only using 3 ideas to fill up those columns- improvement, brainstorming and research. It seems like you’re utilizing the last 3 columns for research. Did I understand that correctly or did I miss something else? Do you have a cheat sheet type pdf that could be downloaded so we can have a visual example to create our own?
I read the writing in the last two columns (there were 5, total) and found the 4th column is used to record the ideas found in the research and the 5th is used for the steps needed to do those things.
I love to write things down! Great video. I didn't like the many cuts in the video though, it makes it restless, as opposed to the content that you give.
Keep it up. This video was a lot deeper than so much productivity content can lack. Organizing based on the principle of human memory retention characteristics is smart.
Great video!! Production but especially the concept presented too! I do have one question though....at about 12:57 what are the last two columns titled? I am having trouble reading them....thanks! :)
Hi KevZ, how do you know when you should keep developing skills and when it's more practical to outsource your work? Thank you for your informative video. It was very helpful.
This video made me subscribe to your channel without even looking at whole feed… Thank you so much for this video I have adhd and I’m constantly looking for systems that can make me more productive and just make my life a bit easier with my busy brain… really this is a great system 🎉
Yes, there's a better digital tool than notebooks. I have a very similar approach to the one you are showing. After years of trial and error, I ended up sticking-not with paper-but digital white boards 😉😉 I almost have the same method of yours, less refined but I think more flexible, that's where I think whiteboards are way more powerful I use them on a 27" monitor with a small Wacom tablet 😊
I love this video and you make this system so accessible. However, I do find it hard to look at the jump cuts every few words. There was a few points where the was a jump between each of 2 or 3 words in a sentence, as if I'm watching a video of someone stiched together to create an alternate context or narrative. Good content, interesting delivery.
Okay, I can do all this planning (and great helpful vid!) but please, please, please tell me how I can actually take action with my goals even after I’ve broken them down into small chunks and defined the why etc etc!! I’m so frustrated about my inaction 😢.
Thanks for stopping by. I think you are asking about ways to deal with procrastination / taking actions… I thought about expanding on this topic when making this video but it ended up to be too heavy of a topic to fully elaborate in 15 min. It’s an important topic to discuss for sure, and I think I will make a separate video on it in the future to explain how I dealt with it ( it took me 2+ years to start this channel because of procrastination, I know it tough) However, I wish I can explain everything in a comment but it’s just too limited. Do come back in a month or so and I should have a follow up video to talk about this. I think you’ve touch upon something important I didn’t mention in this video. Thanks and all the best!
Exactly my question also. I can plan strategically all day til every perfect move is coordinated .. but when implementing my plans I become frozen. The stuff of daily life wastes so much of my energy & time & focus. Seeing your huge horizontal planning pad reminds me of used wall calenders .. most of them are blank white on the back & large enough to do a ton of planning. I've used them for years as I tend to have very large handwriting .. which has been a stumbling block for using those tiny brain dump notebooks, plus the small ones are just so easy to misplace especially with my increasing forgetfulness. Ty for your time & effort in producing this video. It's a great conversation starter with my inner self. 😊
Also, why do you have to keep your videos to 15 minutes? I love longer videos I can listen to when doing the excruciatingly mindless tasks, like laundry & kitchen chores. 😊
Your channel might still be small but your video quality is really good. I love my small notebooks and you inspired me to use them regularly. I also love how specific your goals are.
Thank you, I realized the more specific the goal is, the better we can gauge our success, thus more motivated to continue working on the goal, it becomes a full virtuous cycle...
It's interesting that while I use Notion, I also have a small notebook and a larger one I carry around. I have yet to implement The System as portrayed but have definitely moved in that direction. I've been thinking a lot about goal setting and how my current system doesn't promote goals very well. It handles project and tasks fairly well, but not the goal itself.
Thanks for sharing, by reading the comments I see lots of people are having the same issue so I suppose it's quite common. Setting the right goal AND come up with the right action / steps to support it can be a bit of a challenge... Best of luck!
