Today I’m starting the do habit here on freestyle mind. Continuing my journey following the ZenToDone program, the do habit is naturally placed between the plan habit and the simple trusted system habit.
In the previous months, when I first started following this program, I had no idea how I would do a do habit because I thought that I was already doing something every time. But thanks to the experience and knowledge I have acquired with the previous habits, I now understand that the do habit is a lot of work, and there’s a lot of room for improvement.
The nice thing is that starting from today, I’m going to track exactly what I’ll do, and I’m going to create a detailed report at the end of the challenge. I’m going to do this for every challenge from now on, because I think it’s the best way to share my results and provide benefits to you.
How will I measure my progress? Thanks to the pomodoro technique, it’ll be easy for me to keep track of how much I do during the day. Every pomodoro means I’ve been working a full 25 minutes in one specific task.
This does not mean I’ll do 100 things in a day. If there’s something I learnt during the planning habit, is to prioritize tasks. I have a list of everything I need to do, and I start with the one that would provide the biggest impact.
The nice thing about this method is that it doesn’t kill procrastination at all. In fact I often end my day having done only important tasks, and not low value activities, it’s a nice compromise in my opinion.
I’m super excited at the idea of doing this challenge and I can’t wait to share my results with you.
Posted on November 03 2009
The Do Habit. Sounds simple indeed, but I know that it’s not quite as easy as it sounds. I’ve tried something similar, although I had a different name for it – one I made up myself. In any case, glad you decided to track your progress and sharing it with your readers. I for one, like reading progress reports.
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Hey Oscar,
Tracking what we had done over the day is a good way for us to know whether we are directing our energy in the right direction. Whenever I feel that I am not as productive as before, I will write in my journal on all the things I did for the day. I will then apply the 80/20 principle rule to find out where should I channel my energy to get the greatest return using minimal effort. I will look forward to your update. :)
Cheers,
Vincent
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Great method Vincent and thanks for your comment. Now I’m taking a small break and then back to work :D
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Good luck! Although luck has little to do with it in my perspective :) So you have the plan, you have the method and you have the do-ing. Add the ability to adapt the process to the results and I think you have a recipe for success.
Eduard
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Hey Oscar, I love coming here and seeing all the transparency you write with about your goals, your habits, and the new things you try and how well they do or don’t work for you. I haven’t downloaded Leo’s ebook but I’ve been thinking I want to check it out. Needless to say, I learn a lot every time I come here, and find what you write really genuine and inspiring. Keep ’em coming!
Miche :)
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I do love all tools and tips related to boost productivity. Right now I’m working on the pomodoro technique :).
I look forward to seeing your results.
Regrads.
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Awesome, man. This is really parallel to the post I wrote yesterday, Everything Points to One Thing: Action (not to plug myself or anything; just the themes are identical).
Just taking action is huge – you’ll get more productive in no time, man, and you’ll absolutely obliterate your goals.
Godspeed, my friend.
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This is awesome. The best way to do things is to put it on a list and do it because we can’t focus on everything we haven’t do or we would go crazy.
Best ways to break fears is to face the fear by slowly training your brain to do whatever the fear is.
Good post
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Oscar, there is hardly a person out there with more enthusiasm for self growth than you. Your enthusiasm for betterment truly inspires!!!!!!
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Hi Oscar, first time here. I’m intrigued and frankly, don’t get why it’s supposed to be hard. But then again I haven’t read Zen to Done. I’m looking forward to your report.
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Look forward to reading the results Oscar.
The pomodoro technique really can help keep things tightly focused, mine are usually done on an hourly to 2 hourly basis.. more of a spaghetti than just a tomato ;)
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Hi, Oscar. Nice to read your post. Could you specify what habits you’re talking about? And keep me posted, I’d really love to see how you make progress each day _
And thanks a million anyway for visiting my unpopular 2-month-old blog, wonder how u could land on it. It’s not listed on frontmost google page result, I’m sure. My PR is even on the lowest level, a.k.a. 0. But once again thanks, it means a lot. Hope we can befriend in the future.
One more thing, it’s always awesome to read a piece of writing made by a young man with a great and distinct way of thinking. For people at your age, in my humble opinion, talking about personal development sounds too early. But I admire those who do. Love your blog, pal!
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Hey Oscar.
This is good to hear. It’s simply and to-the-point. It’s hard to beat doing a challenge and then reporting its results. I don’t think I’ve ever done that without getting improvement out of it.
I look forward to the results. The Pomodoro technique is a cool one.
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Hi Oscar, I was just thinking today of starting doing something very similar. I’ll take finding your blog post as a good sign that I am on the right track:) Look forward to your results.
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Tracking and publishing should help you a lot! Just don’t overlook dedicating some time to thought and inspiration.
And tell us the DVDs you’ll be watching and talking back to. Some detail as to what you say to the screen should be interesting :)
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Action is the best plan. I’m pretty sure that after you get used to this habit, you will be able to get more done. This article is motivating Oscar. Thanks for sharing.
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Looking forward to your progress Oscar. This should be very educational for all of us.
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Thats great! Let me give it a shot :)
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