I'm a firm believer that time blocking and a rigid calendar is somewhat harmful for most people's long term success. However like Ray Dalio said "Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life." So I gathered some of my early learning from 2018 to today and summarized them in 7 principles that enabled me to better manage my time, energy and attention. BTW, I'm very sorry to have mis-pronounced Tim Pychyl's name, big fan of his work, but apparently I have never heard his podcast where people actually spoke his name :D. Let me know if there's anything I missed or any suggestion to further improve my video in the future. Any comment is welcomed and I try to reply to every single one in time. As always, thanks for stoping by, Cheer :)
I just wish men could do the same time for house chores as their women does. Please share how you become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped you
@@adriennemaerealingo8799 Thanks for the comment! I agree chores can kill productivity, my wife and I shared it always and there’re lots of tricks to do it efficiently… that’s said , the only reason I didn’t mention it was because it’s probably not the most significant part of time management as a topic, I’m also not sure people will be interested in watching “how to get my housework done in 30min…” And yes eventually we did get a nanny, it’s like outsourcing any repetitive tasks, my wife and my time are better off doing other things. But thanks for reminding me, she’s definitely a big part in all this!
@@kevzwang house chores and maintenance are most definitely a HUGE time sucker for most people, outsourcing house works for thiings that now break regularly as everything is made so cheap and hiring people to do the work is insanely expensive. Is very significant and most time management recommendations never address this. If you are a single parent on top of that or like it seems for the majoriy of moms a partner that contributes nothing to the house and child related tasks. It becomes almost impossible to have free time and especially free time where you have physical ot mental energy left. Videos on the topic are HIGHLY needed.
Please take the advice of the two commenters before me. I understand if you don't believe your core audience would be interested in such a topic, however, not addressing home management alienates potential viewers as they assume the RUclipsr doesn't "get it" or is ignoring crucial aspects of real life. If you believe that segment of the audience is miniscule, so be it. I typically find tidbits that I can apply from anyone.
I feel like right at this time, this moment, this period of my life, this is the video I needed. I feel like now I can leave the internet and go live and actually manage my live correctly. I have an obsession with self-improvement, but not for the sake self-improvement, I want to be better, the achieve meaningful things. Everything said in this video feels like I already knew deep inside, but just could not connect them. THANK YOU so much for this video. The amount of time end effort you spent struggling to figure these things out, the time spent making the video, it was all worth it a 1000x.
I appreciate this thank you, I see some comments about ADHD here but as someone who has ADHD (ADD) I do find this incredibly helpful. Not being bound by specific calendars but managing your guiding principles is a great way to look at this. A lot of what you described here is managing dopamine. I especially liked the idea of: you’re procrastinating find a way to reward (dopamine) yourself while you do the task. That’s a big one, and really the most effective when I’m struggling. Usually people fail to illustrate how to ‘reward’ yourself effectively but I liked how you illustrated it (taxes in the park, snacks during the work not as a reward after full completion).
I don’t have adhd but i have found this is necessary for me to concentrate and stay focused on tasks I’ve been putting off!!! Hearing it in this video is somewhat comforting!
Would be interesting to hear more about the parenting vs non work goals time dynamic. Like I need to keep up on yard work, laundry, cooking, cleaning, remodling the house, all while having 2 children under 4 to help look out for. I work 50 hours a week with an hour of commuting time each day monday thru friday, so im struggling lol
Thanks for the feedback! I got a quite a few comments echoing this request. Definitely didn't expect people would be interested in the non-work side of things. But me and my wife struggled a lot too before finally decided to get domestic help. It's not for everybody but after me and my wife each got a surgery it just became a must. My boys are 3 and 5 now so our situation is quite similar. There are principles I think lessen the burden before we hired a nanny that I think would help folks like us, given the amount of request on this I will definitely make a video in the future to talk about it. Again thanks for the comment!
Task management sheet and project sheet. Brainstorm when everything must be done by day, week, month, quarter, year. Set reminders in a digital app, or like me planners and printables
I feel like an important follow-up here is how to manager stakeholders in your time, because most people do not have full autonomy in how they allocate their time. You may feel a work stream is low priority, someone else may feel differently, and to safely limit blowback you need to manage their expectations
On the topic of energy and focus in the morning or after a snack. Without having read the cited studies I would hazard a guess the participant were all on the standard american diet (SAD) which is very high in carbohydrats that spike blood sugar levels which then crash and give the feeling of tiredness and being irritable until it's brought back up by more carbs (and then crash again and so on) (The tiredness can be masked by caffeine intake) There are diets which try to keep energy levels more even for the whole day. Worth looking into especially for people with (pre) type-2-diabetes, brain fog, memory issues and lots of other issues. Just food for thought.