Unfortunately no ... Company directly ordered them from an OEM, but it seems lots of people are requesting them, I may in the future start a shopify store and sell them here :P They are dirt cheap too... I think it's $1 USD each
Parabéns pelo metodo, e principalmente por uma forma de se organizar fora do celular, além do que, não fica depenendo de aplicativo, um sistema seguro e prático que só depende de você, excelente ideia de organização.
Really interesting video full of information. But tbh I had a hard time focusing hearing your voice in double, there's a slight echo (maybe from your mic + the camera's one but I'm just assuming here). I feel like just sorting that technical issue would improve the percieved quality of your video as the informations you give are really valuable !
Journaling is not for everyone, BUT I'm definitely suffering from notion fatigue recently and remembered this from years ago. Let me know if this helped... or not... Whatever the case, thanks for stopping by :D
Love the approach! Instantly subscribed.
I’ve been doing those small and big notebooks capturing and organizing system for the past 6months, but my system isn’t organized well as yours.
May I know how do u get to stay focus and execute 1 project at a time while incorporating urgent non project tasks into the system, and orchestrate all of the projects and tasks in annual to monthly tasks?
@@alallya8 Thanks! Happy to meet someone thinks alike :)
To answer your question, focus doesn't come naturally for me either. I was kinda forced into a career that requires me to juggle lots of things. The ONE trick that unstuck me was to realize that "something is just not as urgent as you might think", from then on I split all task based on "True importance" & "True urgency". And I would only do one of two things first: 1) either something is really important and urgent that requires my attention within a day 2) something that's really easy that can be done in 2min, so I can get it done and cross off the list.
When it comes to prioritization, ask yourself - what would happen if you don't get X done in X min / day / year, based on the answer, re-orient your priorities.
Once you have that, be discipline and tackle one thing at a time, there's no rushing it, going back and forth would always make things worse.
But this question got me thinking... this is a bigger topic than just a post, I might make a video about this later. Thanks for the idea :D
@@kevzwang Many thanks for those thoughtful advise!
It seemed to me that you had polished and brilliant framework when designing the system, while put some thoughts to simplify it.
no joke, this video is one of the greatest approach I've ever watched here on productivity system.
That's why I asked, while secretly hoping if this video could be elaborate further. :D
Glad you consider it!
Thank you, hope u could reach huge subsribers soon.
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@kevzwang where did you find your notebooks? I'm new here, great video, and thanks.
“A system points the way, and you talk the walk.” I love that!
The "retention editing" where every small breath is edited out of the content makes it sound robotic or unnatural. I hope this trend will soon fade away.
I worked with a Manager who used this system and I always wanted to know how he did this. Thank you for sharing ❤
this is amazing and i can assure you it is engaging enough for a person like me with the attention span of a goldfish to sit through 15 minutes without caring about when this video will end.
That’s very kind & encouraging 😆, always glad to see some feedback! Next one will always be better in one way or another :)
Probably the best, and most simpplest and effective productivity method I have watched on RUclips, and trust me - I have watched many, just like you.
Thanks! Very kind of you to say that :) Cheers!
Out of all the productivity videos I've ever seen, I've learned the most out of this one, will need to rewatch a few more times, thanks for sharing this!
That's very kind! Thanks :D
Interesting, I have not seen a two notebook system but it looks like a great concept. One thing nobody tells you about retirement is that you have lots of time on your hands but if you have passions and dreams to accomplish - you still run very short on time! I feel like it’s more important than when I worked a traditional job to find a way to stay on top of appointments and deadlines…to keep to a schedule and a routine. Thanks for this informative content and also I really like the look of your video, the background, colors, lighting etc. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to more amazing videos 😊
Thanks for the encouraging words! Appreciate the support!
The great thing is you know where to put it all and everything is in front of you all the time. Great video.
Beautifully simple guide without any click bait stuff. Thank you so much!
