The biggest productivity strategy in the modern world is getting ruthlessly clear about what you want to do and cutting out everything that doesn't contribute to it, says the speaker. With so many opportunities available to us, we get easily distracted from our priorities and stray from our highest point of contribution, causing frustration and lack of progress.
Personal productivity advice is not about doing more things faster, but about doing the things we set out to do deliberately. Deliberateness lies at the core of productivity advice.
The speaker shares her scheduling principle to do the thing she hates most on her to-do list in contrast to the planning method used in robotics. She discusses how her productivity was affected during the pandemic due to the slower mode of communication like writing.
The practice of morning reflection is important as it helps to keep track of progress over a longer period of time. The speaker used to do it every week before the pandemic and suggests making it a routine.
The idea that we need to do something daily to form a habit is a common misconception. Even people with good habits may not do them daily, and it's important to focus on consistency rather than frequency.
The hosts discuss the mentality of working full-time and putting in extra hours to build a business. They also talk about the moment they realize they were on to something and the acquired skill of working on autopilot to keep building and progressing.