Brad Simon wants you to know that he is not a productivity expert like many of the guests on this podcast. Rather, he’s a fellow traveller on the path to efficiency and productivity, and he shares his story of getting out of debt and losing weight in this episode.
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Cheat Sheet
- How Brad was able to pay back $200k in personal debt
- The profound impact implementing the Getting Things Done methodology had on Brad’s life
- Why Brad joined the AE Dojo and how he uses it to make constant progress on his self-improvement journey
- The detailed framework Brad created for mapping out his personal and professional life (and the impact this has had)
- Why he changed to the paleo diet and how doing so has shifted his food paradigm
- Why energy management is so critical to productivity (and why it’s more effective than the traditional time management approach)
- Why tracking is so important to your personal progress and how you can use this to change your habits
- How to hear your “inner voice” (and why you should listen to it)
- The reason why Brad created a 15-page personal values document and how he uses it to consistently take action on his goals
- Why relying on coaches will help you with motivation and accountability (and how Brad uses the AE Dojo to fill this role)
Links
- Getting Things Done (GTD)
- Ways of Being infographic
- The Power of Full Engagement
- The Willpower Instinct
- Living Forward
Book, tool, ritual
Book: Mastery and The War of Art
Tool: Audible
Ritual: Morning ritual – stretching, 5 minutes of strength, 10 mins of meditation
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Wow, Brad has a very interesting life story. Thanks for sharing, it’s inspirational.
Hi Brad!
First of all I would to like to congratulate you upon your success.
I am following your techniques, such as setting weekly goals and
Daily Todo lists. These are very simple to look at but very powerful in terms of productivity. I achieved a lot in my past week by following these.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience.
And I would like to thank Asian Efficiency team for your Awesome work.
Hi Kent! I’m glad you enjoyed the podcast episode and were able to identify with it! You can reach me at the following email:
bradhapa+ae@gmail.com
Thanks!
Brad
Loved this podcast! My path was so similar! Brad mentioned he’d share his email. Would you mind sending it my way?