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Ali Abdaal, How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips (1)

How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips (1)

- All right.

So over the past 10 years,

I have read basically all of the books

around productivity and time management.

And in that time, there are 10 things

that I still use in my life, genuinely use

to help make my time management more efficient.

Let's talk about them in this video.

Tip number one is that we absolutely own all of our time.

Now, this is like a big one.

When I first had this realization, my life genuinely changed

because I used to think I don't have time to do stuff.

And I don't know where I read it,

but I came across this like,

probably like a fortune cookie somewhere

which said something like

at any given moment you are doing

what you most want to be doing.

And that was a very empowering thing for me

because I was obviously in native empowerment

and it helped me realize

that my time is entirely within my control.

Like right now I'm filming this video

because I want to be.

Earlier today, I spent six hours playing "World of Warcraft"

because that's what I wanted to do.

I could not have said I don't have the time

to work out today,

instead, it was a case of I'm actively choosing not

to make the time to work out today.

And so when it comes to time management

like step one is always to recognize

that we are always in control of our own time.

Yes. You might have a boss.

Yes, you might have parents telling you what to do

but fundamentally you are in control of your own time

and you can choose to do whatever you want with that time.

If you don't have the time to do something,

that something it's just not a priority,

which is fine but don't pretend

like the reason you're not doing it

is 'cause you genuinely don't have the time.

Point number two is the title of this book

by Derek Sivers "Hell Yeah Or No What's Worth Doing."

Now, the vibe here, "Hell Yeah Or No"

it kind of says it all in the title

that when we're young

and we don't have very many opportunities in our lives,

we should probably say yes to the majority of things

that are coming our way.

But as soon as we get to a point

where we're starting to get more inbound leads

than we have time available,

we start operating with a hell yes or no maxim.

And the idea there is something

is either a hell yes or it's a no.

And so if I get an email from someone saying,

"Hey, do you wanna do this thing?"

And I'm thinking, maybe it sounds kind of all right

then my default position is gonna be no.

If I get an email from someone saying,

"Hey, do you wanna do this thing?

And I'm like, "Hell yeah."

Then I'm gonna do the thing.

And I'm trying to get better

at using this principle in my life.

Because even now my calendar is full

of a lot of things where I'm like, oh yeah, kind of

rather than hell yeah, too.

And now it was regret doing it when it comes down.

So hell yeah or no,

just like learning to be okay with saying no to stuff

is another really important principle of time management.

Thirdly, there's a tip I picked up from this book

called "Make Time" by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky.

And this tip is called the daily highlight.

This is like deviously simple.

Basically, the idea is that every day we decide this thing,

this one thing is gonna be my highlight of the day.

This is the only thing I need to get done today.

And on the days where I set a daily highlight

and I try and do this every day,

I always get the thing done.

And I'm always really happy at the end of the day.

But if I have a day where I don't set my daily highlight

then I kind of drown in my to-do list

and I have this just image in my head of like,

oh yeah, I need to do this and this and this and that.

And it's a lot harder to get stuff done.

Whereas on days where I have the daily highlight,

I have that just one thing that I'm focusing on,

this is the most urgent or the most satisfying

or the most fun thing I have to do today.

And then it just really helps with my time management.

Tip number four for time management is to use a to-do list.

And these days are use a physical to-do list

with this analog by Ugmonk.

It's very nice.

And it's like, you get these like note cards

and then you'd get this like wooden thing.

And you're like put the note card in the thing

and it looks like this.

And that means like every morning,

once I figured out what my daily highlight is,

I make a list of the other stuff that I have to do that day.

And I shove it on a list and then I tick them off

and cross them off with physical pen

as I go throughout my day.

It doesn't really matter what system you use

for it to-do list.

But again, there's a general principle of productivity

which is that our brain is for having ideas

not for holding them and a big part

of why we let stuff slip through the cracks

when it comes to managing our time

and managing our productivity

is 'cause we haven't written them down.

And so anytime I need to do something,

I write it down into an app.

These days I use Roam.

But then when I figured out my daily to-do list,

it's all based on this analog system by Ugmonk

which is very nice.

And it's kind of cool having a physical to-do list

in front of me that I can cross things off of it

and it just feels nice.

And yeah, even at work, when I'm working as a doctor

I use physical to-do lists to manage my patient list,

to manage my list of tasks.

There's something incredibly satisfying

about crossing something off,

which you just don't get when you use an app.

