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The Tim Ferriss Show

#771: Productivity Tactics – Two Approaches I Personally Use to Reset, Get Unstuck, and Focus on the Right Things

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this short and very tactical episode, I share some of my personal methods for how to get out of a rut, re-aim yourself at big outcomes, and make progress on a daily basis, despite the self-defeating tendencies that we all have.

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0:00.0

Well, hello governor. This is Tim Ferris recording from the UK where I'm trying to blend in.

0:04.8

Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris show, where my usual job is to sit down with world-class

0:10.6

performers of all different types, to interview them and tease out

0:13.6

habits routines favorite books etc. There are 700 plus of those interviews in

0:18.6

the back catalog and we'll get back to that shortly but this time around we have a different format in this short and

0:24.9

very tactical episode I share some of my personal approaches my personal methods

0:28.5

for how to get out of a rut get unstuck re-aim yourself at big outcomes, reset and refocus, and make progress on a daily basis

0:37.1

despite the self-defeating tendencies and inner voices that we all have.

0:42.6

And that applies to everyone I've met,

0:45.4

the top of the top in any given field.

0:47.6

We all have those days.

0:49.2

The first story I tell is of a three to four week period

0:52.0

when I was beset by all sorts of personal challenges

0:55.0

and ultimately the approach that saved my sanity.

0:58.0

It does not require any heroic efforts, any differential calculus, it is beautifully simple.

1:04.8

But first, before we get to that, just a few quick words from today's sponsors who make this

1:08.8

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1:09.8

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1:11.8

I use all of these on a daily or weekly basis,

1:15.0

and given that I'm able to test everything under the sun,

1:17.8

I think that is saying something.

1:20.4

Regular listeners probably know I've been taking momentous products consistently and testing them for a long while now

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