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Hello Everyone,
I am a university student. I want to find drive towards my education and career but I usually find watching a Netflix episode to be more interesting than just sitting down to study some Data structures. It's not that I am not Interested in the field of computer science. It's just that In the moment an episode of "Arrow" seems far more exciting than just studying some CS concepts. I know that if I don't do the work now, my future self will suffer. But Usually I am selfish towards my present self, probably because of the readily available Dopamine that I can binge on.
How do I build a work ethic to avoid procrastination?
Would this system help me do things that actually matters in my life?
How do I find the drive to choose the pain of hard work(studying) over the easily available pleasure of watching a show?
I am new to gtd but according to my knowledge it helps with a lot of small intricacies of life while the FTF method helps with going in the right direction and move towards a worthwhile purpose in life.
I have really loved Stephen Covey's "7 habits of highly effective people". The third habit is First Things First which also has a separate book. What I was wandering is, Has anyone combined the two systems to make one holistic system? So you can, not only move towards your life purpose, but also not get bogged down by day to day intricacies of life? If anyone uses the two systems I would love to know how it works.
I was also planning to read: "GTD for teens"(might be simpler to grasp), "First Things First", "7 habits of highly effective people", "GTD" (classic adult version).
Any suggestions about what order should I read them if I want to apply both philosophies in my life?
Is there a way I can just start using these systems first before reading the books?
I usually find myself in a tutorial purgatory and the action step never comes. I would like to do the reverse for once and just start using the systems before I go and read the books to understand them in more details. I think that would be a good approach.
Thoughts?
I am a university student. I want to find drive towards my education and career but I usually find watching a Netflix episode to be more interesting than just sitting down to study some Data structures. It's not that I am not Interested in the field of computer science. It's just that In the moment an episode of "Arrow" seems far more exciting than just studying some CS concepts. I know that if I don't do the work now, my future self will suffer. But Usually I am selfish towards my present self, probably because of the readily available Dopamine that I can binge on.
How do I build a work ethic to avoid procrastination?
Would this system help me do things that actually matters in my life?
How do I find the drive to choose the pain of hard work(studying) over the easily available pleasure of watching a show?
I am new to gtd but according to my knowledge it helps with a lot of small intricacies of life while the FTF method helps with going in the right direction and move towards a worthwhile purpose in life.
I have really loved Stephen Covey's "7 habits of highly effective people". The third habit is First Things First which also has a separate book. What I was wandering is, Has anyone combined the two systems to make one holistic system? So you can, not only move towards your life purpose, but also not get bogged down by day to day intricacies of life? If anyone uses the two systems I would love to know how it works.
I was also planning to read: "GTD for teens"(might be simpler to grasp), "First Things First", "7 habits of highly effective people", "GTD" (classic adult version).
Any suggestions about what order should I read them if I want to apply both philosophies in my life?
Is there a way I can just start using these systems first before reading the books?
I usually find myself in a tutorial purgatory and the action step never comes. I would like to do the reverse for once and just start using the systems before I go and read the books to understand them in more details. I think that would be a good approach.
Thoughts?