Boost Your Productivity With This Simple Time Management Exercise

Spend time how you spend your money. Be ruthless. Do you always find yourself with more to do in the day than you have time for? Is your list daunting? Do the hours seem to get away from you?
In this exercise with Pro Group member Peter Lam, Chris lays out the framework for an exercise that can help you set a goal for what you want to accomplish, get a better understanding of where your time is being spent, and help you clear the time you need in your schedule to get the things you need to do done.
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[@mostlymichaela]

This mindset has made me realize I need to outsource. No need for me, or anyone, to spend time on every simple task.

[@michellesun-forbes30under38]

*The two most powerful warriors are patience and time* Make good use of my weekend by learning from this channel!! 🌟🚀💪🏻

[@thefutur]

Thank you

[@dhanushchandrabose6505]

Thanks for the recap after a few months. This makes it effective, like a teacher kicking a student in the butt and reminding him that he has forgotten what he has learnt or that he is not implementing the knowledge he acquired, in his life. Appreciate it.

[@thefutur]

time to get back on the bike.

[@awagu_stanley]

Very insightful, thank you The future & Chris.

[@sujansarkar7986]

Being busy is the biggest distraction of life..❤️❤️❤️❤️.... More I am watching more I learn about living my dream.

[@Paul_Greenwood]

I’ve been using the phrase “it’s all a trade off” since we got locked down in the UK in Jan. Homeschooling, running a business, staying healthy and feeding small people - every minute has mattered! Going to track this week to see where time exists to trade and see if there anything left. Easy to implement video guys! Grateful for your content. All the best Paul

[@T12321]

Watching x2 speed to save some time

[@pirexstudio]

true😂

[@chriskilbane7378]

Oooh this is good 😂👏

[@SeanHunterMusic]

I legit do this for a lot of videos haha

[@theDrewDag]

lmao

[@Eezbeats]

😂😂😂

[@screamingpixels9163]

Thank you for the great content! Love you!!

[@PrincessAndJuan]

Real truth Chris. I sold my TV, my PlayStation, and just about every distraction in my life. Invested all my money into filming gear, and chipping away little by little. Only way this was possible was by giving up all my distractions, and excuses.

[@travelwithgoose]

One of my favorite channels for creative entrepreneurs

[@alydiallo6063]

I have been going through a really tough time due to a client that just devour myntime and motivation. This video came at the right time to push me to make a decision. Thanks once again to thefutur

[@komimarcatsou1871]

Congrats guys. This is one of the best time management videos I've ever seen. And probably the best one in the domain of time budgetting. I started tracking my time since 2016 (5 years now) at the point that I can't do without it now.

[@HeartInChristwithCristy]

"You have to say no to many things" Its deep and important..Must be learned thoroughly. Thank you so much for this 💕✨ I hope i could find my passion to graphics and freelancing soon..I lost it along the way of pursuing my business..

[@omranashing]

Last time you did it with some amazing group of camera men. I miss 'em. I am an entrepreneur from India, Love you Chris you have genuinely impacted my life with this. ❤🔥

[@thefutur]

Thank you

[@tamochristian2397]

Thank you Chris! It’s really helpful at this point of my life.🙏🏾

[@EstieChoi]

I’ll try this out next week! Thank you again 🥺🙏🏻❤️

[@thefutur]

please report back

[@aidenstone]

Was a great video, everyone should go back and watch the full original too. Implement this to save your time!

[@user-wf4nl2yy8x]

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.” “Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished. “This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said. The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?” The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink - we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.” The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman. “I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.” The fisherman continues, “And after that?” The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.” The fisherman asks, “And after that?” The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!” The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?” by Paulo Coelho

[@Bhisma_official369]

I love the way he teaches ❤️

[@thefutur]

Appreciate it

[@thecommonsensediet8619]

"The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives." (Denis Waitley)

[@thegreatken2073]

This is a 9 minute video but felt like I learned a days worth of things.

[@freyatheicequeen]

Of course, this is helpful like your all posts. I want to start being productive these days and this video is medicine for me. Thanks a lot

[@themuralista3204]

Time is money, time is more than money as there is no cash back 👌 Let's try to be bilionaire in time !