Principle number five for time management

is the concept of time blocking.

Apparently, this is something

that Elon Musk does all the time.

And basically the idea there

is any time we need to do something,

we put a block for it in our calendar.

So I don't like doing this for absolutely everything

because I'm a bit of a waste man.

And I think the more time I spend

managing my productivity system,

the less time I spend actually getting stuff done.

And then it's just all completely pointless.

But the one thing that I always schedule into my calendar

at the start of the day is my daily highlight.

So if I've decided my daily highlight

is filming this video

usually, well, I'll try my best to schedule it

into my calendar at the time

when I know I'm gonna film the video.

If my daily highlight is call my grandma,

I will literally scroll schedule it into my calendar.

If my daily highlight is make changes to my website,

I will schedule it at like for a block in my calendar.

And that's like really nice and reassuring

because it means that that one thing

that I've decided is really, really important

is always gonna get done

because it's always on the schedule.

And then if I need to move it around,

I'll move it around if something comes up

but at least it's there on the schedule by default.

And this thing where you combine the daily highlight

with time-blocking in the calendar

is just incredibly useful.

Everyone always kind of thinks that like,

oh, but only one thing a day?

Don't you have to do more than that.

And yeah, you do kind of have to do more

than that in most of our lives.

But imagine if every single day for the next year

you could actually do the one thing,

the one most important thing to do that day,

you'd make a hell of a lot of progress

over the course of the year.

And it would just be absolutely game changing.

Principle number six is related to something

called Parkinson's Law,

which is that work expands to fill the time

that we allocate to it.

So if I have to film a YouTube video in a day

and I give myself the whole day to film that YouTube video,

inevitably, it's gonna take all day

to film the YouTube video.

Whereas, if I only give myself half an hour

or an hour to film the YouTube video

and I fill my day up with other things,

then inevitably I get the video done

in that small amount of time.

And so the actionable advice here

is to leverage artificial deadlines,

even when it's something like filming a new course.

Like I'm working on a course for YouTube for beginners

where I kinda filming, took you to everything

about my YouTube video production process.

And this doesn't really have a deadline.

Like I could literally do it whenever I want.

I don't have to do it.

It's purely optional project

but I've set myself the goal that, okay, you know what?

I'm gonna film all of this course next weekend.

And I've blocked out time in my calendar next weekend

to film the course.

And that's an artificial deadline

which means the course is gonna get done.

Whereas if I just had it in my mind

or in my to do list without a deadline, without a schedule,

it would just inevitably never, ever get done.

Point number seven is one I've started applying recently

and that is having protected time.

When you were an entrepreneur

and you were like working for yourself

and all that kind of stuff,

you end up basically being able to set

whatever schedule you want

but like, if you're like, man

and you're like making connections and making friends

with people all around the internet,

you get to a point where your day is filled

with lots and lots of Zoom calls.

And I realized that for me,

I need to keep my mornings completely free

of any obligations or any Zoom calls.

And this has been an absolute game changer

because in the morning

that means I can wake up whenever I want.

Usually it's half past eight these days.

And it means that for a solid like four hours at least

I've got uninterrupted time where I can do whatever I want.

So these days I'm working on writing my book.

And so the morning is my protected time for writing.

But even on days where I'm not working on the book

it's just genuinely so nice to have that

like timestamp where I can think about the business

or plan some more videos

or do the things that help move me forward

in my work career.

And sometimes if I'm not really feeling it,

I'll just decide, you know what?

I'm gonna use this protected time

to play "World of Warcraft" or to just kind of relax

and read a book on the sofa.

So if you're interested

in better ways to managing your time,

I would recommend figuring out

what your protected time is gonna be,

time that is just for you and you alone

or "World of Warcraft" and not for anyone else

where no one is allowed to book something in your schedule.

All right, principle number eight is delegation.

Now this one is a little bit weird

because normally when you say the word delegate,

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- All right. - All right.

So over the past 10 years, Portanto, nos últimos 10 anos,

I have read basically all of the books Ho letto praticamente tutti i libri Já li praticamente todos os livros

around productivity and time management. around productivity and time management. sulla produttività e sulla gestione del tempo. em torno da produtividade e da gestão do tempo.

And in that time, there are 10 things E durante esse tempo, há 10 coisas

that I still use in my life, genuinely use che uso tuttora nella mia vita, uso veramente que ainda uso na minha vida, uso genuinamente mà tôi vẫn sử dụng trong cuộc sống của mình, thực sự sử dụng

to help make my time management more efficient. per rendere più efficiente la gestione del mio tempo. para ajudar a tornar a minha gestão do tempo mais eficiente.

