How I became a productivity machine

This video goes through some tips I use to manage my time more productively.
Sid asked me the other day how I manage to get so many things done. In this video, I share some of the principles and techniques I use to manage my time and decide on what to work on.
The blog post version of this video (you can bookmark this) - www.mrdbourke.com/how-i-becam...
Future Self Authoring Program - www.selfauthoring.com/future-...
My AI Masters Degree (blog post) - dbourke.link/aimastersdegree
My AI Masters Degree (Trello board) - trello.com/b/tyHAvpcY
Sample Trello Board - trello.com/b/1bDfruwJ
Timestamps
3:15 - How this video is broken down (long, mid, short-term)
4:20 - Future self-authoring program
5:55 - My ideal future self (how I plan for the long-term)
9:40 - How I plan for the short & mid-term
11:15 - The commonalities between my long-term goals (learning to create and creating to learn)
13:05 - Example of a mid-term goal
15:10 - Breaking the mid-term into short-term
17:34 - My daily plan
22:38 - My weekly plan
25:50 - The Trello board I use to plan my longer-term projects
33:00 - Demo Trello board
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[@wahbibaklouti1942]

18:36 line 20: "impatient with actions, patient with results" very deep i like it

[@flamelsphoenix145]

It is so valuable "bias towards action" I have never come across before I have known my priorities but always lost in sideways.. that knowledge can save at least my 2-3 years but probably learning that will save so much for later.Thank you so much for choosing to share.

[@yufan9667]

And proud of the progress you've made, keep going Daniel!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Yu!

[@jackarnold571]

Great video as always. Glad to see your sub count rising faster and faster, well deserved!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Jack! I’ve appreciated your support from the very start!

[@sohommukherjee7920]

Truly inspirational... thanks and keep up the great work!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Sohom! Keep getting after it

[@tejasmandre666]

Hey man ! Once again a very very cool video. Stuff like this really helps😀. Keep making more of these.

[@mrdbourke]

Hey Tejas! Thank you for the compliment. Plenty more to come!

[@1harru]

This is something I needed the most..!!!!!

[@sudhanshuchadha]

Constantly inspiring, keep making these videos.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Sudhanshu!

[@rebelScience]

6:15 - "I wanted to have good relationships".... Whyyy... Whyy ??? Noooo ho hooo... :)))) Funny. Awesome Vid as always !

[@Stinow]

This :'D

[@ruibao5651]

if you do not have a good relationships with your boss,you will be fired??

[@emmanueljoseph1470]

Great content. Very instructive and informative.

[@GrowthMindsetProductions]

Content is always *superb* ! All I can say is keep it coming =)

[@tigana]

Underrated channel

[@vinigunner94]

Legendary as always

[@mrdbourke]

[@abhigyanraman]

This video is all about what I aspire to be!!...You are truly inspirational bro!!. Pinning this page to return every year and reflect on myself!!..

[@mrdbourke]

All the best Abhigyan! Get after it legend

[@abhigyanraman]

Daniel Bourke Thanks a lot!!.. I just purchased your complete machine learning and data science ZTM course! Hope to learn a lot from there, not just content but your teaching style too!!..🤩

[@philip-niron]

Thank you man

[@hakuna_matata4114]

I am a student in a Master degree in ML for data science and I'm learning a lot thanks to you and your vids make me want to improve myself! keep it up!

[@mrdbourke]

Keep getting after it Taha!

[@Victorinoeng]

Great stuff, Daniel! Interesting to see that I actually have a very similar workflow in place. I personally moved from Trello to Asana (also free) which I feel provides some neat extra features (like a "card" from a Checklist) and linking tasks between multiple projects (boards). I have copied your AI Master's and adjusted to my goals: very useful! Once again, thanks for creating such good content and sharing it with others!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Marcello! I really appreciate it! I haven’t tried Asana yet, I’ve used it on a collaborative project but not personally. Keep getting after it brother!

[@rajashekar6134]

Hey Dan! I am the one there from your 300 subscribers list. I personally love your videos and always get motivated for rest of my day. I just want to know that are you going to make any video on how does a hard skinny guy can gain weight. BTW good luck for your future and ever growing channel. Love from INDIA!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you very much Raja! I really appreciate the support! Great idea. Looking to make more videos on health and fitness in the future!

[@Amitsa299]

my week goes productive after watching your video.

[@mrdbourke]

Glad to hear Amit!

[@silence_af]

Thanks man, that was useful

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed Oleg!

[@aravindvenugopal]

That's an amazing combo. I also read the blog. It's super amazing. I've set my goals and has started. It's really helpful. Thank you for sharing this. @Daniel Bourke 😃

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Aravind! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Keep getting after it brother.

[@user-qy9ys7ux6v]

I hope you achieved your goals by now (:

[@HectorHernandez-ws3el]

Great video!

[@mrdbourke]

thank you hector!

[@BiancaAguglia]

33:15 "There are only 85 days left in this decade." 😊I hadn't thought of it that way. Liked your tips about: 1. not being afraid to try many things, 2. having a good relationship with yourself, 3. aiming for progress not perfection. These videos where you "just riff" are indeed longer but they also feel more personal. I enjoy them. 🙂

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Bianca! I hadn’t thought of the decade like that either until I heard someone say it the other day, and I thought it was a good idea so I pinched it. Glad you enjoyed!