This is highly informative and high quality. I dont know why yt recommended it and you have a small channel, but it seems to be rewarding it. Continue this way!! Subscribed.
Thanks for the support!
@@kevzwangBack to basics: Pen and Paper, having a system. Thank you very much. Subscribed.
Me too. good job
Father God loves you so! John 3:16✝️
Yeah, for some people, using digital versions of productivity tools during work hours is like being trapped in an endless social media loop .. However, the point of this video for me is that notebook journaling is not just about scheduling and remembering; but it is also important for “planning before taking action.” and then, the tiny but consistent executions will accomplish many things.
Wow… can’t put it better myself. Well said :)
@@kevzwang many thanks 🙌🙌
Father God loves you so! John 3:16✝️
I am definitely not the main target of the general content you post, but I am glad RUclips recommended this video. I find the method very interesting, and would definitely try it. I am just a bit insecure about what categories I should add in the blueprint that are related to my own projects, I am afraid I could be missing something.
Anyway, this was a lovely video and, to be honest, the length was perfect for someone who is genuinely interested in the topic or is looking for a new way to get unstuck!
Thanks! Appreciate those kind encouragement!
On "categories to add in the blueprint", I'm a management consultant so this sort of exercise is basically my job, I'd like to offer two suggestions if I may:
1. KNOW how to succeed before starting. It's natural to feel lost before starting anything, we all do, but we can talk to experts, do excessive amount of research, ask specialized GPT or many other things. Blue print is only as good as you design it to be. So for this to work, we really have to know roughly how this thing you are building works. And it don't have to be complicated, it can be really high level, for example: Learning new Language = vocabulary + Daily conversation + cultural learning + grammar ...
2. Your categories should have very little overlapping actions. Otherwise it will be messy two months down the road. For example, "daily conversation" and "Finding a practice partner" shouldn't be two parallel categories, because you will speak a lot with your partner. - MECE principle (It'll be great if you can look it up in case you don't know)
Anyways, I'm glad this new type of video helped me find people like you, I will continue to make videos like this. Hope to see you around!
I found your video very helpful! Although, it was a little hard to follow going a little bit too quickly when looking at the at the written examples in your notebooks. I had to pause the clip several times. And I really appreciated your attention to the why we want to do something and the steps the why each step we want to do. And also you're sharing your goal is to help people which is your priority. So thank you very much.❤
Amazing! The video was very well explained with no unnecessary background music or shallow explanations. It went straight to the point and provided valuable information. Keep up the good work, brother. You have earned one more subscriber. I was recommended this video by RUclips earlier and I saved it to watch later. Now that I am watching it, I am pleasantly surprised by how good it is. Great work! Please continue to keep distracting music away from your videos, as you did in this one. It really makes me want to watch and listen attentively.
Well noted on the music part! Thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you for clearly explaining and properly packing out how the system works. This is really good.
Thanks, glad it helps :)
I just finished reading Piranesi, he utilized a journal system. A sign😊 I'm glad youtube found favour with your channel. There is hope for other like-minded creators. That you love paper is icing on the cake!
Wonderful! Lots of journalling method out there, we are all tweaking things around and try to find something that works for us individually! Best of luck!
Hi I am a family doctor and now that I retired I have a hard time managing my every day life because I don’t have a schedule every day that my staff give me.
I really like your approach. I subscribed to your channel and I sent your video to some friends also. I think you are doing well.
A suggestion- leave the page with the subheadings you are creating a little longer. I wanted to copy them down and I had to repeatedly stop your video and backtrack to find the names.
And what is in the last two columns? I can't make it out
This was so good! I have been going naturally in that direction. But this exhilarated my notebook understanding 1000X. Thank you, I'm now one of your fans
on a video uploaded 5 days back with 553 subs, it shines immense sense of trust to have 3.3K views & 34 comments. phenomenal content it must be. !
Thanks! very kind of you to say so!
what a great video. you outlined the system and when referenced other books etc you actually told us what they do instead of vaguely refering to them. thanks !