Very valid point, I would assume not all studies were conducted in environments where parameters like food intake, were controlled, given the subjects involved were mostly individuals who has jobs or sometimes very successful people... I think it's safe to say, we should take the result with grain of salt... That said, even the evidence may be a bit shaky, I personally choose to believe the conclusions I mentioned in this video because... well it was my personal experience. Even during a caffeine free few months in the past, I find my energy level throughout the day stays consistent with or without coffee, which leads me to believe biology plays more or less a big part here. But yes, I hope I thought about this before I made the video, thanks for the comment!
The title don't reflect the great and precious content of this video. I came with an expectation, and i was happily surprised. Thank you. I really enjoy this, this video have the potential to change my life. Now, its up to me haha 😅
Thank you so much for your video! It was incredibly helpful and very well done. I appreciate that it takes a practical approach rather than a compulsive one.
Hi i really appreciate this information i try to organize my time and my mine , I learn a lot of different perspectives but the rule 10-10-10 for my it`s a good tool , thankyou so much.
Brilliant insights, I really appreciate the quality of your content and the level of depth & direction in your actionable advice. Thank you, looking forward to more !
Very helpful! Would be great if you could do a video about managing all of this as a parent & any tips because children can throw unexpected wrenches into plans.
Yes, I pity his wife. He was this busy while child is in his growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does. I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
@@adriennemaerealingo8799 Adrien, I did not realize you left so many comments saying the same thing lol. In all good spirit, I thank you for the concern of my wife, we're actually been quite happily married for 7 years. Unfortunately she has condition with severe herniated disc, went through a tough surgery and she can't do much house work at all, but she's been amazing teaching our kids math and other things while also working a 9-5 office job... so yes we share the burden of chores. Eventually it became a bit much a we did hired a nanny and use day care A LOT, it's costly but worth it, enable the both of us to pursuit what we want to do... I don't feel like sharing anymore than this but hopefully I've answered your questions... I think tips on growing up with kids, managing our time along with theirs .... is a great topic that deserve its own videos, so far my wife has no desire making an appearance online but I will pass on your love and support :) Cheers!
Insanely good video with top tier information. However, I wish the audio was a bit more crisp. I would really try to not use noise reduction so hard. Just wanted to mention this since I'm a video editor and I see the potential of your channel! Best of luck!
Really enjoyed the video and the practical tips! I’ve been struggling with lack of direction and through the video I realized I was trying to do too many things at once. I hope maybe you can expand on how to prioritize (strategies or frameworks to objectively determine the value of the goal) in the upcoming videos! 😊
yeah i never achieved anything much with those productivity channels era these whole decade eventhough used to binge them.. i know its also probably half of me having undiagnosed ADHD.. this approach i feel might be a little more fitting to myself…
feedback: bro, I like the content but I can't keep up with words you use... idk if it's an accent, speed or something else. However, keep the progress, thx for video
Appreciate it! I'm working on some vocal training, it's definitely a struggle since it's a third language, but hey I'm enjoying the process. Thanks for stopping by!
I spent 1 hour and 30 minutes to commuting to work in the morning, and the same also going back from work. While also spending 8 hours at work, so that's 11 hours a day
Very good video! I just started studying Business and I’m also studying Japanese which is my main goal! I’m looking forward to more videos like this one. 🙌
11:24 that’s incorrect, there is more chance of injury in the morning due to muscle stiffness and not yet having warmed up for the day. I would have put physical after hard as you do need a lot of willpower to exercise normally and the later in the day (for most people) the less likely you will be to do it.
anyone have tips on focusing on one goal? it feels impossible to focus on just one thing. i always have desires to improve on my hobbies, relationships, or personal improvement pulling me away.
What usually works for me is set a mental priority to the one thing over all the rest. That’s doesn’t mean you don’t do the rest of them, it means you allocate more effort in that one thing and say NO a lot for all the rest… (I.e all the date night I sacrificed because I had to work a side hustle to fund my business school…). Saying no to things in life is VERY uncomfortable, but we all need to get used to it for our lives to get better. Cheers!
Amazing video, thought I am struggling hard with the audio through out the video. Like the audio doesn't seem like in sync from the right to the left ear and gives this sort of distored feel to it. I hope I could help with this feelback.
Wow commending you for gathering up these guidelines! Very helpful indeed. Also, I liked your glasses frame, what brand is it? or where did you get that?