[@komimarcatsou1871]

Indeed time is not money. Time is more that money.

[@abirahmed1292]

Thanks for this video, I really needed it. I do find value in keeping a record of how long I worked today, physically! I can see my last day's work hours and motivate myself to do more and more. Some days I work more than usual so I know why I was able to work for such long. So tracking time physically really working for me. I am planning to buy physical Moodboard/Pinboard after watching this video :)

[@XiaodanGuo]

The difficulty part is really break down to granular level, of course that is to say you have already know what you want to achieve, which is a tangible goal (this is the most difficulty part), I have challenge to make it the first step

[@JosepMotion]

Thanks.

[@tgty5519]

I knew that I already saw this video somewhere, I already heard someone saying what you said in the video... I recalled from where when you said "brand new PS4 still in the box" with the PS5 being the latest one. I heard it from you years ago, in your "How to manage your time" video... Thank you again for the lessons.

[@aaronbubba]

thank you!

[@kirsinyou]

your always very helpful chris. you deseve all the credit ;)

[@ArtStudio537]

Amazing, just found you guys. I run a creative enterprise course. I know your going to add so much value for my students and me. Thanks

[@thefutur]

Glad to hear

[@gregorybuzdyk6074]

Amazing stuff, very enlightening

[@Mitroiul]

Oh hey, that stock clip you’ve put in at 5:54 is actually a game I’ve made for the studio that does those stock footage

[@danieldey]

I love watching these summaries much more that watching a 1 hour video

[@thefutur]

This is for you then.

[@FarzanasLaw]

REALLY SPLENDID VIDEO!!!

[@MrHarvo720]

Definitely boxing up my ps4, been dealing with an existential crisis for the past year so it’s been a cope. But I’m finally out of it so time to put it away for awhile and focus

[@duvia_lk]

Thnks for your great advice💙

[@thefutur]

You are so welcome!

[@visualsbyjasper]

Totally unrelated to the video but I love Chrises style of clothing

[@myself.scheme9845]

1. Treat time as currency literally. What consentraint would do you apply to time that you do for money. 2. Being busy is biggest distraction from your living. 3. Don't die living someone else's dream. 4. Consolidate the largest amount of free time. Spend it wisely. Make it a chunk. 5. Don't major in the minor. 6. Be frugal in time. OK to say "No"

[@computron5824]

Gold

[@alreal82]

First! FUTUR thanks for making our time more valuable!

[@juansalvarredy1909]

Hi Guys, first of all, THANK YOU! You are awesome, and all the resources that Chris and the Future team create and share have amazing value. I am a super fan. Saying that I have one suggestion/ request: What do you think about making downloadable assets of Chris' whiteboards designs to try to follow this process at home? For me, as a visual person, will be way easier(and fun) to try this exercise that way. What do you think? Love, Juan.

[@thefutur]

We can make them.

[@juansalvarredy1909]

@@thefutur That would be awesome! I f you do it, I promise I made a video on my journey throw the exercise. Can wait for it. 😄

[@YogiLab]

This is us literally finding time for other things

[@felixwagnerfromamaaze]

0:36 this drawingboard has seen some sh!t

[@juliandavidac]

O_O LMFAO

[@wr5023]

KEK

[@n8bot]

Hey Chris, I'm with you on quitting video games. They are soul-sucking and productivity-destroying. I feel drained of energy after playing them -- physically and mentally. I realized that treating work as a video game is much more rewarding. For example, computer programming can be turned into a problem solving/puzzle game. Life *is* a game. Why play someone else's contrived, rigid, digital dream?