Great video! Your video just showed up in my feed, and the content, quality, and delivery is excellent! Thank you! I just started exploring the pocket notebook as my little capture system because there were so many times I was trying to capture my “random” thoughts and inspirations, but my phone and random paper bits didn’t cut it. So, they were lost forever ~ truly. I have a good “at the desk” system so I thought until I watched this video. Now, I can fine tune my “blueprint notebooks” and process my capture EDC notebooks with my inspired thoughts and actions.
Your intention to help other people is well on its way, and you have a new sub here.
I am a trader (financial markets) and didn’t know anything about you or your channel, but I needed this bit of clarity to create a better process for both my personal life (mom/wife, homeschool mom, personal learning/life goals) and my business as a trader. I am constantly switching hats, and I have found it difficult to capture, categorize, analyze, create clarity and a well thought out plan together. This video helped tremendously!
Thank you for your efforts in producing this video.
Well done!
Thanks Dianna! It warms my heart hearing it, gives me encouragement to make more videos, Best luck with everything you have going on! Cheers :)
Thank you for this. Back to Analog!!! I’m on board🎉🎉🎉
This was a great video! I was looking for a non-digital organization system to capture my tasks, goals etc. and I am going to give this a go. I liked the way you presented this information. Thank you.😀
That light is gorgeous and what a cool idea!
Hi I am a family doctor and now that I retired I have a hard time managing my every day life because I don’t have a schedule every day that my staff give me.
I really like your approach. I subscribed to your channel and I sent your video to some friends also. I think you are doing well.
A suggestion- leave the page with the subheadings you are creating a little longer. I wanted to copy them down and I had to repeatedly stop your video and backtrack to find the names.
I think the idea about being intentional about your list of ideas is a great one.
Hey thanks for the suggestion! Already corrected in my next video, it's really nice to have an outside perspective when you work on your own stuff for hours...Cheers and thanks for the comment!
Thanks - this is a really helpful video! I went & found my empty little notebook & I’m taking notes while I’m watching. I really like the sound of this system, I prefer to write things down but my journal/planner is too big to carry around everywhere with me so I inevitably always stop using it. I think using the little notebook capture system might solve the problem! 🙌🏻
Thank you! Your video is extremely informative and practical. Simple tools like the paper and pen is actually the answer for me. Very motivated to jump on it!
Glad to hear! let me know how it goes :D
I think this is an excellent alternative to Mind Maps... you can see multiple concepts on 1 page... ive been writing notes like this for a few years and its very effective. 👌
I love this video, and yes, I do suffer from notion fatigue because I know it is easy to use, but I still don’t feel it as easy to implement into my planning. I waste too much time just to learn the program on how to present it properly and I agree with you writing on pen and paper is basic and easy. I can spend more time and energy. Thinking of ideas rather than trying to format my thoughts in a program. If you have, please share with us, your planning format template
Hi! It's difficult to elaborate on a comment on the topic of "how to plan", however, I appreciate the input and I think there's good potential for a future video idea. Thanks for that :)
@@kevzwang thank you so much :D
You're very humble which is endearing. I'm going to rewatch so I can put this into action. Thank you!
Thanks for stopping by!
I've never heard of this, never thought of it and didn't search anything related to journaling/ note taking yet youtube recommended a video on using notebooks for productivity but i ignored it and scrolled down and then your video about notebooks is there. Okay youtube, I'll try it 👂🏼
Thoroughly enjoyed your video and will sub. Great video 👍🏼
Thanks! Hope to see you around!
Same thing for me - I’m loving the new RUclips algorithm!
very cool system. I was doing pen and paper for 1/2 of my life and i think it's really great if you work on your own but when you manage team or work together (share notes, tasks etc.) it gets really confusing and adding more work than it solves. When I really overload i keep getting back to pen and paper but after that i put stuff to online / digital tools. beside all that i always lose my pen so all "capturing" stuff I had to always do on my phone :D.