Thank you so much I really enjoyed this video, and I was wondering if you can give me some tips on how to grow my RUclips channel as I have another channel that I want to grow, but it's not really going well so I'd appreciate your tips and if you hopefully make a video in the future about it
Thanks for the comment! Let me think about whether I should make a video to talk about it. Because my method isn't really popular amongst new youtubers, I'm cautious in advising people on that since I'm just starting as well. But since you asked, here's some my key take away after 6 month: 1. Always make the best video you can make, but don't expect result until your best effort is even better than the ones you benchmarks against (aka your competitors). To do this you will need to improve your writing skills, shooting skills, editing skill, in this order, writing is by far more important than everything else. 2. If you have a great personality, Act, perform and exaggerate, camera appearance matters a lot more than I originally think. If you don't you need to find your own unique style of presenting informations, it will grow slower but you will eventually get there. 3. You can't over complicated things, people are not here for lecture. 4. spend a lot of time watching every "how to grow on youtube" video you can find, and then spend 2X that time internalize what you just heard, this is more important than learning from anecdote success story, you need your own system. 5. if you do all the above, you should be around my level and face the same problem that I face right now - I can produce good content but WAY TOO SLOWLY. At which point I think you need an editors. Hope that helps, thanks for the comment!~
Do you have two audio sources blending together? I have no issues when someone has a bad video image quality in general, but it's hard to focus when the sound feels so odd, if you have two audio channels please kill the second source, your content is great and I hope that you can reach even more people but I do believe the audio issues could make people not watch the whole content.
Could you make a video talking about the productivity apps you use most? The ones that are better for organizing and more intuitive... I wanted to organize my work area with more dexterity.
Thanks for the idea, hopefully in the future... Although I don't really use that many, todoist, notion, OA apps required by work (MS team, Lark, slack) and that's about it. As much as I love these apps they all have some learning curve...
I stopped the video to get some water near the very end, and when I played the video again it picked up from "... so start taking care of your precious balls" which sound so wrong out of context XD
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Something nobody talks about. Is people with ADHD. Specifically ADD. The ADD brain is totally different than the average brain. Sadly, most productivity systems are made fore the neurotypical brain.
Hey man, I have ADD (I dont take meds and never have) and it was a fucking struggle figuring all this out on my own. Heres what helped me (even though i think with ADD you have to figure out your own route): 1. Keeping my space clean. I realized that I needed to always keep my space clean, tidying up every day and never letting it get to the point of “messy” because when you have ADHD, all that mess will overwhelm you and you will keep ignoring it every time you wake up which will make you mad every single day 2. Have one thing that grounds you every day. For me it was fixing my bed. I knew that as long as i fixed my bed every single day, then i was still sane and in a good place. And that made it so that if i EVER didn’t fix my bed, it would be a strong reminder to reassess myself. 3. Always write things down on a todo list. Your brain gets distracted your brain forgets and youre not rich enough to have a personal assistant so you are your own personal assistant. That means that when youre doing tasks you dont want empty space that allows your brain to deviate from your tasks. So make a todo list which will always show you what you need to do without you having to think about it. These things helped me a ton. But again you will go through your own journey and figure yourself out. You just really have to WANT to change. Sometimes what will make you WANT to change wont be nice. So change before it happens
time energy attention TEA framework Focusing is about saying no Give too much time - lack motivation to start right now 10-10-10 How I’m going to feel about it In ten minutes Ten days Ten years
Not really. Based on the principles mentioned in the video (family, health, friends and integrity), all of them are glass. If you do something that would destroy the family (cheating, ignoring communication, needs and wants, etc.), then the damage is permanent. For health, I agree with you. Losing your health means losing most of your life and opportunities. If you ignore your friends or just stop communicating with them for whatever reason, you will eventually lose them as friends permanently. You can always find new friends, but it's a lot more time demanding and difficult than just maintaining the relationships that already exist. Integrity is absolutely a glass ball. If you let loose on your integrity even once, then doing it a second time is so much easier. This can easily make a cycle where you will more often think "if I do this thing, then I get so many short term benefits, even if it goes against my compass". And so, your integrity will only get weaker and weaker over time. You can't recover this.
Bold of you to assume my adhd brain can only focus on one thing 😂😂 rip me Good points though, just not always applicable for everyone. Thank you for sharing your thoughts though!
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Shock how busy men are still verenated for living like he doesnt have a family. I hope the wife gets the same credit. t's not time management. He was this busy while child is in their growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does. I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
Thanks for the comment! Although there’s nothing impressive about what I did ( the whole point of this video is everyone can do it too), I agree chores can kill productivity, my wife and I shared it always and there’re lots of tricks to do it efficiently… that’s said , the only reason I didn’t mention it was because it’s probably not the most significant part of time management as a topic, I’m also not sure people will be interested in watching “how to get my housework done in 30min…” And yes eventually we did get a nanny, it’s like outsourcing any repetitive tasks, my wife and my time are better off doing other things. But thanks for reminding me, she’s definitely a big part in all this!
