0:38 Plan for things to take way longer than you think. 3:31 Process similar tasks at the same time. 5:53 Increase uninterrupted work hours. 9:42 Don't put off your most difficult tasks.

"I'm no a productivity guru" - Our productivity guru

Moral of this video: Plan For The Worst Scenario. Do Similar Task. Increase Uninterrupted Hours. Don't Put Off Difficult Tasks. Practice Deep Work.

“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do” -Tim Ferris

“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.” -Mark Twain

Can we appreciate the efforts he put in filming and editing his videos?

Matt is the only guy who feels honest when talking about productivity. He's always real about it not being true to how we imagine it, and he doesn't just slap are random list of catchy phrases, his advice is actually thoughtful

Not me rapid task switching at the exact moment Matt says "rapid task switching is one of the all time ways to feel productive without actually being productive" to falsely make myself feel productive right now (while knowing I should be working on a deadline and not watching youtube right now haha).

I love how honest you were in this video about how productivity isn’t a straight line to success and how you can have weeks or months of little productivity. All of these tips focused more on mental health and not getting burnt out and I really needed this right now so thankyou!

Amazing how you can talk about the same theme over and over again, following the same steps, achieving the same results, but all of them look and feel different, adding new tips, and the scripts are just amazing. At the end of the day I'm always clicking the notifications to watch your videos.

This is the first time I've heard someone else say to tackle the "uncomfortable conversations" ASAP. This is something that I tell people all the time, it's great to hear that I'm not alone in this!

I will forever appreciate you Matt D'Avella. You've helped my family a lot,since the pandemic till now your advices and lessons are inspirational and helpful to us. My husband and I have been able to be minimal, conscious in spending,saving and lnve,sting wisely. We have able to earn on a weekly basis and it helps the family a lot. You're such a blessing to this generation. We all love♥️😊

The Natalie vibe is accurate

One of my biggggest weaknesses is assuming things will take less time than they do. I'm glad that was part of this video. Productivity is so much more than getting things done. It's getting things done well. Loved this one Matt! Now I better get off KZfaq and go start creating haha

Planning more time than we would usually do is an advice that I really like! I always think that I'm not fast enough, not productive enough when I just havn't correctly estimated the time needed... wich makes me sad and not proud of myself when I should be glad to have done what I've already accomplished! Thanks Matt !

these 2 are so cute together and the little skits are awesome

"What's RedTube?" I died. 😂

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. -Bruce Lee

I am so thankful to you for being super genuine and honest, I have been way less productive than I would Iike to be and the first part of the video was oddly comforting, in a world where everything is rushed we always feel behind. Thank you for your efforts Matt, appreciate you always!

That was awesome. I've been struggling in my productivity as a freelancer with the tasks piling up. What really helps me is to hear that it's normal to have ups and downs. When I see people doing KZfaq, running a business and having a life it feels like I'm falling behind. The truth is most likely different where, things take a long time and I'm only seeing the end product. Appreciate the perspective man!

Utilizing a good workspace can help out so much. Switching up where you work and the scenary can help a lot.

Extremely helpful as always. However, I would like to add one more bonus point that I have personally found helpful. Every time you finish a daunting task or a project, add a plan and schedule time to reward yourself. This really helps to form a positive feedback loop and also avoid burnouts. The bigger the task, the bigger the reward. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Matt thank you so much for being so down to earth. Your content is so relatable and it really just gives this extra little go we all need some times. Some times we need a break, other times we just need to get it done. It's so simple, yet it hits you differenlty when you hear it from somebody else. Thanks for parenting adulthood!

Well said! I so appreciate the simplicity of your presentations - you just do it, not a lot of editing, makes me feel like you’re sincere about your message.

Best motto for productivity: "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take - Wayne Gretzky - Michael Scott"

Nat is secretly embracing minimalist furniture-free living, that's why she chooses the floor!

You're so spot on with the buffer time! Under-promise and over-deliver!

Thanks alot Matt.. needed this more than ever!!

The highest levels of productivity come from merely removing the time-consuming distractions 🌱

When i saw this video, i was like " Hey, how did i miss this one?" Then i saw it was posted 9minutes ago... Tbh never was i so happy and sad in the same moment as i was now :D

I think it’s really nice how Matt involves his partner this video. Very wholesome. I personally never make a buffer for the unexpected when I schedule things. Definitely worth trying, thanks Matt!

Just sent an email I've been avoiding for the past 5 weeks, nothing urgent, just wanted to say thank you to a few people, felt hard at the beggining, but I surely feel relieved after sending it. Thank you for keeping it real Matt, deeply appreciated!

I needed these new rules as we get into summer. I find that with the warmer weather + sun, I'm less productive because I yearn to be outside/hang out with friends and enjoy the weather!!

Here to support Matt!!! Go Matt!!

Thank you so much for the advice Matt! I love your videos!

You’re sense of humor is great.We dont get bored the way you deliver the content.Usually other content creators is boring when they talked about these kind of situations. Im from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Literally, every one of Matt’s videos is a banger

"The ways we trick ourselves to feeling productive" - all too often, yep. Here I am watching yet another productivity video while my finals get closer and closer ... xD

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to hear. 🙏

I’ve fallen in love with your channel over the past few weeks! Can’t wait for your course to open back up.

Is it time for another video with The Daily Talk Show? 🧐

finally, after so many days

Thank you Matt! Missed your productivity videos, Big Up

You are awesome, Matt. Thank you

This is perfect. What an insightful video 👏

who else is feeling productive by watching videos about productivity 💀

Watched it till the last second, I just the video i needed. Made me realize alot of things im missing on my productivity. Thank you

No ad at all 🙏🙏🙏 thank you Matt!