[@MananGouhari]

I WAS DESPERATELY WAITING FOR YOU VIDEO! Question - Are you from Australia? If yes, which city?

[@mrdbourke]

I am from Australia, yes! I live in Brisbane.

[@sahibsingh1563]

Hey Daniel I always look at your And guess what I always get motivated to learn more

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Sahib! Glad to hear :)

[@suvijackee4758]

@@mrdbourke I am scared by thumbnail 😱

[@blitzer658]

Great video Daniel ! I admire your discipline! One question though, how do you balance projects and courses? I find that if I passively sit through a course I don't gain much of it whereas if I make a project I'm forced to stretch my abilities and actually apply my knowledge. Do you find that courses are more effective than projects or vice versa?

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Blitzer! I use courses for foundation knowledge then projects of my own for specific knowledge. Specific knowledge is that which can’t be taught. It only happens through trial and error (trying out the things you’ve learned).

[@blitzer658]

@@mrdbourke Thanks for the tip, but how do you go about setting the ratio of projects and courses?

[@chaithanyakumara5828]

This was Really a Good Video Daniel , I Got to know You through Twitter. Can You make a Video On what Books do you Read....?

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Chaithanya. Great idea, I read lots of books. Any subjects you'd like to see?

[@sid-rs]

U Keep it real Dan! :) That's why it's connecting to us like Nokia and Noah (Dark) ;}

[@FI-BB]

Hi Daniel, thanks for all your videos, it help me a lot to start ML. I am wondering which machine (pc) should I buy? macbook or pc or use online sources to train the models (aws, google, ...). If you can made a video that describe all the tools that you use, ipad, desk, keyboard ... thanks

[@mrdbourke]

I use a MacBook Pro for everything I can except larger scale compute (more data than my computer can handle). For larger scale things, I use the cloud. But the computer you can afford. Anything with an SSD drive as well as 8+ GB of RAM will be great.

[@ankitshaw2011]

Another great video.. Since I'm following your channel from quite a while now. I had a question, well i have seen u go outside in the morning for manything like cycling exersice and that's ur daily habbit but the problem is weather is not suitable for 365/366 days. What u do when u don't hv rhe option to go out in the mornings?.. #great videos.keep it up #love from INDIA

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Ankit! If I can’t go outside in the morning (very rare), I usually do yoga or some light stretching in my room/lounge room. I love beginning the day with movement.

[@BiancaAguglia]

There's a saying among people who spend a lot of time outdoors: "there's no bad weather, there's just bad clothing." 😁In other words, as long as you dress appropriately, you can be outdoors anytime (except for the occasional hurricane, tornado, or other extreme weather event.) I ride my bike year-round despite the fact that I live in an area with long winters and heavy snow. It's not always pleasant, but it's doable. If the snow is so bad that I really can't ride, I run. Running is always possible. 😁

[@TheRelul]

very interesting to hear about JBP's program. Did you also read his book? Just saw he released a new one.

[@mrdbourke]

I saw his new book! Coming soon in March 2021

[@sudeepnellur]

Daniel can you make video on macOS (macbook) for machine learning because few people suggests Linux over macOS and few on macOS.! Loving ur videos, keeping making those ♥️

[@mrdbourke]

I prefer macOS because it’s what I’m used to. I’ve never used Linux so I’m not sure of the pros/cons. Laptop or OS doesn’t matter as much as in the end the ML code you write will be similar regardless of platform.

[@sudeepnellur]

@@mrdbourke thank you ♥️

[@Scorpiotide]

Hi Daniel, I've been trying out Trello to manage my tasks and interests in life and so far I'm liking it! I do have a problem that I'd like to ask: the opaque/transparency effect on some of your cards, are they due to a power-up? Is it card-aging? I noticed that you also have the calendar power-up enabled. Does your free account allow more than one power-ups? I only registered recently, and it seems the system only allows me to have one power-up per board, which kinda sucks. I think the transparency effect on cards is very helpful for hiding finished tasks.

[@mrdbourke]

Hey there! I think I have an old legacy version which allowed me to use multiple different power-ups. I think the maximum now is 1 before it becomes paid.

[@Scorpiotide]

@@mrdbourke Thanks for the reply! I think that's probably the case.

[@sb1479]

Hey Dan ! You were talking about the things you can control and the things you can't . Do you read a lot about stoicism ?

[@mrdbourke]

Hey Shreyas! Yeah I have read a lot of Stoicism. Their way of thinking has influenced a lot of my own.

[@MasterCivv]

what about having more or less the same video but for notion?

[@redsnow123456]

Hey Daniel, I participated in kaggles houses prices comp. I submitted my work few times and finally I am at the top 50% (hopefully still till today as participants are increasing). Is there any source or people online who could help me and check my work and advice me on how to work it more properly next time ? I can pay for it. But as a newbie, I can't find a nearby mentor to check it and advice me.

