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Amine Zombor

I want to ask better questions... hopefully the ones that matter most.

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The myth of productivity

Why being busy is not the same as being effective, and how to build systems that create real leverage over time.

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  • Productivity
  • Systems
  • Mindset

Productivity

The myth of productivity was around for a long time now, personally, I don't believe that following a certain lifestyle or do what books tell you to do is going to help you achieve more of your set goals and become a better you, the frustration and bad energy that we will get from not respecting those imposed rules and working by them is immense and paralyzing, avoiding and thinking out of the box on how to live your life will get you closer to their definition of a social failure, moreover, it leads to depression and to the fact of failing at our "own" set of rules.

Productivity = getting shit done for the better cause

this simple definition has a deeper meaning than what our mind is able to catch at a first sight, choosing our cause wisely and setting up the intention of making something becomes a reality from ideas swimming around in our imagination,

Chose your cause

your cause or mission in life is more and more known for you as you grow old and experience more, but how knowing your mission in life is going to help you get shit done today, this concept will lead us to defining another major and life changing idea.

The subdivision

in mathematics this concept of subdivision is defined by Euler and another famous mathematicians in numerical approximation of a theoritical functions, surfaces... in order to apply methods and find solutions for bigger ad far more complicated problems, the concept stays true and realistic for human applications, every journey start with a simple single efficient step, if you thoughts long enough about the journey and all the problems that could face you, I'm sure you won't e able to take that step if not returning to your bed and overthinking it more, you should trust your feeling and all the emotions of excitement and joy to lead you in that journey, no matter how much the task in front of you seem hard remember how you'd feel after completing it and let that feeling helps you take the first step, but you know what could make it easier for you, "learning how to walk hahaha" not that of course, but is to define your next step, make sure you know the follong about your next step, I call them the incredible 4, Where, when, what, what's next, you don't ask the why with every step along the way,