At this point I mostly watch ur videos for the Natalie cameos 🤩

Everytime Matt uploads a video I feel like a child on Christmas Eve.

Fantastic video. THANK YOU Matt!

Really needed this video! Thank you Matt!!

6:28 OMG. This is EXACTLY how my girlfriend is, but ONLY when I’m trying really hard to focus on work 🙄😂

I procrastinate too often, needed this

Your content is always valuable thanks, Matt!

This video feels like it was made for me today. Thanks so much, Matt for this video. I put in so much work last month on a video series that I am making that I feel like my creativity well has gone dry and I need a break. Definitely will be taking one this week.

*“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending...”* *―C. S. Lewis*

Definitely solid advice. I recommend starting with the end in mind: knowing what parts of the business you don't enjoy doing, and finding folks more skilled than you at those areas ASAP. I've come to realize that the average entrepreneur waits too long to do this!

Whenever I feel that I need a motivational or productivity input, I watch Matt's videos. Thanks for your contents, and the clips with Natalie are so cute and funny ^^

I am finding that interviews are getting easier with each one since they take practice too. I also can't schedule too many in a week and still maintain my full time job that I'm looking to leave on my terms. This was a great reminder!

Common traps we fall into? So, like watching productivity hacks instead of doing my job? Yeah, happens

"Do people still do that?? I've never had a job" I'm- 😂😂😂

Another tip I found helpful - always tidy my desk before I go to bed. If my desk is messy when I wake up, I don’t wanna start, but if it’s tidy, I’m excited to

Thank You Matt! Really helped!

''Way's we trick ourselves into feeling productive'' watching this video lol

Book recommendation for all of you struggling with your own resistance: The War of Art.

I'm coming back from 10 vacation days. I really needed to hear this! Thanks!

Let's also appreciate that there are no ads on this video other than the squarespace sponsorship. Thanks Matt

I misheard "watercooler" as 'What are cooler?" and it sounded like a much more interesting kind of talk lmao

“What’s funny?” “Nothing.” 🤨 This could actually be me and my husband!!!! 😂😂😂 And we work in separate rooms!!!! 😂😂😂

I love your videos. Your insights and ideas align with mine constantly and it makes me feel like I'm worth something. It helps a lot to minimize the feeling that I'm a useless piece of garbage.

Thanks Matt..Some useful work from home productivity tips here. I also enjoy your off-hand spontaneous humor as well.

"It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. - Tony Robbins

Did not expect that last tip, but it makes so much sense. Your content seems to keep improving wow

I loved the concept of "deep work"! Thanks, Matt!

Anyone else step away from being productive to watch this immediately?

If you wanna be productive try to drown out the noise and focus more on yourself, we get so much distracted every day by external things and we forget about the important things we should do

This was so good... Thank You Matt. Seriously.

your eye contact is always so direct it feels like im on a call with you!

Just here to know if water cooler chat is still a thing.

For most people, there is one thing that truly hinders them the most... and that is bad emotions and little control over them. It is hard to be productive when feeling down

Thanks Matt. I needed this

Thank you. This video gave me the courage to have that difficult conversation tomorrow, first thing in the morning.

"But the monkey interaction thing is still not very good" - podcast line of the year

"What's RedTube?" RIP Matt

This is fantastic!!!! So many great points that go deeper than just how to check off your to do list. Most definitely one of the better productivity videos on the web!!

I love the buffer idea. Makes so much sense

I can't imagine matt being bald just imagine you'll feel different

*Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of the fear.*

this is just what I need to hear today. thanks!

Matt, I hope you see this and it makes you feel good about yourself. Thanks for making 'productivity' / 'self help' videos because you are better at it than the billions of other channels doing the same. I'm ADHD, and being productive as a neurological different person, requires specific and different means of creativity to address. I lack sense of urgency, literally devoid of it, I'm 23 years old and now I'm only slightly better able to artificially engage myself for a future of not wanting to die with imitational urgency. Your tips especially in this video are different, and somehow you manage to help 3 million subscribers and share ideas that pertain to the handicaps suffered by ADD people. Things such as rapid task switching. Catastrophising but also enabling the build up of guilt and anxiety, and how to address whatever issues and crimes against productivity in a way that favours immediate needs that contributes towards the future, rather than guilt tripping a doomed future for this reason or that. It's why most people who impart advice for me can never truly manage to lay it down because its founded upon that sense of urgency and unfortunately a percentage of us are just attentively deficient idiots with no sense of urgency just fear and self loathing in our prison cell/bedrooms (just kidding some of us are cool). So thank you, thank you for (inadvertantly) helping the struggles of the mentally different. Cheers from the UK - 23 year old successful (so far) retail entrepreneur and hopelessly failing guilt ridden undergrad of immigrant parents :)

Rule number one: you don’t have to be still productive, you can enjoy life without working all day everyday.

If you don’t have a plan you’ll never get anything done.

it is amazing how you work through this as a couple... i only had partner who didnt understand how important work is for me and that I need space for it

With the top-down thumbnail, I could almost swear this was a reupload of an old video or something, but I'm glad it's another great new video!

Nice video!! Very engaging from beginning to end. Nevertheless, businesses and investment are the easiest way to make money irrespective of which party makes it to the oval office.

Matt, didn't you hear? We're over the whole "productivity" spell. We've realized that "productivity" is a modern "ideal" invented by capitalism, to brainwash us to base our worth on how "productive" we are - in terms of creating an infinite stream of crap, instead of being productive in enjoying our life, and spending time with friends and family. "Productivity" only leads to constant feelings of being insufficient, and then we die. But thank you for ditching the clickbait 🙏

Thanks for this Matt, very helpful 😌

I was waiting for another of these videos! love it!!

Thank you matt, really needed this post graduation. Lots of useful insight