The Uncommon Life

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Be Uncommonly Productive

Talent is overrated. The real difference between those who develop exceptional abilities and lead flourishing lives are those who use their minutes effectively and efficiently.

The challenge is, we’re not told how to maximize our time and consequently, most people squander it. In fact, we are often so surrounded by inefficiencies that we eventually accept them as a customary part of our lives, but I assure you, wastefulness and stress is completely avoidable.

When it comes to productivity, our greatest limitation – and opportunity – is our strategy. And that’s where this book comes in.

In Be Uncommonly Productive, I share 15 unbreakable, paradigm-bending strategies for slaughtering stress, taking charge, and doing more than commonly possible.

Until the download counter reaches 1,200, I will be giving this book away for free. If you’re serious about getting more from yourself and your life this is your chance.

*Currently, only Part 1 (of 4) is available. Here’s a peek inside:

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

PART 1: Contain & Refrain – This PART is about taking full control of your life—whatever its current state. We’ll restrain any existing chaos, stress, and disorder while reigniting a sense of passion, purpose, and poise. The goal is to put you at the helm of your ship as you lay the rock-solid foundation necessary to enable all other productivity tips, tools, and systems.

1. Manage your time fanatically

2. Only do what matters – And most things don’t matter

3. Procrastinate strategically

4. Set and enforce personal policies

PART 2: Ordain & Ingrain – In this PART we’ll dive deeper into the many things that consume your time and attention while exploring highly practical ways to capitalize on the control you gained in Part 1. We’ll ingrain new knee-jerk habits that keep you in the driver’s seat so you can go from where you are to where you want to be with speed and grace.

5. Become technologically competent and curious

6. Simplify everything

7. Handle tasks and projects differently

8. Timebox everything

9. Master your email

10. Own your phone

PART 3: Maintain & Sustain – In this PART we’ll ensure that all of the skills we’ve learned to this point are both upheld and amplified. Without a strategy for ongoing sustenance, peak performance is merely a flash in the pan. Sustainable productivity requires specific habits, lifestyle choices, and uncommon systems… all of which we explore here.

11. Always seek automation

12. Delegate and collaborate

13. Cultivate and ration your energy

14. Design your environment

15. Schedule non-negotiable time

Conclusion

PART 4: Retain & Ascertain – In this PART I offer a very comprehensive index of more than 50 powerful productivity tools you can start using today. You’ll wonder how you ever lived without them. These tools will help you retain the new skills learned in this series while simultaneously maximizing your time and effort. As I’ve always said, effort gets you started, but only the right tools, techniques, and skills can spawn extraordinary performance and uncommon results.

Comprehensive resource and tool index

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11 Responses to Be Uncommonly Productive

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  2. Ruslan: August 8, 2012 at 4:02 am

    Just read your newsletter how very thoughtful! I love it!
    Life is indeed a paradox. Yin & Yang – 2 opposing forces
    represent a paradoxical nature of life. You have a beautiful mind.

    You make me think and read your newsletters.

    Reply
    • Kent Healy: August 8, 2012 at 9:33 am

      You are more than welcome Ruslan.

  3. Hue Micay: April 23, 2012 at 8:46 am

    This is very helpful. Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Jeannette: April 18, 2012 at 10:41 am

    I LOVE the way you approach the issues of marketing and personal drive

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    • Kent Healy: April 18, 2012 at 11:26 am

      Thank you Jeannette. Very much appreciated. After the relaunch of MaximsForMavericks.com I will release the next part of Be Uncommonly Productive.

  5. Anthony: January 11, 2012 at 6:47 am

    Essential reading for me! And this provides the tools to take my goals from ‘outcome’ (goals ie what I want to achieve), to ‘process’ (how to achieve the the goals)! Can’t thank you enough for putting this work out there!

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  6. Annette Boshoff: January 5, 2012 at 10:29 am

    It is not only theoretical information that seems to be a dream that will never be able to come true. It provides a wonderful hands-on approach with ideas that can be used in real life by real people living in a real world. Thank you for that!

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    • Kent Healy: January 5, 2012 at 10:33 am

      Thank you Annette. You’re right. There is a lot of productivity material that focus on the theoretical, which can be helpful too, but I wanted to focus Be Uncommonly Productive around the practical. If you enjoyed Part 1, you will love Part 2, as it’s choc full of practical tips, suggestions, and tools.

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  8. Christine L.: December 1, 2011 at 1:57 am

    This sounds really interesting. Have never really thought of time this way before. Can’t wait to read the book. Thanks for sharing all of this great information!

    Reply

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