“You’ll watch an entire Netflix series even when the first episodes are slow just because someone told you that “it gets better” but what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?”

For the last year I have been paying my 15 year old daughter to enter my sales notes into my Notion CRM, detail my work car once a week, and organize the art bench. Best $50 I ever spent.

Notion has become the Instagram of productivity.

this was so great - the any benefit vs net benefit thing is game-changing

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

Matt D’Avella is proud of the biceps task. 2 mins might not be enough but definitely important + urgent

This is the only KZfaq Channel that makes me want to sit right in my chair

Love the reverse decision making tree that starts with “does this need to be done?” A lot of times I find myself starting with the assumption I need to do something and only once I’m into doing or delegating it do I realize I should never have started it. It should have been deleted. Great vid👍

I find myself going through periods of Crunch and periods of nothing to do. It might be due to my past experiences in restaurants where you have luls between the rushes.

After watching this video I now really want that Thomas gets a 6-figure book deal.

Be careful when choosing to automate. The setup costs of automation are often greater than their benefit, especially if what you're automating away doesn't occur too often or doesn't take too long.

Anything that has more than one step is not an action, it's a project. And you can't 'do' a project, but if you're clear on the next action, then that's what you focus on. This is the factor that differentiates a good to-do list and a bad one. Have a great day!

Perfection of the entire video is on another level proving how organized is Thomas Frank....

Productivity techniques : 1. Pomodoro 2. 80/20 rule 3. GTD 4. Focus time 5. Priority matrix 6. Ivy lee method Try new thing and enjoy 😊 I Hope you have a great day 💙 STAY HEALTHY and HAPPY

You have no idea how much I needed this man, I am literally 5 days behind schedule right now. Thank you so much

'because, as always, I am not your ddadd.'

Did anyone else hit, "watch later," on this before getting a crippling dose of self awareness?

Hey Thomas, You got this clear explanation style and summary at the start which I like the most. Thank you for these videos. Keep them coming.

I am slowly building my own productivity pattern while incorporating your ideas along with Matty. Thank you so much to you, guys. You're the best!

Too Much Great Stuff. Thomas' genius shows through. THAT is a compliment from someone who is like you.

Excellent video Thomas. Thank you.

It's not just me who waits till the very end of the video to hear "I am not your dad." right. Asking for a friend.

Thomas you are an INSPIRATION!!! I lost my job right before the pandemic. Since then, I’ve started a KZfaq Channel on Personal Development…and it is GROWING! Thanks for all of your great content, and to everyone else…NEVER GIVE UP!!!

This definitely helped shift my mindset towards all the little tasks I add to my list that “would somehow help my business make more money” but fall into the “any benefit” category. Never thought of applying Cal’s approach to social media to tasks like that. Great video.

Man I love the humor of your videos and the little easter eggs.

Fantastic series of tips for how to manage productivity, presented in an engaging manner. Great video and even better advice!

I've adapted a variation on this for my own TTD list; it's not quite the same, but close. And it's already made a difference. Took me a week to start setting it up; after that, I've (re)started on three long-dormant tasks that I've had tucked away for a while - one of them for well over a year. Thanks!

Thomas: "I can't tell you what to do because, as always, I'm not your dad." Me: "But you just gave me a DDADD acronym telling me what to do"

Great video as usual Thomas!

Great video! I really appreciate all of the extra resources you share in your videos, such as books you’ve read and other methods like the Eisenhower Matrix. I also enjoyed the jokes and the Toy Story reference. 😂

very nice production! Interesting and solves a problem(s) and concrete solutions that can be applied immediatley.

"6 fIgUrE bOoK dEaLs" I'll have that stucked in my head for the rest of the day 😂😂😂 P.S. Also on the importance of automatisation, sir please do a video all dedicated to it. Your example on the editing template was so ingenious I don't doubt you have other automatised processes down your sleeve so if we could see more about it with examples it could be of so much help.

I think this is the best one in a while. Great one TF 👍

Amazing video thank you!!

Hey Thomas! I’ve been following you for the last 5 years since you started. The audio with the videos filmed at your desk are very clear. Would you be able to do a video on what audio you use? Or I would be so happy to hear from either you or someone on your team. Thank you for the incredible work you do to share your knowledge. Cheers! 😊

Great tips, thank you

This was so great - so many useful tips and techniques! Will apply this into my life...

