Recently, I was watching an interview by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and former President of YCombinator, where he touched upon a dozen topics, two of which were "experimentation" and "productivity".
He says [about the culture at OpenAI],
"Try lots of things, let people follow their intuitions, and when something starts working, put a lot more resources behind it."
I think about productivity the same way. There are very, very few practices that can be called the "gold standard" when it comes to improving one's productivity. Practices that can be applied by everyone the same way and have the same result.
You have to experiment.
You have to try lots of things.
Follow your intuition.
And, when something starts working, put all your effort into strengthening that practice.
My Superpower 👩🏻🔬
We all have our superpowers.
I consider one of mine to be planning & execution (aka getting things done), where I would place myself in the top 5% of the population. This isn't hubris speaking. It's years of experimentation trying different practices. I've used diaries, post-its, Trello, OneNote, Notion, and more that I forget now.
Finally, I feel confident enough to say that I found the tool and routine that seems to be working, and working well when it comes to planning my week.
Watch my video where I’ve walked you through my planner & routine to help you build yours. (yep, back to YouTube).
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