I took am an adult with ADD and your comments resonate with me. I like Laura’s work for the most part but I personally found 168 Hours better for me than Off the Clock. I also could not implement GTD regardless of how hard I tried. My brain just couldn’t “do” all the steps. I recently found an e-book & audio by Leo Babauta called Zen to Done (ZTD). He wrote what is basically a long essay for those who found GTD to be too much. He distilled GTD and reframed it into his version he calls Zen to Done (ZTD). I’m not saying that it’s “fix” but does seem more geared towards the neurodivergent brain.

Could you please elaborate on your last point? In what way are people like Ali fake?

@@rengsn4655 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/leBogJqg3dDalKs.htmlsi=Rig2XB0WW3JMpNDp I've seen a few videos that elaborate about the methods, and then there are some which are more opinion. My initial feeling about him were proved correct over the years, but it's not just him but all KZfaqrs. KZfaqrs who make content and that's their main source of income have a vested interest in telling you what you want to hear. They find a niche, capitalize on it, build a "brand" around them and then market to unsuspecting ready audience. That's where the "courses" and collabs with other KZfaqrs make these guys millions. When you peel away what they're offering, it's really nothing. They're idea of being productive is telling you how to be productive, but they produce nothing, while you who have a job and are actively pursuing your hobbies are the real productive ones. That's why productivity cannot be learned, it's a discipline like any other. Ali was a doctor. He spent years building himself up on KZfaq in the Studytube productivity space and then one day stopped to do KZfaq full-time. To do what? To tell you how to be productive...but in the end, his audience is being sold a myth. We (they) buy their books and they pocket the money, which in that time I could have developed recipes, written songs, written a chapter in a book. We're all called to creative, but we're getting our cues from people we don't know whose lives we don't know. What do they produce? I asked that of James Clear once. He wasn't amused. Being a doctor is a vocation. That's admirable. Being a KZfaqr can be great if you're marketing your business but it's a tool, not an occupation. It's a hobby, too. I get it. I mention Tiago Forte. Same formula, but there's a lot more honesty with Tiago's approach that I like. His videos are well produced, but the courses and ridiculous interviews are nothing more than ads. And that's where we come to the "Planner community". I can never explain it to my family. I buy a planner and now all of a sudden I'm part of a community? lol I say this because this is what Planner tubers think they have to do to build their brand: buy stuff, offer affiliate codes, show off stuff, do the planner burnout videos and then "give ourselves grace". I've had the same three planers I've started the year with, so now when I go to see the same channels I love, they're just selling me things. I'm trying to get out of debt, I don't need temptation. lol

Jealous much? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@madnessofmymind Jealous of? I know this is KZfaq, but is there an argument somewhere? (usage of emojis doesn't really inspire that I'll get a response, but hey, we're all trying to keep it light, I get it.)

"Start creating art and literature and music and work your skills to make products that demonstrate your skills to financially enrich yours" - not one word in the sentence has anything to do with what I'm trying to do with my life.

Personally I found 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam more beneficial than Off the Clock.

Ali is phenomenal

Care to share some?

Oh? I read The Power of Habit when it came out and the only worthwhile part is the last chapter (or is it actually the epilogue?) The rest of it is pointless anecdotes. Are there others?

And they are called???

Hooked by Nir Eyal Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin Essential Zen Habits by Leo Babauta In 2021 BJ Fogg published Tiny Habits They all have a different feel and slightly different take on basically the same research. If like me, Atomic Habits didn’t resonate with you maybe one of these will.