Tynan shares his thoughts on solving non existent problems.
Episode 1317: Solving Non Existent Problems by Tynan on Doing More Deep & Focused Work & Productivity
Tynan was named as one of the top 25 best bloggers in 2013 by Time Magazine. He believes in making deliberate decisions and breaking away from the herd mentality. He likes learning new things, building habits, exposing the world, connecting with awesome people, and creating good work. The New York Times Bestseller “The Game” featured him as one of the main characters, as he was one of the most famous pickup artists in the world. In 2008, he sold everything he owned and went on an extended world trip, becoming a fervent minimalist.
Fun facts: he’s a college dropout, was a professional poker player, Courtney Love was his roommate for 9 months, and he once built a swimming pool in his living room.
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we're back up system, are put a sixteen gigabyte sd card into my laptop and then have it automatically back up my projects and photos. In the background, then, all also
But it's a back up certain things to the internet and even more to my external hard drive a week ago, I had another good idea. Apparently the bugs have been ironed out and
MAC O S can now be installed. On my laptop perfect, my love Makko
SL. I don't have any particular affinity for windows a couple months ago,
Oh, I was in my army and had a big thought. The square footage is so small in here
I can install marble floors for next to nothing how fun with it.
A bit of a tiny Harvey with a marble floors and while I'm at it, I should put some
He lighting in his way more efficient than
and lighting in the end
I never did any of these things and I chose not
for the same reason each of these
the solution to a problem, I dont have a back up my data. Everything important is on
back up hard drive and unify lost at all one really matter. The most important step
If his all mine,
Maybe windows isn't the best thing ever, but my computer does ahead
percent of what I wanted to. I have configured exactly how I like it
madame settled in everything I need to do.
As ever less in
what do I need marble floors for how's that going to make my life better
Ellie delighting is better, but I
more than enough power each day to meet my needs, but aren't these types of solutions so seductive,
love to spend three days wrestling with my computer, finding the best software and made
even setting up an elaborate backup scheme on my Frankenstein's laptop. The problem is that if I'm busy putting out a hundred
I that don't exist, I'm ignoring fires that our here and are burning,
to say that everything I do have to be solving important problems. In my life, though it be a boring, robotic life, but solving,
arms, I don't exist, feel that addictive need. We have four accomplishment solve one. If you like the day
has been well spent. He would have none of your real goals have been met. So here's what I do
when I get into a situation that I think might be like I am describing. I ask myself how doing this project is going to make my life better backing up in three places, not at all MAC, O S,
not at all marble floors, not at all this habit, which,
I have also noticed in tons of other people by the way has a close cousin getting info. You dont need I'm addicted to the computer, no doubt about it and no excuses. I throw the thing in the lake if I could but Thou Cromwell
my productivity and some of my communication, especially with people in other countries, giving the computer habit is like trying to give up crack, but having a baked into every food available to you, it's hard to separate the bat
from the good. Last week I realised that a large part of the bad is my obsession with checking things that don't matter using
example of what am I check, how many feed burner subscription
is this site has how many visitors
came to this and my other sites
have made on Amazon stock prices for the three stocks eye on what my Ebay auctions are at Facebook Myspace,
how many new subscribers? My mailing list have my bank account balance. The latest election pulls the news
comments on Youtube videos.
You go on and on. If I got bored for a moment or two go check,
One of these things and usually then move on to the next one evil. One
something productive, like writing opposed interrupt myself a couple times to check these things
is a real problem then needed fixing whenever I
a real problem. I try to come up with a black and white rule for myself to follow to fix,
if his grey area all abuse it if its black and white I'll stick to it. So I decided to not check anything
unless it is likely that I would take action based on the new information. I found feed burner nope. I a check this once a month and just make sure I'm on track traffic, same Amazon.
Doesn't matter. I make only twenty two hundred dollars per month and I'm not going to
Amazon anymore. If I make less stocks and I'm not gonna sell any my stocks anytime soon
so. Why does even matter Ebay, the optional
and at whatever ill end at me, checking more help. Facebook, I get notifications. If anything happens away for those before checking
myspace making check and once a day I don't get notifications there anymore, and subscribers
yeah, I'm not even working on anything that would affect my subscribers and saw on now
I dont trick anything that doesn't require checking my had opened up. My brokerage account to do something and I did glance ones at the quotes and I checked feed
once but other than that. I've been good of also come myself off from sites like read it and dig: that's a tough one, because there sometimes great info on those sites
spot. I figure my friends who read will, let me know Johnny show me a picture of
sad Walter, be so an arm still getting the most important stuff. I wanna keep doing this for the month and see how it goes so far as me,
great. I find that I am less compelled to be on my computer and when I am on my computer, I love had nothing but productive things. To do. Focus is an important day. Limiting distractions is one way of becoming more focused, especially when you have allowed yourself to get as distracted
as I have you just
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myspace? So him must be old. I checked the date on it
but I do want to say one little trick you can try, which relates to yesterday's episode. Actually, if you find yourself compulsive,
doing things. I checking social or going into apps on your phone and time passes by when you don't.
We wanted to or when you want to be productive. Instead, a trick is to simply pause before taking action. Just a slight pause for him. It was asking himself that black and white question a really could be anything that pause can help set
back on track, so try that out have a great. We gonna be listening in real time,
but you in the Sunday show tomorrow where you're optimal life awaits
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