Let's talk about them in this video.

Tip number one is that we absolutely own all of our time. Il consiglio numero uno è quello di possedere assolutamente tutto il nostro tempo. A dica número um é que somos absolutamente donos de todo o nosso tempo.

Now, this is like a big one. Questa è una cosa grossa. Agora, este é um dos grandes.

When I first had this realization, my life genuinely changed Quando ho avuto questa consapevolezza, la mia vita è cambiata davvero. Quando me apercebi disto, a minha vida mudou verdadeiramente Khi tôi lần đầu tiên nhận ra điều này, cuộc sống của tôi đã thực sự thay đổi

because I used to think I don't have time to do stuff. perché pensavo di non avere tempo per fare le cose. porque eu costumava pensar que não tinha tempo para fazer coisas. bởi vì tôi đã từng nghĩ rằng tôi không có thời gian để làm những việc

And I don't know where I read it, E non so dove l'ho letto, E não sei onde o li,

but I came across this like, ma mi sono imbattuto in questo tipo, mas deparei-me com isto,

probably like a fortune cookie somewhere probabilmente come un biscotto della fortuna da qualche parte provavelmente como um biscoito da sorte algures có lẽ giống như một chiếc bánh quy may mắn ở đâu đó

which said something like che diceva qualcosa come

at any given moment you are doing in un dato momento si sta facendo em qualquer momento, está a fazer 在任何特定时刻你正在做的事情

what you most want to be doing. quello che si vuole fare di più. o que mais gostaria de estar a fazer. 你最想做的事是什么?

And that was a very empowering thing for me E questa è stata una cosa che mi ha dato molta forza. E isso foi muito estimulante para mim

because I was obviously in native empowerment perché ovviamente mi occupavo di potenziamento dei nativi porque eu estava, obviamente, a trabalhar na capacitação dos nativos bởi vì tôi rõ ràng là được trao quyền bản địa

and it helped me realize e mi ha aiutato a capire

that my time is entirely within my control. que o meu tempo está inteiramente sob o meu controlo.

Like right now I'm filming this video Giống như ngay bây giờ tôi đang quay video này

because I want to be.

Earlier today, I spent six hours playing "World of Warcraft" Hoje cedo, passei seis horas a jogar "World of Warcraft" Đầu ngày hôm nay, tôi đã dành sáu giờ để chơi "World of Warcraft"

because that's what I wanted to do.

I could not have said I don't have the time Não podia ter dito que não tenho tempo

to work out today, para fazer exercício hoje, để làm việc ra ngày hôm nay,

instead, it was a case of I'm actively choosing not em vez disso, foi um caso em que estou a escolher ativamente não

to make the time to work out today. para arranjar tempo para fazer exercício hoje.

And so when it comes to time management E assim, quando se trata de gestão do tempo

like step one is always to recognize como o primeiro passo é sempre reconhecer

that we are always in control of our own time.

Yes. You might have a boss. Sim. Pode ter um patrão.

Yes, you might have parents telling you what to do Sim, é possível que os teus pais te digam o que fazer

but fundamentally you are in control of your own time mas, fundamentalmente, tem o controlo do seu próprio tempo

and you can choose to do whatever you want with that time. e pode escolher fazer o que quiser com esse tempo.

If you don't have the time to do something, Se não tiveres tempo para fazer alguma coisa,

that something it's just not a priority, que algo não é uma prioridade,

which is fine but don't pretend o que é ótimo, mas não finja điều đó tốt nhưng đừng giả vờ

like the reason you're not doing it como a razão pela qual não o está a fazer

is 'cause you genuinely don't have the time. é porque realmente não tem tempo.

Point number two is the title of this book

by Derek Sivers "Hell Yeah Or No What's Worth Doing." của Derek Sivers "Hell Yeah Or No Điều gì đáng làm." 作者:德里克·西弗斯 (Derek Sivers) “不管怎样,值得做的事。”

Now, the vibe here, "Hell Yeah Or No" Bây giờ, sự rung cảm ở đây, "Hell Yeah Or No"

it kind of says it all in the title

that when we're young

and we don't have very many opportunities in our lives,

we should probably say yes to the majority of things có lẽ chúng ta nên nói có với phần lớn mọi thứ

that are coming our way. đang đến với chúng ta.

