How to Achieve More in 1 Week Than 99% In 1 Year
in 8 simple steps
In this newsletter I’m going to give you a simple 8 step system to achieve more in 1 week than 99% of people in 1 year.
Let’s dive right in.
Step 1 - Goals
For step 1, you need to get extremely clear on what truly matters to you.
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
– Seneca
You can’t travel to the right place if you don’t know what place you’re travelling towards.
Now this doesn’t mean you need a perfect plan, although that would of course help.
But you don’t need a destination, you do need a clear direction.
If you don’t know this yet, then think about someone who has the work that you would like to have.
This gives you insight into what you would like to do.
It can also be helpful to analyze how you spend your free time, money, and energy.
If you voluntarily spend your most valuable resources on something, and if it isn’t some sort of dopamine addiction, then there’s a good chance that this is something that you could be passionate about.
The hobby that you’re distracting yourself with, might actually be related to the thing you actually need to start doing for a living.
Step 2 - Reverse Engineering
Once you know what direction to move in, you can move on to the second step of the process.
For this, you need to start thinking like an engineer.
When engineers want to build something, they come up with what they want the end product to look like.
After they’ve envisioned this, they reverse engineer the process.
This means that they work their way back from the end.
The cool thing about this approach is that it eliminates all unnecessary stuff from the process.
This way, you’ll know for sure that what you’re doing is actually helping you get closer to what you want to achieve.
This helps to eliminate distractions.
Step 3 - Break It Down
After you’ve reverse engineered the process, you need to move on to step 3.
This is breaking it down into smaller actions.
Turn the 1 year goal into monthly goals
Turn the monthly goals into weekly goals
Turn the weekly goals into daily actions
This gives more clarity on what you need to do on a daily basis.
Make a list of everything you need to do.
Stop focusing on outcomes.
Start focusing on the daily actions that lead to outcomes.
After this, you can move on to step 4.
Step 4 - Leverage List
For step 4, you need to assign a number to all of the activities on the list.
There are 3 options:
0x activities
2x activities
10x activities
This number shows the impact of the action of your progress.
You see, a lot of good activities are actually time-wasting activities in disguise.
Because some activities give you a 10x return on your time while others give you only a 2x return.
When you don’t analyze it, these 2x activities can feel productive because they’re bringing you closer to your goal.
But if you want to achieve more than 99% of people, you need to focus on the 10x activities.
So write down 0x, 2x, and 10x after all of the activities on the list.
After this, you can go to step 5.
Step 5 - Elimination
You now have an overview of all the activities and how much closer they’ll bring you to your goal.
So now it’s time to eliminate most of them.
Eliminate all 0x activities.
They don’t bring you any closer to your goal.
Also try to eliminate as many 2x activities as possible.
This allows you to spend all your time on the 10x activities.
When in doubt, use the EDO System:
Step 6 - Create Systems
That brings us to the next step, and this is making sure you do the 10x activities efficiently.
For this, we need to create systems.
Make a list of the action steps that go into doing the 10x activities.
From start to finish.
For example, if it’s writing a newsletter, write down all the steps you need to take to go from idea to finished newsletter.
After that, you need to remove as many steps as possible while still keeping the system functioning.
When you do this, you end up with an efficient system you can easily repeat to perform the 10x activity.
If you have money to spend, and hate certain activities, you can outsource them.
After this, it’s a matter of staying extremely focused and optimizing your habits.
Step 7 - Habit Optimization
Here’s a list of habits you should implement to maximize your progress.
Work out daily
Don’t multitask
Take walks daily
Focus on 1 task at a time
Don’t take alcohol or drugs
Live like a practical minimalist
Stop scrolling on social media
Limit the time you spend on games
Meditate for at least 10 minutes per day
Eat healthy food and count your macros
Don’t watch p*rn and do semen retention
Create a daily goal list to make sure you stay focused
Take time to learn from books, courses, and podcasts
Limit instant gratification activities as much as possible
Get 8 hours of sleep and have a consistent sleep schedule
Eliminate distractions and optimize your work environment
Set your phone on black and white and turn off all notifications
Keep your information diet clean and only consume content mindfully
You don’t need to do all of this, but the more of these habits you do, the more productive you will be.
If you do all of this you will achieve way more than 99% of people in a fraction of the time.
Step 8 - Energy mapping
The goal is to do the most important work when you’re at your best.
For this, you need to know:
The most important work
When you’re at your best
The steps above helped you to find the most important work.
So now it’s a matter of doing it when you’re at your best.
To find out when this is, you need to map your energy levels for a week.
This shows you when you’re at your best.
The best way to get a lot done is to do the most important work when you’re at your best.
So get clear on the highest leverage tasks and do them at the time of the day when you’re at your best.
This is how you optimize your productivity but you still need to make sure that you’re working on the right things.
In short:
Set a goal
Reverse engineer it
Break it down into small steps
Give each step a score (0x, 2x, or 10x)
Eliminate all 0x and 2x steps that aren’t required
Create systems to do all the 10x steps efficiently
Optimize your habits to get the most out of yourself
Map your energy levels so you know when you’re at your best
After this, do the work.
Ideally in a few deep work blocks of 1,5h-2h.
This makes you much more efficient and it also helps you to develop skills faster.
This is how you get more done than 99% of people in a fraction of the time.
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Talk soon my friend,
Stijn
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Great post, Stijn. - Breaking down big goals into smaller, manageable steps makes the whole thing feel less daunting. Plus, focusing on 10x activities is the ultimate cheat code to success. - Being productive and being a busy fool are miles apart from each other.
great post, where did you start when you didn't know where to start?