The video is cool, all blueprint system i really enjoy so i will save this video and will getting back to it!
This was a very good and thorough video for real. Very detailed and goes straight to the point and loved the added value of sharing the detailed breakdown.
Very kind of you to say that! Thanks and hope to see you around :D
This was so helpful. I spent an embarrassing amount of time learning formatting on Google Sheets to use a planner that wasn’t 10% as effective. It’s weird but your video gave me permission to go ahead and use pen and paper. Yes, you are inconstrained! Your sense of humor is the best. Very dry! And I love the pace of your video. I learned so much.
Very kind of you to say so! Thanks for stoping by! Cheers :)
Never underestimate the power of writing things down.
Right? I need to write that down!
this was great. Going to buy a small notebook on my way to work tomorrow! keep making these types of vids and you'll 100% grow the channel's viewership.
Thanks, will do!
GTD methodology right? capture>clarify>next steps and when you broke things down it was for projects that require more than 1 action. I think you recited the whole GTD sytem your own way while using manual pen and paper.
Yes and No, David Allen's GTD was published a bit early, I actually didn't read about it until I finished Tiago Forte's Second brain. There's also Ryan Holiday whose system was even more similar :D
So in a way, you are absolutely right, this has a lot in common with GTD, but the more you read the more you will realise all the great system in the past few decades has lots in common in the fundamental principle, how you use these principles to achieve your goal largely depends on your ability to deconstruct your goal and your own way to execute them. I think I showed my own approach when it comes to the specifics. I highly recommend you search for the other two author (Ryan Holiday and Tiago Forte), as they have more sophisticated system than what I can showcase in a 15min video.
Cheers! love this comment :D
Solid Video! Loved it. Also loved the graphics with the Dotted Paper instead of Lined Paper. I been working on 'Organizing My Note taking' as well as the structure of my note taking. I only use App's for either Digitalizing my backups or for research. But Writing with pen and paper is definitely my way to go. I use Mind Mapping and Linear Note Taking. I like the Systems you mentioned, Breaking the book down into sections before you get started I like too. I tend to Make a Key in the Front of my Notebooks with Highlighters that Signify what Topics are what. My sticky notes tend to fall out eventually lol. Either way thanks for the content. Very Much enjoyed this video at 2am lol.
Hey thanks for the comment! and really appreciate the encouraging words. Cheers!
I tried to use digital apps and all the time i feel nesesity to fill all the endles spaces that cause permanent sence of a stress.
While u work on a paper, u know, if a pen is still in ur heand ==> u got someting to write down, and u can chill since ur hands are free.
Either way u open ur to do list, or notion, and all those alerting stuff starts to fight for ur attention, those buttons, notifications, emojis, links, ability to endlessly edit ur page, i mostly forget what i want as soon as i open those apps😮💨
Thx for the vid.
Thanks for commenting! Cheers :)
I find myself overstimulated with digital apps also 😅
I did subscribe because I like your style and I am a pen 🖊️ and paper person
I find it enjoyable and it transfers itself better to technology later when I’m ready.
Example I created all my blue prints for my businesses this why, and I never felt rushed as it’s my journey and I know at the end I will love the outcome once I do what I said I would, if not the only one that’s been lied to would be me. Plus it’s so less distracting 😊
Keep up the good works and I love your Why!😅
Glad to hear! Best of luck!
very valuable video! thank you! in fact, going to try this out today/this weekend to finally START the things ive been wanting and even KNEW how to but.. was in freeze mode. needed to see this to get back into to. i need to:
-find a new job (possibly within same company)
-interact with other teams at current company
-update resume
-update linkedin (but the key words i want on both resume/linked, i first need to study for)
-study key-word subject matter (will take the most time)
-figure out an acceptable timeframe to accomplish this.. 3 months, 4 or 6 months?