Thank you SO MUCH!

Thank you Thomas!

I feel like these types of to-do lists are manageable for personal life. At work, where I manage products and have several projects going, I go through a whole different flow. I spend 30 min on Monday setting goals and tasks for the week to achieve my quarterly goals and ultimately yearly goals. I prioritize what must get done this week and then log any new action items from meetings/ requests. Every morning I look through and quickly reprioritize the day if something urgent came up the day before. This has been working for me for years.

Thanks, Thomas. I’m headed off to set up my Inbox right now! Great idea!

Awesome, thank you.

Thanks for the video, this help me

Would you consider doing a whole video on automation? Someone below suggested it, too. Idk if this makes sense, but I understand the surface level concept of automation based on what you said in this video, and I've learned about some specific stuff like templates and Notion integrations from your other videos. However, I'm having a hard time connecting my conceptual understanding of automation to my practical understanding of it. This is especially true when it comes to figuring out what to automate and if certain tasks actually aren't worth it due to the time and energy required. Plus, it seems like the 4 Ds you described in this video can apply to either one-time tasks or recurring tasks, while automation can only apply to recurring tasks. That made it a bit of a challenge, for me, to see how it fits into something like processing your to-do list on a weekly basis.

*"Pain of regret is so much worse than pain of discipline."*

hey man jsut recently found your videos when reaserching stuff on note taking and apps like notion. love your content especially as a uni student, such great video production and videos look great. great channel keep it up

I paused a moment at '6 figure book deal' and lived the moment for 3 secs.

I love, love, love your DDADD jokes!!! Keep them coming!!!

Such a valuable framework. As someone with invisible disability and therefore less useable hours each day than someone able-bodied, this type of decision making and task management workflow, along with understanding the true value of my time, is SO IMPORTANT. Thanks for another great video. :)

super helpful DDADD method works! Thank you!

Thanks. It's amazing

Happened to stumble across this video while reading David Allen's Getting Things Done and to see the book mentioned. Now I'm anxious to complete it

thank you!

Hey Thomas, great work! Really liked the video! A non-joke commentary, for a change. One addition I would do to the flow chart, that is specifically important for code development, is the cost of automation. I know you already have repeatable tasks in mind, but I really think adding something like "Is this task recurrent enough to automate?" would be neat! Hope you get your 6-digit book deal!

Good.. Thanks for subtitle 👍👍

Love this guys. long time follower & also i have an appreciation for the corny puns and dad jokes. Don't sensor those!! As an adhder; they seriously impact my ability to actually finish the entire video without starting and stopping it 5times so in the end I just break up my attention so much that I never actually do things. It's a hilarious catch 22 and this video is worth watching to understand why!! Also would love to hear if there's any insight on how to take all these cool dreamy ideas and actually follow through with a brain like mine. I often try to implement these approaches and end up giving up because it doesn't work fast enough and i'm on to consuming another topic. anyways watch this guy!

I really like that question line, it makes much more sense to me than the eisenhower method it self.

Thank you, I just plugged the workflow into my ToDoist list. Going to start just with work todos for now, but I really hope this method sticks for me. After going through so many and failing, I'm optimistic, but also maybe a bit worried about my delay section getting infinitely long. We will see what happens!

This video title is what I need right now!

Dude, the jokes and humour in this vid were off the charts haha

Hello, Sir can you make a playlist of video defining how to go from zero to a good level, like from having bad habits, being unproductive, unhealthy, etc. to a healthy, productive person. Hope you will reply.

Your videos are good. I have got a solution to deal with my resistance related to some tasks. A suggestion, please reduce the speed little bit for non native English viewers

Thanks

I just read a list of “100 Things To Do Before You Die”... I was quite surprised that “Yell for help” wasn’t one of them.

this video couldn't have come out at a better time

I love all the fun stuff you added throughout the video! I feel like your videos were starting to lack that personality. Bring back Llama transitions!

this is a good video!

The video was pretty punchy and high energy.. dense but not overwhelming.. I like it.. Good job, friend.

Game changer!

"no bathroom breaks" *Don't SCARE me like that, Frank!*

I love your humour ❤️😋

dont know how but this man exactly knows what i need

Thanks for sharing. Love the DDADD acronym. I hope you get your Six-Figure Book deal!