@@kevzwangme! I WOULD be interested in how you got your housework done in 30 min. I want to know how you balanced being a husband, father, friend, employee and entrepreneur in the early days BEFORE you got domestic help. You’d be surprised what people are actually interested in. Men frequently talk about productivity but they don’t talk about balance…and society praises them for that. Enforcing the conclusion that no one wants to see you talk about housework.
@@WebDeva7 Wow thanks for the feedback! I never expected people would be interested in that. But it was indeed painful balancing between all those and it was one of the biggest struggles we had over 7 years of marriage... But if I were to make that video in the future the outline summary would be this, hope that sort of answered your question and don't have to wait 3 months😀: 1. Make yourself minimal: own as few things as possible, the less you own the less you clean 2. Be conscious about family's need: expect Your significant other, your kids, will have their own lives and needs of maintenance, accept it and BE the most efficient and capable person in your household to deal with stuff, complain less, do more, it's a virtuous cycle, couples grows alike over time. 3. Work - Realizing nothing is THAT important, be the vital person not the busiest person, save times and build exposure... 4. Chores - Ruthlessly batch tasks, spend the whole Saturday morning on cleaning is a good idea. Doing that 30min each day is not. 5. Priority - looking back, the best time allocation ranked by importance is probably Wife - kids - parents - Side Hustle - Work, because being more efficient in work is EASY but time spent on caring for family is directly proportionate with happiness in life. Many people put money into the equation, because they mistakenly thinking more time = more monetary compensation from your career, which is very far from truth.
it seems you have all these time because your wife is doing everything else, and providing you the luxury of spending time to make youtube videos. it's sad that you don't listen to your family when they ask to spend more time with you.
Thanks for the comment but I’m sorry to say this is assuming a bit too much. My wife has a physical condition which I’m not gonna get into but she’s not doing everything else, especially housework that require physical strength, she has her own goal and career that keeps her busy and I was hoping people would focus on the core ideas of the video instead of turning this into the men vs women issue… I don’t blame you, I didn’t give full context. If you are interested scroll down to the comment section you will see I’ve explained and replied in other comments already. Thanks for stopping by anyways, cheers!
I hope the wife gets the same credit. t's not time management. He was this busy while child is in their growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does. I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
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I'm a firm believer that time blocking and a rigid calendar is somewhat harmful for most people's long term success. However like Ray Dalio said "Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life." So I gathered some of my early learning from 2018 to today and summarized them in 7 principles that enabled me to better manage my time, energy and attention.
BTW, I'm very sorry to have mis-pronounced Tim Pychyl's name, big fan of his work, but apparently I have never heard his podcast where people actually spoke his name :D.
Let me know if there's anything I missed or any suggestion to further improve my video in the future. Any comment is welcomed and I try to reply to every single one in time. As always, thanks for stoping by, Cheer :)
I just wish men could do the same time for house chores as their women does. Please share how you become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped you
@@adriennemaerealingo8799 Thanks for the comment! I agree chores can kill productivity, my wife and I shared it always and there’re lots of tricks to do it efficiently… that’s said , the only reason I didn’t mention it was because it’s probably not the most significant part of time management as a topic, I’m also not sure people will be interested in watching “how to get my housework done in 30min…”
And yes eventually we did get a nanny, it’s like outsourcing any repetitive tasks, my wife and my time are better off doing other things. But thanks for reminding me, she’s definitely a big part in all this!
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@@kevzwang house chores and maintenance are most definitely a HUGE time sucker for most people, outsourcing house works for thiings that now break regularly as everything is made so cheap and hiring people to do the work is insanely expensive. Is very significant and most time management recommendations never address this. If you are a single parent on top of that or like it seems for the majoriy of moms a partner that contributes nothing to the house and child related tasks. It becomes almost impossible to have free time and especially free time where you have physical ot mental energy left. Videos on the topic are HIGHLY needed.
Please take the advice of the two commenters before me. I understand if you don't believe your core audience would be interested in such a topic, however, not addressing home management alienates potential viewers as they assume the RUclipsr doesn't "get it" or is ignoring crucial aspects of real life.
If you believe that segment of the audience is miniscule, so be it. I typically find tidbits that I can apply from anyone.
I feel like right at this time, this moment, this period of my life, this is the video I needed. I feel like now I can leave the internet and go live and actually manage my live correctly. I have an obsession with self-improvement, but not for the sake self-improvement, I want to be better, the achieve meaningful things. Everything said in this video feels like I already knew deep inside, but just could not connect them. THANK YOU so much for this video. The amount of time end effort you spent struggling to figure these things out, the time spent making the video, it was all worth it a 1000x.
I appreciate this thank you, I see some comments about ADHD here but as someone who has ADHD (ADD) I do find this incredibly helpful. Not being bound by specific calendars but managing your guiding principles is a great way to look at this. A lot of what you described here is managing dopamine. I especially liked the idea of: you’re procrastinating find a way to reward (dopamine) yourself while you do the task. That’s a big one, and really the most effective when I’m struggling. Usually people fail to illustrate how to ‘reward’ yourself effectively but I liked how you illustrated it (taxes in the park, snacks during the work not as a reward after full completion).
