Hey peps
Here is your dose of Monday Motivation - weekly insights on high-performance entrepreneurship and lifestyle optimization.
📚 Something to Read
Blog Post: Learning when to quit is a meta-skill.
Book: The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar. Loved reading this book. A combination of business adventure and acumen, honest self-evaluation, and humor, this book is a gem.
Twitter Thread:
As entrepreneurs, we're always looking for ways to increase productivity and reduce our daily tasks so that we have more time for creativity or working on our business.
— Matt Harris (@iam_mattharris) April 9, 2022
To optimise your time, try applying the XDS Method to your tasks.
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🧠 Something to Watch or Listen To
🎧 Audio Book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink + Leif Babin. The Navy SEAL leadership book that’s packed full of anecdotes as well as revolutionary and practical management advice.
🎙️ Podcast: Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment with Bill Perkins. One of the world’s most successful hedge fund managers and entrepreneurs unpacks his Die with Zero philosophy.
🎞️ Video: How to Simplify Your Life | Five 80/20 Life Hacks. What changes could you make in your day-to-day life by incorporating the 80/20 Rule?
🛠 Useful Tools + Tech
📚 I use Audible to read over 60 books a year.
🏃🏾♂️I use Freeletics to work out for 20 minutes a day, wherever I choose.
🩸 I use Lumen to track & monitor my metabolism throughout the day.
📥 I use Shift to manage my emails, apps, and extensions on my laptop.
✍🏾 Quote of the Week
“In the game of life, what I'm solving for is regret minimization. . .I want the highest score in net fulfillment.”
From Bill Perkins on The Drive with Peter Attia. Resurfaced using Readwise.
If you're struggling to improve your productivity and personal performance, there are 2 ways I can help:
- Email me with your biggest challenge. The more detailed you provide, the more personal I can make my response.
- Book a Coaching Call. In 20 minutes we'll analyze your daily routine and identify key areas where you can 10x your productivity and boost personal performance.
I welcome your feedback on Twitter. Let me know which dose of motivation above is your favorite. What do you want more or less of? Any other suggestions?
Just tweet me @iam_mattharris and put #MondayMotivation at the end so I can find it.
Have a great week!
Matt