Hey there! Amazing that we reached number 20.

Juan is thinking of joining Bachata again. The great return. He was at the club the other day and someone wanted to dance bachata with him. He was so ashamed that he could not remember shit. No bueno.

Michael is travelling Korea with his girl and being an Instagram couple. So cute.

Productivity

Create a Sense of Urgency

Remember the times when you had final exams coming up this week, and then you were able to put yourself in a state where you study incredibly hard, and every minute feels incredibly precious? And then you think back to other days where you have absolutely no plans, and nothing going on, and you manage to waste away those minutes that would have been incredibly valuable in those other moments.

If you have a deadline a long way away, you will likely not put any serious effort into it until it’s much closer. This is human nature. This is why we need to create artificial sub-deadlines, in order to utilize multiple senses of urgency, and allow us to be more productive.

In order to create this artificial sense of urgency, here are a few tips:

• Set multiple deadlines, and make sure someone will be there to check if you accomplished what you set your goals out to be

• Break tasks into smaller chunks

• User a timer and track the time you spend working on different tasks

• Track your progress visually by using tools like kanban boards

• Think about the consequences of not finishing the task that you need to be working on

• Communicate your deadlines to others

"A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent." - John Kotter

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LIFE

You have to poke life

Have you ever had a thought or moment that drastically changes the way you live something? I found this video from the late Steve Jobs talking about his view on life. I personally feel that it resonates greatly with my current views on making the most out of your social life.

I hope you find value in this passage:

“When you grow up, you tend to be told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world try not to bash into the walls too much.

Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. But that's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: everything around you was made up by people that were no smarter than you. You can change it. You can influence it. You can you can build your own things that other people can use.

The minute that you understand that you can poke life and get something to pop out the other side. Shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it versus embracing it, changing it, improving it, make your mark upon it.

Once you learn it, you'll want to change life and make it better because it's kind of messed up in a lot of ways.

Once you learn that you'll never be the same again.”

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— Juan

TAKING ACTION

Sign up to our Accountability Clubs

Want a community to keep you accountable? Willing to put your money where your mouth is? 😂

How it works:
💸 Everyone makes the same deposit at the beginning of the month.
✅ Every day you succeed, you get paid back a small amount from your deposit PLUS the money from others who failed that day.
❌ Every day you fail, your money for that day goes to people who succeed.
🗓️ It is 5 times a week. Month-to-month contract. You can join or leave at the beginning of each month.

May Clubs you can join:
🏋️ Exercise 5 times a week.
⏰ Wake up early during weekdays.
📵 Digital minimalism during weekdays.
📝 Signup to join for May

Updates from this week:

We have a neat new review system out that Juan built, where you can view each participants exercises. Check them out here below. Anton’s is a great example.

Highlights from Exercise Club: