How I find time for EVERYTHING (even with a full time job)

In this video I discuss my personal journey from struggling with time management, dealing with full time job, and still make time for all the other demanding responsibilities. I share my seven key principles learned over years of trial and error, each aimed at optimizing time, energy, and attention. aims to provide viewers with actionable advice on how to stay productive, achieve their goals, and maintain a balanced life.

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Chapters

0:00 6 years of struggle
1:58 Setting the framework
3:21 Think big with limited opportunities
7:35 Done is better than perfect
9:32 The unequal hour
12:10 Paying yourself when procrastinate
13:42 The 10-10-10 Rule
16:03 The motivation cycle
19:24 4 Glass and 1 rubber ball

[kevzwang]

I'm a firm believer that time blocking and a rigid calendar is somewhat harmful for most people's long term success. However like Ray Dalio said "Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life." So I gathered some of my early learning from 2018 to today and summarized them in 7 principles that enabled me to better manage my time, energy and attention.

BTW, I'm very sorry to have mis-pronounced Tim Pychyl's name, big fan of his work, but apparently I have never heard his podcast where people actually spoke his name :D.

Let me know if there's anything I missed or any suggestion to further improve my video in the future. Any comment is welcomed and I try to reply to every single one in time. As always, thanks for stoping by, Cheer :)

[ikermann]

I feel like right at this time, this moment, this period of my life, this is the video I needed. I feel like now I can leave the internet and go live and actually manage my live correctly. I have an obsession with self-improvement, but not for the sake self-improvement, I want to be better, the achieve meaningful things. Everything said in this video feels like I already knew deep inside, but just could not connect them. THANK YOU so much for this video. The amount of time end effort you spent struggling to figure these things out, the time spent making the video, it was all worth it a 1000x.

[artech]

I appreciate this thank you, I see some comments about ADHD here but as someone who has ADHD (ADD) I do find this incredibly helpful. Not being bound by specific calendars but managing your guiding principles is a great way to look at this. A lot of what you described here is managing dopamine. I especially liked the idea of: you’re procrastinating find a way to reward (dopamine) yourself while you do the task. That’s a big one, and really the most effective when I’m struggling. Usually people fail to illustrate how to ‘reward’ yourself effectively but I liked how you illustrated it (taxes in the park, snacks during the work not as a reward after full completion).

[cheerfulcynic]

I think this is your best video yet. I really appreciated the references to studies, authors etc.

[elizabethyu_]

" do you have no time? or are doing too much" this really hits hard. Need to learn from you and Steve Jobs

[lgutc]

Hi i really appreciate this information i try to organize my time and my mine, I learn a lot of different perspectives but the rule 10-10-10 for my it`s a good tool, thankyou so much.

[schoolneverteach]

Time management is tricky. Thank you for your inspiring sharing of know-how.

[jackdelane]

Would be interesting to hear more about the parenting vs non work goals time dynamic. Like I need to keep up on yard work, laundry, cooking, cleaning, remodling the house, all while having 2 children under 4 to help look out for. I work 50 hours a week with an hour of commuting time each day monday thru friday, so im struggling lol

[emanuellabeghetto]

The title don't reflect the great and precious content of this video. I came with an expectation, and i was happily surprised. Thank you. I really enjoy this, this video have the potential to change my life. Now, its up to me haha 😅

[Caja]

On the topic of energy and focus in the morning or after a snack. Without having read the cited studies I would hazard a guess the participant were all on the standard american diet (SAD) which is very high in carbohydrats that spike blood sugar levels which then crash and give the feeling of tiredness and being irritable until it's brought back up by more carbs (and then crash again and so on)

(The tiredness can be masked by caffeine intake)

There are diets which try to keep energy levels more even for the whole day. Worth looking into especially for people with (pre) type-2-diabetes, brain fog, memory issues and lots of other issues.

Just food for thought.

[Adrian-dpvq]

Thank you so much for your video! It was incredibly helpful and very well done. I appreciate that it takes a practical approach rather than a compulsive one.

[charizard]

Brilliant insights, I really appreciate the quality of your content and the level of depth & direction in your actionable advice. Thank you, looking forward to more !

[Tektik]

Hey thanks for your content I’ve been struggling with motivation and self discipline for a long time now keep up the good work

[compegord]

This is great, and I enjoy the editing and design of this episode. Cheers.

[Gypsy_Kv]

Be happy 🎉 and take care of your precious balls 🙌🏻

[vichitra-yt]

This is exactly what I needed to hear.

[kkloudyaah]

This is a great video! Straight to the point, easy to understand, and cites sources, thank you Kevin!

[lackadaisicalllama]

Very helpful! Would be great if you could do a video about managing all of this as a parent & any tips because children can throw unexpected wrenches into plans.

[TheKG]

Most memorable concept was "protect your balls!" Hahah, tha k you sir. This was very helpful. Many blessings to you and your family.

[jose]

What a great video, thank you very much.