I don’t have adhd but i have found this is necessary for me to concentrate and stay focused on tasks I’ve been putting off!!! Hearing it in this video is somewhat comforting!
frick lol i just left a comment abt being adhd before seeing ur comment lol… its been 1 decade in youtube productivity channeld
I think this is your best video yet. I really appreciated the references to studies, authors etc.
Wow So glad to hear it, thank you :D
Came here to say the same! Excellent work and great references!
" do you have no time? or are doing too much" this really hits hard. Need to learn from you and Steve Jobs
Would be interesting to hear more about the parenting vs non work goals time dynamic. Like I need to keep up on yard work, laundry, cooking, cleaning, remodling the house, all while having 2 children under 4 to help look out for. I work 50 hours a week with an hour of commuting time each day monday thru friday, so im struggling lol
Thanks for the feedback! I got a quite a few comments echoing this request. Definitely didn't expect people would be interested in the non-work side of things.
But me and my wife struggled a lot too before finally decided to get domestic help. It's not for everybody but after me and my wife each got a surgery it just became a must. My boys are 3 and 5 now so our situation is quite similar.
There are principles I think lessen the burden before we hired a nanny that I think would help folks like us, given the amount of request on this I will definitely make a video in the future to talk about it. Again thanks for the comment!
Task management sheet and project sheet. Brainstorm when everything must be done by day, week, month, quarter, year. Set reminders in a digital app, or like me planners and printables
Time management is tricky. Thank you for your inspiring sharing of know-how.
Thanks!
I feel like an important follow-up here is how to manager stakeholders in your time, because most people do not have full autonomy in how they allocate their time. You may feel a work stream is low priority, someone else may feel differently, and to safely limit blowback you need to manage their expectations
On the topic of energy and focus in the morning or after a snack. Without having read the cited studies I would hazard a guess the participant were all on the standard american diet (SAD) which is very high in carbohydrats that spike blood sugar levels which then crash and give the feeling of tiredness and being irritable until it's brought back up by more carbs (and then crash again and so on)
(The tiredness can be masked by caffeine intake)
There are diets which try to keep energy levels more even for the whole day. Worth looking into especially for people with (pre) type-2-diabetes, brain fog, memory issues and lots of other issues.
Just food for thought.
Very valid point, I would assume not all studies were conducted in environments where parameters like food intake, were controlled, given the subjects involved were mostly individuals who has jobs or sometimes very successful people... I think it's safe to say, we should take the result with grain of salt...
That said, even the evidence may be a bit shaky, I personally choose to believe the conclusions I mentioned in this video because... well it was my personal experience. Even during a caffeine free few months in the past, I find my energy level throughout the day stays consistent with or without coffee, which leads me to believe biology plays more or less a big part here.
But yes, I hope I thought about this before I made the video, thanks for the comment!
Excellent post. I was sick for 7 years. Parents had diabetes. We all went carnivore and now work 60 hours a week. 🎉
Thanks!
Thank you very much sir! First time I get a super thanks! Very cool 🙏
First time I see energy being considered (as it should) in time management, very applicable as I'm trying to land consulting internship!
@@abboudberoual4763 Awesome! good luck with the case interview :D
The title don't reflect the great and precious content of this video. I came with an expectation, and i was happily surprised. Thank you. I really enjoy this, this video have the potential to change my life. Now, its up to me haha 😅
Thank you so much for your video! It was incredibly helpful and very well done. I appreciate that it takes a practical approach rather than a compulsive one.
Hey thanks for your content I’ve been struggling with motivation and self discipline for a long time now keep up the good work
Hi i really appreciate this information i try to organize my time and my mine , I learn a lot of different perspectives but the rule 10-10-10 for my it`s a good tool , thankyou so much.
Brilliant insights, I really appreciate the quality of your content and the level of depth & direction in your actionable advice. Thank you, looking forward to more !
Thanks! Glad to hear it!
This is great, and I enjoy the editing and design of this episode. Cheers.
😅 Yes the balls are important.
This is exactly what I needed to hear.
What a great video, thank you very much.
Be happy 🎉 and take care of your precious balls 🙌🏻
Very helpful! Would be great if you could do a video about managing all of this as a parent & any tips because children can throw unexpected wrenches into plans.
haha I feel you! Good idea... It's in the video pipeline now :)
Yes, I pity his wife. He was this busy while child is in his growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does.
I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
@@kevzwang Yes please tell me how your wife felt about all of this, and what is her role in their house or in your relationship
@@adriennemaerealingo8799 Adrien, I did not realize you left so many comments saying the same thing lol.
