This exercise comes from The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss.
Pareto Principle: 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs
Desired Outcomes
Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?
Desired outcomes and happiness
Actual end outcomes
- A business system that generates money with full control, difficult entry, specific need, detached from my time, with large scale
- YouTube, Twitter, etc. content creation
- Large email list
- Money made through selling access to specific leveraged and scalable systems – courses, high ticket 1-1 access (coaching)
- An aesthetic physique
- Skiing
- Able to ski double blacks without question
- Able to ski moguls with flow
- Able to ski powder with flow
- Just time spent skiing in general
- A strong mindset
- Limiting beliefs obliterated, new beliefs reinforced
- Mindset not effected by emotions
- Able to subordinate feelings to values, to do the boring, hard work required
- Access to individuals that I can positively impact
Outcomes that get me there
- An audience of loyal fans
- Content (YouTube videos, blog posts, tweets, etc.) that is simply published
- Content that is high quality (captures attention, keeps attention, influences change) and low friction to create
- YouTube subscribers gained
- Immense goodwill and I-owe-yous generated
- Numerous lives positively impacted
- Guides and systems created, specific problems solved
- New tactics/ideas/strategies implemented, actions taken
- Current beliefs, mindset, thoughts documented for my future self to leverage as assets
- Communication skills mastered – verbal and written, storytelling, influence, persuasion
The 20% Sources
Time spent
- Producing content
- Creating videos
Analyzing my videosEditing videos- Creating guides and systems that solve specific problems
Creating blog posts
- Journaling
Documenting beliefs and ideasProcessing how I feel, what I’m thinking aboutTransferring thoughts from Dump to new notesDocumenting parts of my life, lists, life systems- Expressing gratitude – gratitude journaling
- Synthesizing information together, organizing information
Gardening – rereading random notes
- Watching YouTube videos
Watching entertainment- Learning skills – skiing, communication
Being reminded of how to act to achieve my goals
- Reinforcing beliefs and identity
- Practicing skills intentionally
- Specific skills – communication, storytelling, leadership, authenticity, influence, persuasion
- Reading books, specifically about
- Specific skills – communication, storytelling, leadership, authenticity, influence, persuasion
- Mindset – breaking limiting beliefs, how to effectively act in the world, mindset
- Food-related
Making food- Eating food
- Bulking – eating a massive amount of calories and protein
Buying food
- Meditating
- Working out
Driving to places- Skiing
PhotographyEditingPosting
Which can be organized into…
Production:
- Creating YouTube videos
- Creating guides and systems that solve specific problems
- Working out
Production Capability:
- Reading books about
- Specific skills – communication, storytelling, leadership, authenticity, influence, persuasion
- Mindset – breaking limiting beliefs, how to effectively act in the world, mindset
- Watching YouTube videos about how to learn and improve specific skills
- Practicing specific skills – communication, storytelling, leadership, authenticity, influence, persuasion
- Synthesizing information together, organizing information
- Reinforcing new beliefs and new identity
- Gratitude journaling
- Meditating
- Skiing
- Bulking – eating a surplus of calories and protein
The REAL 20%
From these 20%, which are the further 20% that move the needle the most:
- Creating YouTube videos
- Creating guides and systems that solve specific problems
- Working out
- Bulking – eating a surplus of calories and protein
- Reading books
- Meditating
Problems
Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness?
Problems and unhappiness
- Time spent not moving forward, progressing, moving towards goals
- Watching too much YouTube entertainment
- Driving without listening to something
- Doing errands
- I don’t feel like I have too many problems or unhappiness right now, besides just not moving towards goals, which feels like a good sign!
Biggest day-to-day time sucks:
- Watching YouTube
- Driving places (data via Google Maps Timeline)
- October 2022 – 1,453 mi, 65 hrs
- November 2022 – 1,012 mi, 56 hrs
- December 2022 (until the 16th) – 394 mi, 22 hrs
- Doing errands
- Buying food/groceries
- Filling gas
- Filling propane
- Dumping greywater
- Laundry
Changes
- Stop watching so much gosh darn YouTube.
- Watch a bit less YouTube, then pick up my Kindle to read. Build that habit.
- Keep reaffirming my identity change that values reading and devalues instant gratification.
- Remove videos from my Watch Later that aren’t high ROI (100% entertainment or educational)
- Put on podcasts while driving more often.
- Batch errands on a single day.
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