Kev (or other viewers) - any suggestions on how to break this down into bite size dailys?
i will literally LOSE MY MIND if i stay with current team. NEED HELP
Hi:) I'm gonna try my best to answer this but I may very well fail due to the limitation of a post...
I'm gonna say the problem is two folded, one you need a prioritization of your tasks, and then you need to break things down.
For prioritization, split all the above todos based on "True importance" & "True urgency". And you should only start with something that is really important and urgent that requires my attention within days, i.e - update resume - linkedin. These two not only takes little effort to do, but it directly impact your chances to get a new job. So high importance & high urgency.
On the other hand, "figure out how long to do something" - not important & not urgent because it's about setting a goal, this is not a scientific research and you DO NOT need to be specific at all. It shouldn't have any consequence if you set a random target as long as it's sort a achievable, just pick a number, aim for it and forget about it.
Do that for all items on your to-do list.
When it comes to break things down, avoid planning for "result", rather than "action", for example, "study for subject matter for 3 months" is a good task, "get a new job" is NOT. Latter may very well be a result of the former. That brings me the next point, when breaking task down, try to be clean and use MECE principle (pls look it up)
That said, I'd advise you to break things down in 10 ish actionable items at any given time, if you cross one off the list, add a new one so you always have 10~ to work with. And Be very patient about the result, it's likely outside of your control. Taking care of your mind & body is important, Life a marathon not a sprint.
Take care and best of luck! Thanks for stopping by my channel :D
@@kevzwang thank you so much! i have my kanban board started after watching your video. wish me luck!
Great video quality/editing. I also use a similar system and thought you broke it down in a very approachable way! Nice Lamy pen as well.
This is what I used for over 25 years ❤
Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely be using this on Apple's Freeform app. I gotta make the most of this dusty iPad of mine, lol.
Thank you making this video. Im at a stage of my life where I want to take my life seriously but I’m struggling to stay motivated and be productive. I’m planning to start a RUclips channel focus on productivity, personal development, wellness,
Take a look at the hatch notebook. They had a kickstarter and it's still available. It has a system to breakdown the captured ideas all in one notebook. It's good for the initial brainstorms.
Thanks for this. Will try as I"m always feeling unorganized. However, I'm a little vague about the use of the 4 sections in the notebook (11:00) and how it relates to the blueprint. Can you elaborate?
Thanks for the comment, here is how it works:
The entire notebook (blueprint) is about a long term goal, for example - Learn a new language. Then each section is targeted for smaller but related goals such as Section 1) Basic vocabulary , Section 2) Grammar, Section 3) Idiom and common sayings 4) Cultural related learnings... as you can see, they all contribute to being fluent in the new language, but creates some structure for you to reference back when things piles up.
Hope it helps! Cheers!
@@kevzwang I understand dividing a book into sections, but in your video you show a table with columns. 1) How do columns relate to the sections in the book and 2) how do you decide what columns to put in a the table?
First video of yours I watched, love it. Going to try it out. Notion fatigue is too real 😢
haha yes, too much of a learning curve and too few real life use cases besides project management imho... Sad truth is that I'm very likely return to it sometimes in the future.
Btw - like the casual flex with the INSEAD notepad. :)
I should add that being intentional about your to do list makes the list somehow more fun to achieve .
Thanks for the video ! I'll try this methode !
Great video. Nice background. Very helpful. Thanks.
Thanks! Glad you liked it :)
Wow, top notch video, mate! Very high quality, information dense video. I very much appreciate showing me how to utilize this meathod. Definitely something I plan on incorporating for my every day life. Thank you so much!
hey thanks for saying that, best of luck :D
Thanks for the useful information! One comment regarding editing: its a bit hard on the ear, feels "jagged" with the constant audio jumpcuts. Those tiny pauses are essential I believe. It makes a story-like video and helps the information to sink in, or rather gives the ear-brain room to catch a breath and process the info.
Top quality info man! I've been journaling and using notebooks for the past 2 years, which has helped me immensely. I have one question about dividing the notebook. Do you use each section for a different goal? Or do we use the whole notebook for 1 goal and use the sections for the improvement/brainstorming/etc example you gave us.
