Tips for super productivity

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Hello Bigger Pockets,

I wanted to start a thread (and hopefully add to it as the years go by) on ways that I've learned over the years to establish and maintain high productivity.  There's a LOT to know and do in this game.  Having high levels of productivity will allow you to move forward to your goals and dreams much quicker.

First and foremost, above anything and everything you will ever learn; ever.  And, I mean ever....Nothing else matters.  YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.

What do you want?  Most people will answer money.  That's a BS cop-out answer.  I totally believe you when you say you want money.  But, if I were to press you, I would guarantee most of you have no clue WHY you want it.

Why do you want money?  If I gave you 10 million dollars in liquid cash today, what would you do with it?

Write down where you want to be in 5 years.  What is your ultimate vision of where you want to be in 5 years.  Make it detailed.

Here's the thing.  95% of you reading this won't do this.  Why?  Because it's a lot of work.  You think you want to do real estate.  But, then, the cold-hard reality of the work hits you.

For the 5% that will do this, write down what you want.  Make it so detailed that there is no doubt as to what you are looking for.  Make it so that if an outsider were reading it, there would be no confusion.

"In 5 years, I am going to be...."

Do it.

Second, once your vision, dreams and goals are mapped, make your plan to get there.  This should take you NO LESS than a solid two hours.  Write down the action steps you should (probably) take to get from here to there.

Now, for the 50% of the 5% that have gone this far, there's one more filtering aspect coming up which will cut off another 50%.

You actually have to DO stuff.  Start taking action.  If you start taking action, you WILL get results.

Condition yourself to think that if you stop because you are afraid of something (it will happen, no matter what) that you will keep going in spite of it.

I PROMISE you, future you will thank you for pushing through.

I'm going to put a little meat on this sandwich, and then close for the day.

Once you have your process, ever night before you go to bed, take ten minutes.  Look through your vision and your action plan.  Pick the top three things to do to move you forward (the three things that will move you the MOST forward).  When you wake up and are ready to proceed, start work on the first thing.  Do NOTHING else until the first thing is complete.

Then, move to the second.

More soon.

Keep rockin'.