Get The Book (Buy Back Your Time): https://bit.ly/3pCTG78 Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3W2tjp2 There’s something the insanely productive and successful people from the rest… They don’t rely on discipline or willpower to be more productive. No struggle. They make productivity automatic. But there are rules that they follow, that allow them to get shit done, even when they don't feel like it. They’re the same rules I used, to go from an unproductive ADHD mess, to an insanely productive $100m CEO. In this video I share the 8 productivity rules of the top 1%. IG: @danmartell X: @danmartell
Chapter 1: What are the eight productivity rules of the top 1%?
The truth is, successful people don't rely on discipline or willpower to be more productive. But these are the rules that they follow that allow them to get shit done even when they don't feel like it. They're the same rules I use to go from an unproductive ADHD mess to an insanely productive $100 million CEO. So without further explaining it, these are the eight productivity rules of the top 1%.
Welcome to the Martell Method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a $100 million empire and being a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. In this podcast, I'll show you exactly how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate. And make sure you don't miss anything by subscribing to my newsletter at martellmethod.com. Rule number one, design versus default.
The whole philosophy I live by is design your life over defaulting to it. See, when I got diagnosed with ADHD at 12 years old, I honestly thought there was something broken with me. And I went my whole life on medication and struggling with taking this pill that made me completely different. And then at 36 years old, I decided I didn't want to take it anymore.
The problem was is that I became so dependent on it, if I didn't take it, I couldn't get anything done. Like literally couldn't process email or do anything that looked like financials. And through a process with a friend, I reduced my dosing. I focused on my habits.
I figured out that there was a lot of stuff that I wasn't doing that if I added to my life, it would allow me to show up as me without the downside. And it wasn't easy, but it took discipline. It took designing it. And most people just live their life as almost like, that's who I am. That's how it is. And that's their default. That's not how it has to be. life that doesn't require it.
So here's a few things I do that's very different than anybody else that allows me to get more done focusing on discipline. First off, I schedule most of everything I do with other people. Why? It turns out I will do more for somebody else than I'll do for myself. If I have a commitment to go work out, if I have a commitment to a work session, when I have somebody else involved, I'll 100% show up.
If it's just me, sometimes I'll drag my feet. Sometimes I'll cancel it. Having other people to make a commitment to is a big game changer. Second part is I plan my perfect week. It's a framework I teach in my book, Buy Back Your Time. And the whole idea is to start with the big priorities. Look at the reoccurring items. Look at the meeting rhythms.
Look at your goals and ensure that the week is aligned with the goals. Because if you don't, then you're just going through the motions. You're not moving anything forward. By doing it that way, you do the work even if you're not motivated or overwhelmed. And it helps you stay focused on the things when you're motivated and not let yourself get overwhelmed. The other thing I do is batch work.
You know, essentially I look at different days of the week and I theme them to a focus on content or creation or businesses that are all similar because most people think that they can do context switching. They think that they can go from like one thing to the next thing, to the next thing, to the next thing. And it turns out you suck at it.
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Chapter 2: How can designing your life improve productivity?
And I just go all in sitting in that car, in that environment for me, where that trigger allows me to get more done. But if you really want to be insanely productive, you got to change your thinking. Before we get back to this episode, if you prefer to watch your content, then go find me on YouTube. I have this episode on YouTube. I'm Dan Martell on YouTube.
Just subscribe to the channel, turn on the notification bell, because then you'll get notified in real time. It'll tell YouTube to tell you. We've got a new episode, so you'll never miss anything. Now let's get back to the episode. Which brings us to rule number three, systematize everything. Have you ever forgotten to pack something for a trip?
And like you get to that place and it drives you nuts. Cause like the one thing you needed maybe is your swim shorts or your sunglasses. I don't know what it is, but everybody's got a thing and it's nothing's more annoying than getting to a place and not having what you expected. Would you find it weird to know that I have a system for packing my clothes?
I call it the CEO packing playbook, and I've had it for almost a decade now. The reason why is I don't wanna forget things. I want to make sure that if I go on an Ironman race, I don't wanna forget my swim cap, or if I'm going mountain biking, I can't forget my clip-on shoes, or if I go snowboarding, I need my toque. Here's a mental quote I want to offer you is to consider this.
If you find yourself doing something more than twice, create a system for it. The coolest part is system stands for save yourself time, energy, and money, because if you do it once, you don't repeat it. I'm a huge fan of checklists. Again, if you haven't read my book, I talk about it all the time, because there's three specific benefits from doing them.
Number one is you eliminate procrastination and confusion. If I have a checklist and I got something I gotta get done, I just follow the checklist. It's like, if my brain has to go and think about what I'm about to do, then I'll drag my feet, you know, like pack my clothes, get some financial processes finished. Checklists help me not procrastinate or be confused and just move forward.
Number two is it creates consistency. Back in the day, I used to have to check all my different social networks and make sure I responded to emails and make sure that I check this. And I created a checklist so that I was always consistently on top of all the inbound messages in my life. The coolest part is if you follow a checklist, also allows you to avoid having to do rework, right?
Where you do something and it didn't get done right because you missed a step and then it's got to come back to you to get done. That's called the defect. And if you want to waste your time and energy, have defects out in the world with your work that then comes back onto your plate and then you're backed up and it just keeps a cycle of like being overwhelmed.
I remember when Elon launched his first car, the Roadster, he had so many defects that had to come back into a warehouse. Everybody was freaking out because there's like hundreds of cars that they thought they had delivered to customers, but they were missing the checklist to do the delivery to make sure the car was done, and then it all had to come back for the rework.
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