Good question. Here is how it works.
The entire notebook is about a long term goal, for example - Learn a new language. Then each section is targeted for smaller but related goals such as Section 1) Basic vocabulary , Section 2) Grammar, Section 3) Idiom and common sayings 4) Cultural related learnings... as you can see, they all contribute to being fluent in the new language, but creates some structure for you to reference back when things piles up.
Hope it helps :D
@@kevzwang alright thanks! makes perfect sense. I still have a blank notebook to be used, will try this method 🙏🏻
Your videos are very well edited and very informative! It’s very surprising that you have so much production quality but are not very popular. My one recommendation would be to make the videos slightly shorter and only including the information for more engagement. The new thumbnail style is very attractive and useful!
Great advice! I heard a similar suggestion the other day… shorten the time-to-value… a fancy way of saying cut the crap and filler content as much as I can 😂. Anyways really appreciate it! Cheers!
You have 6 columns but are only using 3 ideas to fill up those columns- improvement, brainstorming and research. It seems like you’re utilizing the last 3 columns for research. Did I understand that correctly or did I miss something else? Do you have a cheat sheet type pdf that could be downloaded so we can have a visual example to create our own?
Yes! A cheatsheet would help immensely.
I read the writing in the last two columns (there were 5, total) and found the 4th column is used to record the ideas found in the research and the 5th is used for the steps needed to do those things.
I love your mindset about creating your content and the specific goals. I love this concept! Appreciate the explanations too. Thank you for this! 💪🏽
Very kind of you to say that! Thanks for stopping by :)
Could you do another video discussing the capture system/ options a bit more thoroughly?
Thanks! maybe a few videos later, it's a bit hard to film but a great idea! Cheers!
From oman. Thank you. Great way and agree simple and solid.
my mom did it not me
I love to write things down! Great video. I didn't like the many cuts in the video though, it makes it restless, as opposed to the content that you give.
Thanks for the advise, it's quite true because I get that a lot :D Working on it and thanks for stopping by!
Keep it up. This video was a lot deeper than so much productivity content can lack. Organizing based on the principle of human memory retention characteristics is smart.
Whoa!
Liked and subscribed
😊
Loved this video. Thanks for making it.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :D
Hello.a new subbie here who just came across your content a few hours ago.this is really helpful for me.thank you!
Great video!! Production but especially the concept presented too!
I do have one question though....at about 12:57 what are the last two columns titled? I am having trouble reading them....thanks! :)
I wish you luck on your journey
Stumbled across this after years of scouring productivity resources. This is the best analogue productivity system I’ve seen.
Thank you
Wow very kind of you to say that, thanks!
Hi KevZ, how do you know when you should keep developing skills and when it's more practical to outsource your work? Thank you for your informative video. It was very helpful.
This video made me subscribe to your channel without even looking at whole feed… Thank you so much for this video I have adhd and I’m constantly looking for systems that can make me more productive and just make my life a bit easier with my busy brain… really this is a great system 🎉
Thanks! Glad to see another like minded person :)
Great content. I subscribed.
Very good job.
Yes, there's a better digital tool than notebooks.
I have a very similar approach to the one you are showing. After years of trial and error, I ended up sticking-not with paper-but digital white boards 😉😉
I almost have the same method of yours, less refined but I think more flexible, that's where I think whiteboards are way more powerful
I use them on a 27" monitor with a small Wacom tablet 😊
Can you please explain this. A white board on a 27° monitor with a small tablet? I have no idea how to do that.
I love this video and you make this system so accessible. However, I do find it hard to look at the jump cuts every few words. There was a few points where the was a jump between each of 2 or 3 words in a sentence, as if I'm watching a video of someone stiched together to create an alternate context or narrative. Good content, interesting delivery.
Thank you I get some ideas your, help me a lot.