[@yunusundead4047]

hey chris, about the ikigai, i found smth i am good at and is in demand now, all i have to do is to practice and learn it (is a process of 2 months) i got 1 week into it and i love it, but before i hated it, but i had to miss out the other things i love (film making, instagram creation, photoshop edits and ui ux) for this one, i mean it will benefit ui ux part in the future, since is about the web 3.0, but i feel guilty about leaving other things behind, and also i felt in love with trading and economy subject, which i am going to have in college, but i also love this coding tech part and the creative part, and is hard to combine them all and learn them all, since i have a more or less intuitive sight on them

[@LucasDanielSantoro]

How can I find the full training? I've noticed there are jump cuts. Edit: Nevermind. I've found it. It's called "How to manage your time & get more done"

[@fickup9]

woww, you have read my mind, because indeed I prefer your video format that has been summarized, unlike before this format I was too lazy to watch 1 full session because surely a lot of time was wasted watching chit chat session. but surely thankyou so much for this.

[@rohit-gupta]

Let your son play his videogame.

[@omranashing]

Hey Rohit, guess we both love self development. Should we talk? Are you on LinkedIn or IG? I am from Pune Maharashtra 😂🤞

[@rohit-gupta]

@@omranashing Nah. I’m on youtube only. Other social media I’m strictly off hook.

[@bespokebackdropsbranding1942]

I spot a post-it with Lady Time haha. The mind boggles.

[@Digagz390]

I quit video games and in a way my life is changing greatly,almost 4 months without playing and now after listening to this I find a greater reason not to go back to it.

[@alicea9823]

I miss the longer episodes... with all the process

[@thefutur]

We will be back with some fresh whiteboards.

[@hanzstudio4485]

I have a request for ChrisDo could your team make video about NFT art blockchain. I've been seen some crazy stuff going on with blockchain art. It would be cool if you guys can talk about it and what benefits it could bring to the creator

[@snehanshubindal5897]

What if you don't know about a project that might come in between ( coz I am a student and projects are flying ) and you have a deadline for both of them.

[@thefutur]

Budget for it.

[@Benjaminrace89]

I could be mistaken. But this guy said he wants to work in video games. That's part of staying current. That's like telling Chris to stop reading. It's not like he is going to write a novel. Kinda unfair to edit out that context.

[@thefutur]

Some things are lost in editing.

[@mguerra79]

This is not from now... I've seen the long, original, video, back then... Thanks for this «chunk sized bytes»... P.s.- Is it me, or, perhaps due to the virus, your content is a bit slow at the moment, here on KZbin? Or have you moved already to ClubHouse? If they don't come to Android, for me, at least, will be nearly impossible to keep up with you guys there... Stay safe!

[@harshitasareen]

They made an informed decision of uploading videos every Tue & Thurs (I think) instead of uploading every day. This was because the general consensus of the viewers/audience was that The Futur was putting out so much content every week that made it both, difficult and daunting to catch up on the content.

[@mguerra79]

@@harshitasareen Thank you. I was, in fact, overwhelmed and couldn't keep up!

[@harshitasareen]

@@mguerra79 You’re most welcome! It’s actually a welcome change for me too, I felt the same way. 😇

[@mguerra79]

@@harshitasareen Yes, but they're producing content for ClubHouse. I'm not an iPhone/iProducts owner, so no CH for me... I've suggested Chris Do on LinkedIn, if not mistaken, or even here on YT, to record and bring those CH sessions to YT... Many of us wont go there, simply because we're not iOS users...

[@harshitasareen]

@@mguerra79 If you catch the videos the Futur puts out, the podcast and Chris’s IG, you will be familiar with most ideas and concepts. There’s a lot of exploring CH and revisions of the concepts happening. Worry not, though, for everything else they are recording the sessions and I’m sure they will share the meat with us😁

[@kingcookie9485]

Is this a reupload?

[@thefutur]

It’s an edit.

[@kingcookie9485]

@@thefutur I see

[@Pewdieguey]

Saturday bro

[@thefutur]

ABL. always be learning.

[@Pewdieguey]

@@thefutur 🦷

[@StreetWolf1986]

Time is money: We wasting money so we wasting time

[@abirahmed1292]

Send me that Playstation, I know how to use it 😉

[@SebastianPappG]

Where is the money???

[@thefutur]

In your time

[@SebastianPappG]

@@thefutur I don't get it.

[@MashaChetyre4]

This gives me anxiety