In all good spirit, I thank you for the concern of my wife, we're actually been quite happily married for 7 years. Unfortunately she has condition with severe herniated disc, went through a tough surgery and she can't do much house work at all, but she's been amazing teaching our kids math and other things while also working a 9-5 office job... so yes we share the burden of chores. Eventually it became a bit much a we did hired a nanny and use day care A LOT, it's costly but worth it, enable the both of us to pursuit what we want to do... I don't feel like sharing anymore than this but hopefully I've answered your questions...
I think tips on growing up with kids, managing our time along with theirs .... is a great topic that deserve its own videos, so far my wife has no desire making an appearance online but I will pass on your love and support :) Cheers!
This is a great video! Straight to the point, easy to understand, and cites sources, thank you Kevin!
Most memorable concept was "protect your balls!" Hahah, tha k you sir. This was very helpful. Many blessings to you and your family.
Thanks for sharing this man! As a spontaneus person, slowly but sure I will make myself to a better and organized person.
“…Take care of your precious balls…”
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Great video with some really helpful time management tips I haven't heard of before.
Wow, incredible work with this video! Such great foundations and pricipals shared!
Love love love this video very helpful and insightful! Thank you
“Be happy and take good care of your precious balls” -KevZ
A really great video itself, but this final sentence just makes it even greater 😂
@@paulverbriggghe5014 yea 😂
Insanely good video with top tier information.
However, I wish the audio was a bit more crisp.
I would really try to not use noise reduction so hard.
Just wanted to mention this since I'm a video editor and I see the potential of your channel!
Best of luck!
Really enjoyed the video and the practical tips! I’ve been struggling with lack of direction and through the video I realized I was trying to do too many things at once. I hope maybe you can expand on how to prioritize (strategies or frameworks to objectively determine the value of the goal) in the upcoming videos! 😊
Thank you. This topic resonated with me.
yeah i never achieved anything much with those productivity channels era these whole decade eventhough used to binge them..
i know its also probably half of me having undiagnosed ADHD.. this approach i feel might be a little more fitting to myself…
There's really only one productivity principle. Saying NO to everything that's not a very few things you selected to invest yourself in and pursue.
feedback: bro, I like the content but I can't keep up with words you use... idk if it's an accent, speed or something else. However, keep the progress, thx for video
Appreciate it! I'm working on some vocal training, it's definitely a struggle since it's a third language, but hey I'm enjoying the process. Thanks for stopping by!
Great video! Really liked the content. But what's wrong with your mic? your voice sounds weird (like 2 voices overlapping or something like that).
Yea the older videos have sound editing issues, I just fixed it about a month ago , still learning :D
thank you!
Something wrong with the audio
Thanks, would you mind elaborate? Is there an echo?
@@kevzwangsounds kinda flat, but everything else in the video is great
Yeah there is some kind of echo.
I think it might be the audio from his on board camera and his external mic being 1 frame apart, causing the millisecond of audio delay
It's like there's a robotic voice behind your real voice for a second every other second
I spent 1 hour and 30 minutes to commuting to work in the morning, and the same also going back from work. While also spending 8 hours at work, so that's 11 hours a day
I think this video just clicked time management for me! Thanks so much :)
Very good video! I just started studying Business and I’m also studying Japanese which is my main goal! I’m looking forward to more videos like this one. 🙌
11:24 that’s incorrect, there is more chance of injury in the morning due to muscle stiffness and not yet having warmed up for the day. I would have put physical after hard as you do need a lot of willpower to exercise normally and the later in the day (for most people) the less likely you will be to do it.
anyone have tips on focusing on one goal? it feels impossible to focus on just one thing. i always have desires to improve on my hobbies, relationships, or personal improvement pulling me away.
What usually works for me is set a mental priority to the one thing over all the rest. That’s doesn’t mean you don’t do the rest of them, it means you allocate more effort in that one thing and say NO a lot for all the rest… (I.e all the date night I sacrificed because I had to work a side hustle to fund my business school…).
Saying no to things in life is VERY uncomfortable, but we all need to get used to it for our lives to get better. Cheers!
Amazing video, thought I am struggling hard with the audio through out the video.
Like the audio doesn't seem like in sync from the right to the left ear and gives this sort of distored feel to it.
I hope I could help with this feelback.
Hey that does help, although I may need some help with sound design, may hire an editor to take a look in the future. Thanks for the tip!
Great video! I'm interested to learn more about how you systemize things for maximum effectiveness. Maybe you can make a future video about it?
Great suggestion! Thanks!
Wow commending you for gathering up these guidelines! Very helpful indeed.
Also, I liked your glasses frame, what brand is it? or where did you get that?
It's a Prada from eyewear department in a Sam's Club :)
Amazing video!!!