But as soon as we get to a point Nhưng ngay khi chúng ta đạt đến một điểm

where we're starting to get more inbound leads wo wir beginnen, mehr eingehende Leads zu erhalten nơi chúng tôi bắt đầu nhận được nhiều khách hàng tiềm năng hơn 我们开始获得更多入站线索

than we have time available, 比我们可用的时间更多,

we start operating with a hell yes or no maxim. chúng tôi bắt đầu hoạt động với một câu châm ngôn có hoặc không. 我们开始以“要么是,要么不是”的准则来行事。

And the idea there is something

is either a hell yes or it's a no. hoặc là có hoặc là không. 要么是完全同意,要么就是不同意。

And so if I get an email from someone saying,

"Hey, do you wanna do this thing?"

And I'm thinking, maybe it sounds kind of all right 我在想,也许这听起来不错

then my default position is gonna be no.

If I get an email from someone saying,

"Hey, do you wanna do this thing?

And I'm like, "Hell yeah."

Then I'm gonna do the thing.

And I'm trying to get better

at using this principle in my life.

Because even now my calendar is full

of a lot of things where I'm like, oh yeah, kind of

rather than hell yeah, too.

And now it was regret doing it when it comes down. 而现在当事情发生的时候我就后悔了。

So hell yeah or no,

just like learning to be okay with saying no to stuff

is another really important principle of time management.

Thirdly, there's a tip I picked up from this book

called "Make Time" by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky.

And this tip is called the daily highlight.

This is like deviously simple. Ini seperti sangat sederhana.

Basically, the idea is that every day we decide this thing,

this one thing is gonna be my highlight of the day.

This is the only thing I need to get done today.

And on the days where I set a daily highlight

and I try and do this every day,

I always get the thing done.

And I'm always really happy at the end of the day.

But if I have a day where I don't set my daily highlight

then I kind of drown in my to-do list

and I have this just image in my head of like,

oh yeah, I need to do this and this and this and that.

And it's a lot harder to get stuff done.

Whereas on days where I have the daily highlight,

I have that just one thing that I'm focusing on,

this is the most urgent or the most satisfying

or the most fun thing I have to do today.

And then it just really helps with my time management.

Tip number four for time management is to use a to-do list.

And these days are use a physical to-do list

with this analog by Ugmonk.

It's very nice.

And it's like, you get these like note cards

and then you'd get this like wooden thing.

And you're like put the note card in the thing

and it looks like this.

And that means like every morning,

once I figured out what my daily highlight is,

I make a list of the other stuff that I have to do that day. Tôi lập một danh sách những thứ khác mà tôi phải làm trong ngày hôm đó.

And I shove it on a list and then I tick them off Và tôi đẩy nó vào một danh sách và sau đó tôi đánh dấu chúng đi

and cross them off with physical pen và gạch bỏ chúng bằng bút vật lý

as I go throughout my day.

It doesn't really matter what system you use Không quan trọng bạn sử dụng hệ thống nào

for it to-do list.

But again, there's a general principle of productivity Nhưng một lần nữa, có một nguyên tắc chung về năng suất

which is that our brain is for having ideas

not for holding them and a big part không phải để giữ chúng và một phần lớn

of why we let stuff slip through the cracks về lý do tại sao chúng ta để mọi thứ trượt qua các vết nứt

when it comes to managing our time

and managing our productivity

is 'cause we haven't written them down.

And so anytime I need to do something,

I write it down into an app.

These days I use Roam.

But then when I figured out my daily to-do list,

it's all based on this analog system by Ugmonk

which is very nice.

And it's kind of cool having a physical to-do list

in front of me that I can cross things off of it

and it just feels nice.

And yeah, even at work, when I'm working as a doctor

I use physical to-do lists to manage my patient list, Tôi sử dụng danh sách việc cần làm để quản lý danh sách bệnh nhân của mình,

to manage my list of tasks.

There's something incredibly satisfying

about crossing something off, về việc vượt qua một cái gì đó,

which you just don't get when you use an app.

Principle number five for time management

is the concept of time blocking. là khái niệm về khối thời gian.

Apparently, this is something

that Elon Musk does all the time.

And basically the idea there

is any time we need to do something,

we put a block for it in our calendar.

So I don't like doing this for absolutely everything Vì vậy, tôi không thích làm điều này cho tất cả mọi thứ

because I'm a bit of a waste man. bởi vì tôi là một người đàn ông lãng phí.