[@srinivaskari]

Hey Daniel, how are ML and AI different?

[@russ_fx]

Bit irrelevant to this video Daniel. Currently trying to build my machine learning knowledge and skills. I have done a python course on udemy which was basic data science. My next steps are 3 Coursera courses: 1. Machine learning - Andrew Ng (to solidify the math behind the techniques) 2. deeplearning.ai 3. Application Data Science Specialization What are your opinions on this course selection and order? 😊 (Side note: I have learned the maths behind before in a machine learning module in uni, but as usual with college there was lots of other material to focus on and I never really took the time to understand)

[@mrdbourke]

I’d maybe swap 2 & 3, but you don’t have to do all of 3, only the first couple in the series, then go onto deeplearning.ai

[@russ_fx]

@@mrdbourke yeah I wasn't sure what the order should be for that. I just found out there's a machine learning for finance Specialization, which I might add on to the end of that list, as it's the area I really want to apply ML and AI too. Planning to put any projects in these courses on my GitHub, and make blog posts on my GitHub pages of short reports on each project and how they work. So I have material to describe and talk about for interviews when I move to Canada in a few months 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@grassfrens]

When you started, how did you get used to Trello and everything? I think you got used by just using it. How did you stick doing that? Sometimes I just forget that I have to, in the phase before getting the habit I mean

[@mrdbourke]

Because I was creating my own path, Trello was like my source of truth. I had a few different things going on so I needed somewhere to remember it all for me visually. And you’re right, after a while it became habit. I check it every week or so now to make sure I’m tracking well with the projects I’m on

[@mikemihay]

Would you recommend Notion over Trello? I noticed your TF Certification plan in Notion , that is why I am asking

[@mrdbourke]

Trello is better for pure Kanban boards with multi-layer projects, Notion has the benefit of everything being in one document (Kanban and notes).

[@mikemihay]

@@mrdbourke Thank you!

[@kunalrana719]

Sir can u tell us what to do n from where to start after completing python. Please share each every thing for becoming machine learning from basic. If u have made videos on it please post the link of those videos in next video thank you

[@mrdbourke]

Try this article Lord! www.mrdbourke.com/5-beginner-friendly-steps-to-learn-machine-learning/

[@namazbekbekarysuly9112]

Please could you tell what keyboard you use.

[@mrdbourke]

Logitech K811

[@monour2840]

Great Video, And By the way A video about how you make money online would be great.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you MO! In the meantime, check this article: www.mrdbourke.com/10k/ (breaks down how I make money online)

[@petevenuti7355]

6:15 in background?

[@kartiknighania8588]

1st one :p

[@mrdbourke]

BOOM!

[@DevaraZain]

Siraj Raval is on the list ma friend, yes man, he is the father hahaha before exposed

[@yellow6100]

My condolences for becoming a machine.

[@segundagunduro2090]

Y

[@_ma7dev]

You should give Notion a try. Notion is a more flexable Trello like board. You can format any data any way you want it. I highly recommend you to watch Thomas Frank's video on Notion and how he used it to structure his videos (kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2q2Znxppbytb5Y)

[@mrdbourke]

I love Notion! I’m using it for some of my other projects. Thank you for the recommendation

[@shoaibahmad3325]

Why is your eye red in the thumbnail? I was worried

[@mrdbourke]

Terminator reference from my friend hahaha

[@ShaikAsad]

First

[@mrdbourke]

My brother!

[@yufan9667]

watch youtube, not on the list, but still do it.... ahhaha

[@mrdbourke]

Me too haha

[@leizhang2833]

I wanna do it like u, but I also think it will make me like a robot, one hand, I want to my daily life be more productive, the other hand, I still can not follow my plan well, this made me frustrated.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re right, it does get robotic from day to day if all you’re doing is following a list. The trick is to add in randomness every now and then. Drop off the routine, try something different, see what sticks. Routines = efficiency but not necessarily effectiveness.

[@leizhang2833]

Daniel Bourke So happy that u can reply, almost beyond my expectation. Keep watching, hahah 谢谢🙏

[@leizhang2833]

Daniel Bourke also, I got your idea, efficiency not means effectiveness. It dawned on me.

[@geeklife6539]

you look like holly gabrielle

[@soumyadrip]

In the thumbnail you are looking like an one eyed ghoul. (Remember tokyo ghoul)

[@kumarvishalben]

Am i the only one who noticed your RED EYE in the thumbnail.

[@shiki2540]

Probably not

[@mrdbourke]

Nice pick up! Can you guess the reference?

[@charlesmachakwa5031]

@@mrdbourke Red eye Productivity Beast?

[@divertechnology]

seems like an ads of trello

[@mrdbourke]

Trello is free, Notion could also be used for a similar setup

[@sapansharma4002]

By not watching this 36 minutes video

[@mrdbourke]

You’re right! Choosing what you consume is a big part of productivity.

[@GreaterJan]

Step 1: Not watching 35 minute long KZbin videos? 😅

[@mrdbourke]

Correct! But if a resource helps you set up for the future, it might be worth investing

[@ahmadridwan8763]

Not on the list, don't do it..,