Thanks!
This video is gold
Thank you ❤
Thanks my friend for this video and the knowledge and thoughts you shared with us.
Thank you so much I really enjoyed this video, and I was wondering if you can give me some tips on how to grow my RUclips channel as I have another channel that I want to grow, but it's not really going well so I'd appreciate your tips and if you hopefully make a video in the future about it
Thanks for the comment! Let me think about whether I should make a video to talk about it. Because my method isn't really popular amongst new youtubers, I'm cautious in advising people on that since I'm just starting as well.
But since you asked, here's some my key take away after 6 month:
1. Always make the best video you can make, but don't expect result until your best effort is even better than the ones you benchmarks against (aka your competitors). To do this you will need to improve your writing skills, shooting skills, editing skill, in this order, writing is by far more important than everything else.
2. If you have a great personality, Act, perform and exaggerate, camera appearance matters a lot more than I originally think. If you don't you need to find your own unique style of presenting informations, it will grow slower but you will eventually get there.
3. You can't over complicated things, people are not here for lecture.
4. spend a lot of time watching every "how to grow on youtube" video you can find, and then spend 2X that time internalize what you just heard, this is more important than learning from anecdote success story, you need your own system.
5. if you do all the above, you should be around my level and face the same problem that I face right now - I can produce good content but WAY TOO SLOWLY. At which point I think you need an editors.
Hope that helps, thanks for the comment!~
@@kevzwang @kevzwang I didn't really expect you to reply!! Thank you so much for all the tips and wish you the best to come 🥰
Do you have two audio sources blending together? I have no issues when someone has a bad video image quality in general, but it's hard to focus when the sound feels so odd, if you have two audio channels please kill the second source, your content is great and I hope that you can reach even more people but I do believe the audio issues could make people not watch the whole content.
Good job Kevin!
Could you make a video talking about the productivity apps you use most? The ones that are better for organizing and more intuitive... I wanted to organize my work area with more dexterity.
Thanks for the idea, hopefully in the future... Although I don't really use that many, todoist, notion, OA apps required by work (MS team, Lark, slack) and that's about it. As much as I love these apps they all have some learning curve...
@@kevzwang Understand, thank you very much for the feedback. Your videos have helped me a lot!
Thank you for another great video.
Good video, shocked how small your channel is 🔥🔥
Thanks! it's a small channel just getting started, taking one small step at a time :D
is the audio speed up?
its way too fast, kinda of hard to watch
VALUE. THANK YOU.
When you try to manage time you'll only notice how powerless you are to the whims of the universe.
by that logic, no point in trying if we'll be specks of dust by our own ends?
I stopped the video to get some water near the very end, and when I played the video again it picked up from "... so start taking care of your precious balls" which sound so wrong out of context XD
that was a lot of helpful info packed in a small video, thank you!
@@adriennemaerealingo8799 pancakes waffles
Amazing video 👏👏👏
This video was so well made.. Just the audio made me not watch it full. Please don't use AI audio enhancer.
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Something nobody talks about. Is people with ADHD. Specifically ADD. The ADD brain is totally different than the average brain. Sadly, most productivity systems are made fore the neurotypical brain.
I have ADHD and the only thing that helps me is setting timers
Hey man, I have ADD (I dont take meds and never have) and it was a fucking struggle figuring all this out on my own.
Heres what helped me (even though i think with ADD you have to figure out your own route):
1. Keeping my space clean. I realized that I needed to always keep my space clean, tidying up every day and never letting it get to the point of “messy” because when you have ADHD, all that mess will overwhelm you and you will keep ignoring it every time you wake up which will make you mad every single day
2. Have one thing that grounds you every day. For me it was fixing my bed. I knew that as long as i fixed my bed every single day, then i was still sane and in a good place. And that made it so that if i EVER didn’t fix my bed, it would be a strong reminder to reassess myself.
3. Always write things down on a todo list. Your brain gets distracted your brain forgets and youre not rich enough to have a personal assistant so you are your own personal assistant. That means that when youre doing tasks you dont want empty space that allows your brain to deviate from your tasks. So make a todo list which will always show you what you need to do without you having to think about it.
These things helped me a ton. But again you will go through your own journey and figure yourself out. You just really have to WANT to change. Sometimes what will make you WANT to change wont be nice. So change before it happens
You've heard him guys! Take good care of your precious balls!
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10:59
I can tell u watched Elizabeth's vids at some point
time
energy
attention
TEA framework
Focusing is about saying no
Give too much time - lack motivation to start right now
10-10-10
How I’m going to feel about it In ten minutes
Ten days
Ten years
0:02 bro take this video down before my mom sees
i think that the only glass ball is health, you lose it u lose everything
Not really. Based on the principles mentioned in the video (family, health, friends and integrity), all of them are glass.
