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.

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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'.

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You are dying.You will be dead soon.

Soon is a relative term.It may take 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 years (dependent upon our medical advances at that point).But, you WILL die.There is no doubt about it.There will be a moment when you are on your deathbed, hopefully staring up at your loved ones, getting ready to move on from your earthly body.Then, you will die, and what the world knows as you will no longer exist; ever again.

The time you have in between that moment and this moment is all that you have in this life.What you choose to do with that time is 100% up to you.

What does that mean?

You can choose happiness.You can choose to be an a-hole.You can choose joy.You can choose to be upset about everything.

You can choose your reactions.You can be nice or mean.You can be loving, or you can live in jealousy.You can choose everything.You can choose to be crappy to the server, or janitor, and nice to the CEO (which really means you’re just choosing to be an a-hole).Or, you can treat everybody with the same respect, because we are all human.

This does NOT mean you have control over everything.You never will.It does mean, you 100%, at all times, have the choice of how you react to what is happening around you.It does mean, you 100%, at all times, have the choice of what you are going to do next, in this coming moment.

You can choose what you do for work.You can choose who you want to spend time with, and if they agree, you will get to spend time with them.You can choose to start your own business or not.You can choose to do real estate, or not.

You can choose to work hard, or not.You can choose to be grateful for all of the wonderful things you have, or not.Your focus, and choices based on your focus, determine the quality of your life.Your attitude changes your reality.Choose your attitude.Choose your reality.

You can choose to learn, then act.You can choose to put in that purchase offer, looking fear in the face the whole time, or not.You can close that deal, or not.

Today, what are you choosing?

What are you choosing to focus on today?What will you spend your time on, which is what ultimately determines your reality?This question means, what reality are you choosing?

Why are you here on Biggerpockets?Are you here to learn, for the purpose of moving forward and taking action?Or, are you here to learn, for the purpose of feeling like you’re doing something, so you don’t have to move forward into the hard action?

Your life is all up to you.Your destiny is all up to you.The ultimate outcome of your life is all up to you.Your decisions, and habits based on those decisions, will shape you.

WHO are you choosing to be?It is all up to you.

Choose wisely.

Keep rockin’.