I’m not a stock investor but this video is amazing. Thank you!!
Okay, I can do all this planning (and great helpful vid!) but please, please, please tell me how I can actually take action with my goals even after I’ve broken them down into small chunks and defined the why etc etc!! I’m so frustrated about my inaction 😢.
Thanks for stopping by. I think you are asking about ways to deal with procrastination / taking actions… I thought about expanding on this topic when making this video but it ended up to be too heavy of a topic to fully elaborate in 15 min.
It’s an important topic to discuss for sure, and I think I will make a separate video on it in the future to explain how I dealt with it ( it took me 2+ years to start this channel because of procrastination, I know it tough)
However, I wish I can explain everything in a comment but it’s just too limited. Do come back in a month or so and I should have a follow up video to talk about this. I think you’ve touch upon something important I didn’t mention in this video. Thanks and all the best!
Exactly my question also.
I can plan strategically all day til every perfect move is coordinated .. but when implementing my plans I become frozen. The stuff of daily life wastes so much of my energy & time & focus.
Seeing your huge horizontal planning pad reminds me of used wall calenders .. most of them are blank white on the back & large enough to do a ton of planning. I've used them for years as I tend to have very large handwriting .. which has been a stumbling block for using those tiny brain dump notebooks, plus the small ones are just so easy to misplace especially with my increasing forgetfulness.
Ty for your time & effort in producing this video. It's a great conversation starter with my inner self. 😊
Also, why do you have to keep your videos to 15 minutes?
I love longer videos I can listen to when doing the excruciatingly mindless tasks, like laundry & kitchen chores. 😊
Very informative video good work
Your channel might still be small but your video quality is really good. I love my small notebooks and you inspired me to use them regularly. I also love how specific your goals are.
Thank you, I realized the more specific the goal is, the better we can gauge our success, thus more motivated to continue working on the goal, it becomes a full virtuous cycle...
It's interesting that while I use Notion, I also have a small notebook and a larger one I carry around. I have yet to implement The System as portrayed but have definitely moved in that direction. I've been thinking a lot about goal setting and how my current system doesn't promote goals very well. It handles project and tasks fairly well, but not the goal itself.
Thanks for sharing, by reading the comments I see lots of people are having the same issue so I suppose it's quite common. Setting the right goal AND come up with the right action / steps to support it can be a bit of a challenge... Best of luck!
this is very useful!! Thank you
Thanks, glad it helps :)
I love your note books, any link to purchasing them?
Unfortunately no ... Company directly ordered them from an OEM, but it seems lots of people are requesting them, I may in the future start a shopify store and sell them here :P
They are dirt cheap too... I think it's $1 USD each
What size note books and where do you buy them from..
Thank you! This was timely for me.
Wow your videos are amazing!!
Im a tactile person and love this system
very good and concise explanation. also awesome accent. keep on going!
Appreciate it! Will do :)
Parabéns pelo metodo, e principalmente por uma forma de se organizar fora do celular, além do que, não fica depenendo de aplicativo, um sistema seguro e prático que só depende de você, excelente ideia de organização.
make sure to write with precise...your native language .. ;) thx for this video, it's really helpful
very underrated
Thanks :D
Really interesting video full of information. But tbh I had a hard time focusing hearing your voice in double, there's a slight echo (maybe from your mic + the camera's one but I'm just assuming here). I feel like just sorting that technical issue would improve the percieved quality of your video as the informations you give are really valuable !
You are right! The room is not sound treated, working on it :) thanks for stopping by!
Great video!
Love this, keep going
Very good
Nice video. Are you using any voice modulation/voice filter on this video?
Thanks and no, I just used the default build in AI analyzer tool in Final Cut to enhance the audio, I don’t actually know what did it fix :D
This is perfect
Good video man. A tip: you do not need so much audio effects.
Thanks for the tip
Amazing video. Thank you. Subscribed
Thanks! Appreciate the support！
I do bit similar with colour coding using outlook calendar