If you do something that would destroy the family (cheating, ignoring communication, needs and wants, etc.), then the damage is permanent.
For health, I agree with you. Losing your health means losing most of your life and opportunities.
If you ignore your friends or just stop communicating with them for whatever reason, you will eventually lose them as friends permanently. You can always find new friends, but it's a lot more time demanding and difficult than just maintaining the relationships that already exist.
Integrity is absolutely a glass ball. If you let loose on your integrity even once, then doing it a second time is so much easier. This can easily make a cycle where you will more often think "if I do this thing, then I get so many short term benefits, even if it goes against my compass". And so, your integrity will only get weaker and weaker over time. You can't recover this.
Someone find me 20 minutes to watch this 😭/j 😅
Awesome ! :)
Bold of you to assume my adhd brain can only focus on one thing 😂😂 rip me
Good points though, just not always applicable for everyone. Thank you for sharing your thoughts though!
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Thanks Mikhail, kindly go to the description of this video and find my email address. DM me some of your past work and we will take it from there. Appreciate it :)
Shock how busy men are still verenated for living like he doesnt have a family. I hope the wife gets the same credit. t's not time management. He was this busy while child is in their growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does.
I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
Thanks for the comment! Although there’s nothing impressive about what I did ( the whole point of this video is everyone can do it too), I agree chores can kill productivity, my wife and I shared it always and there’re lots of tricks to do it efficiently… that’s said , the only reason I didn’t mention it was because it’s probably not the most significant part of time management as a topic, I’m also not sure people will be interested in watching “how to get my housework done in 30min…”
And yes eventually we did get a nanny, it’s like outsourcing any repetitive tasks, my wife and my time are better off doing other things. But thanks for reminding me, she’s definitely a big part in all this!
@@kevzwangme! I WOULD be interested in how you got your housework done in 30 min. I want to know how you balanced being a husband, father, friend, employee and entrepreneur in the early days BEFORE you got domestic help. You’d be surprised what people are actually interested in. Men frequently talk about productivity but they don’t talk about balance…and society praises them for that. Enforcing the conclusion that no one wants to see you talk about housework.
@@WebDeva7 Wow thanks for the feedback! I never expected people would be interested in that. But it was indeed painful balancing between all those and it was one of the biggest struggles we had over 7 years of marriage...
But if I were to make that video in the future the outline summary would be this, hope that sort of answered your question and don't have to wait 3 months😀:
1. Make yourself minimal: own as few things as possible, the less you own the less you clean
2. Be conscious about family's need: expect Your significant other, your kids, will have their own lives and needs of maintenance, accept it and BE the most efficient and capable person in your household to deal with stuff, complain less, do more, it's a virtuous cycle, couples grows alike over time.
3. Work - Realizing nothing is THAT important, be the vital person not the busiest person, save times and build exposure...
4. Chores - Ruthlessly batch tasks, spend the whole Saturday morning on cleaning is a good idea. Doing that 30min each day is not.
5. Priority - looking back, the best time allocation ranked by importance is probably Wife - kids - parents - Side Hustle - Work, because being more efficient in work is EASY but time spent on caring for family is directly proportionate with happiness in life. Many people put money into the equation, because they mistakenly thinking more time = more monetary compensation from your career, which is very far from truth.
Am I the only one that notices he sounds very robotic?
I did. Talking in front of camera is HARD lol.
My patience was tested to the brink of turning my phone into a foldable one😁💢.
At least your content deserves it.
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The ads
lol sorry mate! Just got monetized was experimenting how many ads to put. Will tune it down in later videos, thanks for the feedback!
it seems you have all these time because your wife is doing everything else, and providing you the luxury of spending time to make youtube videos. it's sad that you don't listen to your family when they ask to spend more time with you.
Thanks for the comment but I’m sorry to say this is assuming a bit too much. My wife has a physical condition which I’m not gonna get into but she’s not doing everything else, especially housework that require physical strength, she has her own goal and career that keeps her busy and I was hoping people would focus on the core ideas of the video instead of turning this into the men vs women issue…
I don’t blame you, I didn’t give full context. If you are interested scroll down to the comment section you will see I’ve explained and replied in other comments already. Thanks for stopping by anyways, cheers!
Well said
Thats eat not tea
Lol, sounds a bit more lazy and a lot less chill :P
I hope the wife gets the same credit. t's not time management. He was this busy while child is in their growing period. I wonder if successful men could do the same effort for house chores as their women does.
I will be more impress if he shared how he become a reliable father and husband while doing all of that. Or if you have a Nanny that helped him
I just wish men could do the same time for house chores as their women does.
@KevZ thank you for the gems.
Great charts. What tool did you use?
Thank you for sharing and presenting your lived experience in such an engaging way.
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