And I think the more time I spend

managing my productivity system, quản lý hệ thống năng suất của tôi,

the less time I spend actually getting stuff done. tôi càng dành ít thời gian để thực sự hoàn thành công việc.

And then it's just all completely pointless. Và sau đó tất cả chỉ là hoàn toàn vô nghĩa.

But the one thing that I always schedule into my calendar

at the start of the day is my daily highlight.

So if I've decided my daily highlight

is filming this video

usually, well, I'll try my best to schedule it

into my calendar at the time

when I know I'm gonna film the video.

If my daily highlight is call my grandma,

I will literally scroll schedule it into my calendar.

If my daily highlight is make changes to my website,

I will schedule it at like for a block in my calendar.

And that's like really nice and reassuring

because it means that that one thing

that I've decided is really, really important

is always gonna get done

because it's always on the schedule.

And then if I need to move it around,

I'll move it around if something comes up

but at least it's there on the schedule by default.

And this thing where you combine the daily highlight

with time-blocking in the calendar

is just incredibly useful.

Everyone always kind of thinks that like, Mọi người luôn nghĩ rằng như thế,

oh, but only one thing a day?

Don't you have to do more than that. Bạn không cần phải làm nhiều hơn thế.

And yeah, you do kind of have to do more

than that in most of our lives. hơn thế trong hầu hết cuộc sống của chúng ta.

But imagine if every single day for the next year Nhưng hãy tưởng tượng nếu mỗi ngày trong năm tới

you could actually do the one thing,

the one most important thing to do that day,

you'd make a hell of a lot of progress bạn sẽ đạt được rất nhiều tiến bộ

over the course of the year.

And it would just be absolutely game changing.

Principle number six is related to something

called Parkinson's Law,

which is that work expands to fill the time 工作会不断扩展以填补时间

that we allocate to it. 我们分配给它的

So if I have to film a YouTube video in a day

and I give myself the whole day to film that YouTube video,

inevitably, it's gonna take all day

to film the YouTube video.

Whereas, if I only give myself half an hour

or an hour to film the YouTube video

and I fill my day up with other things, và tôi lấp đầy ngày của mình bằng những thứ khác,

then inevitably I get the video done

in that small amount of time. trong khoảng thời gian ít ỏi đó.

And so the actionable advice here Và vì vậy, lời khuyên có thể hành động ở đây

is to leverage artificial deadlines, là tận dụng thời hạn giả tạo,

even when it's something like filming a new course.

Like I'm working on a course for YouTube for beginners

where I kinda filming, took you to everything

about my YouTube video production process.

And this doesn't really have a deadline.

Like I could literally do it whenever I want.

I don't have to do it.

It's purely optional project

but I've set myself the goal that, okay, you know what?

I'm gonna film all of this course next weekend.

And I've blocked out time in my calendar next weekend

to film the course.

And that's an artificial deadline

which means the course is gonna get done.

Whereas if I just had it in my mind

or in my to do list without a deadline, without a schedule,

it would just inevitably never, ever get done.

Point number seven is one I've started applying recently

and that is having protected time.

When you were an entrepreneur

and you were like working for yourself

and all that kind of stuff,

you end up basically being able to set

whatever schedule you want

but like, if you're like, man

and you're like making connections and making friends

with people all around the internet,

you get to a point where your day is filled

with lots and lots of Zoom calls.

And I realized that for me,

I need to keep my mornings completely free

of any obligations or any Zoom calls.

And this has been an absolute game changer

because in the morning

that means I can wake up whenever I want.

Usually it's half past eight these days.

And it means that for a solid like four hours at least

I've got uninterrupted time where I can do whatever I want.

So these days I'm working on writing my book.

And so the morning is my protected time for writing.

But even on days where I'm not working on the book

it's just genuinely so nice to have that

like timestamp where I can think about the business

or plan some more videos

or do the things that help move me forward

in my work career.

And sometimes if I'm not really feeling it,

I'll just decide, you know what?

I'm gonna use this protected time

to play "World of Warcraft" or to just kind of relax

and read a book on the sofa.

So if you're interested

in better ways to managing your time,

I would recommend figuring out

what your protected time is gonna be,

time that is just for you and you alone

or "World of Warcraft" and not for anyone else

where no one is allowed to book something in your schedule.

All right, principle number eight is delegation.

Now this one is a little bit weird

because normally when you say the word delegate,