How I Consistently Study with a Full Time Job: My Scheduling Formula

[4:18] The Mission Impossible Rule

[10:36] ...good nature is the result of ease and security, not a life of arduous struggle. So, some struggle cannot be avoided, but the struggles that we can avoid and this self-imposed kind of work that we need to do, might actually be affecting us negatively in the long term.

[12:14] Strategic Overscheduling

[1:18] The 3 Part Split

[10:26] The Fun Factor

[6:10] In a study doe by Fishbach, it found that if you are continuously doing things that you don't enjoy, or forcing yourself to do work when you're finding it unenjoyable, it can lead in the long term to procrastination or failure on these tasks.

[2:29] So, the first part of every single day is reserved for activities that are high energy and high temptation. These are the tasks that require a lot of brain power or physical power and also that I can be very easily be tempted to do something else. (High Energy + High Temptation)

[7:52] I will not book work in my calendar, I will only book the finished product in my calendar. [8:42] ...what this does is that it gives me full freedom but also a lot of forced deadline to get this thing done by then, so I'm telling myself I don't care when you do this, I don't care when you find the time, like just do it whenever, however fast... See more

[6:50] The PR Rule