Now I'm even more overwhelmed

Ohhh that’s what I’m missing The specific time to process my inbox I should do that Also i need to use templates more Other learnings: think about things to do that have net benefit instead of just any small benefit If it doesn’t have enough benefit, think about alternatives you could be doing instead Edit: I feel like sometimes we get stuck in thinking we could be doing something very important instead of a small errand but doing the small errand is necessary and better than doing nothing

Do: İf it is urgent and important or ould take around 2 minutes (or quickly) Delay: Have a inbox section in your todolist and process it in weekly basis Automate: Have dublicate-able templates or use tool like "zapier", "IFTTT, "Integromat" Deleagate: İf a work gives you more your gain per hour delagate it Delete: If it doesnt need to be done hen delete it Does it need to be done .... no --> delete yes --> do I need todo it myself ... no--> delegate yes --> can it be automated ... yes--> automate no --> DO

Decision fatigue! Automate helped me get taxes done easily :)

The thing I need to learn the most right now is to delete, thank you for the insights Tom! Great video!

Best way to manage to-do list. Step one: do it

We just have to accept we are only going to complete a few of them, so they need to be the more important ones. When I was a music student I spent a lot of time in the music library (yes, real books and LP recordings, 1970). I would walk thru the aisles of books ("stacks"), entire sections of just the works of Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, and so on. They had no access to what we call technology. Just paper, pen, and a small keyboard instrument, or just their mind to imagine the sounds. They outperformed anyone living today, yet we have technology. Tchaikovsky is a good example of creativity. When he was a boy his governess (he was from aristocratic background) taught him the discipline of scheduling his day, and keeping to it without exception. So, as he grew up he would compose for a set number of hours each day, take lunch, dinner, and after dinner entertainment with friends. When he completed his Sleeping Beauty ballet he said: "My arms have raised a mountain", referring the months of work sitting at his piano and writing down the notes on its music stand. Without his commitment to discipline it would not have happened.

*"Everything in life is easier when you don't concern yourself with what other people are doing."* The chances of you seeing this comment is pretty low, but if you did, *I hope you have an amazing day.* 🖤

This video just got when I was overwhelmed by tons of to do's right now. YT, are you reading my mind? 🤔 Edit: I love the Matt reference here 2:26 😆

Thank you! I found urgency/importance not great as a metric for planning. I use focus and discipline instead. Tasks that require a high level of focus or/and discipline take priority. For example, I may have 3-5 tasks with a comparable level of urgency, but I will work on them in an order that takes into account that my ability to focus (and exercise discipline) is limited.

This is the funniest video so far. Good job, Thomas! And to Derek... Could you send me the fanfic for research purposes...? Thanks

Even though I already know about this idea, you just give it new life and this is why I’m subbed to you 😩 Also I love your edits!

lets get thomas his SIX FIGURE BOOK DEAL

Thanks for the video! Great, as always. And very close to my personal beliefs. My only concern, which is more about GTD itself rather than the video, is that if you follow GTD idea accurately, you end up being a person who does under-two-minute tasks the whole day. So the very first question I ask myself is 'Will it ever pop up again or has it already?'. If so, I delay for the sake of automation 🙃

As a software engineer we are always finding ways to automate and use the 80/20 rule lol

Watching thomas' videos is like answering the problems u never encountered or thought of

Me: can’t write the first sentence Frank: “6 figure book deal”

Yes

Pls make a vedio on to do in notion

What's the app at the 2:24 mark, where you note how long you think this will take? Thanks all, and thanks Thomas for this video. Not sure how I discovered you, but after a couple videos, I'm in!

I want to say u inspire me and I want to buy any books 📚 u have written

Woah. Thank you thankyou thankyou for this video!

You can try Isenhower's priority matrix app.

Hi! So, does anyone know if the book that we sign up for in the CIG website is digital? I have this doubt...

Hey, really cool concept. Is there anywhere I can get that chart from?

(•_•) 6 FIGURE BOOOOOOOK DEAAAAAALS ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)

I thought "I already know all the good ways to manage my to-do list" and almost skipped. Glad I didn't. Lots of details in this, and especially AUTOMATE will make this time worth it.