How to Focus on the Essentials
For this session, Josh and Shawn discuss the importance of a healthy lifestyle, the 5 essential components of any business, how to make decisions in the midst of overwhelm, and why action brings clarity.
Also, Josh reveals his advice for how to create a personal masterplan as well as his single most-important productivity practice.
Highlights, Takeaways, and Quick Wins
- Your productivity is directly related to your health and wellness. There is always work to be done. Which is why it’s important not to wait until the work is done for you to invest in yourself, live healthy, etc.
- Productivity systems must give you time and space to think.
- Make the thing you want to do the easiest thing that you can do.
- Close off options that don’t need to be options right now.
- There are 5 essential components of business: Value Creation, Marketing, Sales, Value Delivery, and Finance. You want to systematize and automate these five parts of business as much as possible.
- The more you can systematize and automate the components of your business, the more effective and efficient you can be. Automation also allows you to focus your energy on other areas of your business.
- Action brings clarity: You will never have all the information you need to make a decision, so make the best decision you can with the information available, and begin moving forward. There are opportunities and pitfalls that you can’t see yet because you haven’t started. You’re not going to be able to make progress until you make a conscious choice of what to focus on right now and what to leave for later.
“Action brings clarity.” — @joshkaufman
About Josh Kaufman
Josh is the author of two international bestsellers, The Personal MBA and The First 20 Hours. He lives in Colorado where he conducts research in business, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, productivity, behavioral psychology, systems design, and optimization. His focus is on helping people make more money, get more done, and have more fun in daily life.
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