How To Be More Productive

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Anyone can learn to be a productive worker. This video discusses 2 ways to do this: working smarter and working harder. Productivity is a key ingredient to earning more money, and a key ingredient to feeling satisfaction with your work.

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[Max_Marz]

"The only thing two machinists can agree on is that the third one is doing it wrong" is my favorite representation of that quote.

[Deximaru]

I dug my cat's grave this week. Our garden has no loose earth, just paving flagstones. So I lifted a flagstone and set about picking at the layer of cement, then chipped out the rubble a stone at a time, then came clay and then some densely compacted earth mixed with more rubble. It took me nearly 5 hours to dig a 3 foot hole because the ground was so dense. But I felt grateful for the hard work. It was something cathartic. It was a way of showing that little moggy how much she was loved that I would dig a hole only to have to full it in again when I was all done. Her final resting place is one I put in some of the hardest work I've ever done, and I welcomed every moment of it.

[postive-vibes]

"I think it's easy to stand around and talk about doing something better, when if you simply put your head down and went to work, it would be done and well done by the time the discussion on the best possible method was just beginning to slow up enough for someone to pick up the tool." Man, you are needed in every office in every country ever.

[kroomk]

I'm a commercial carpenter and just got off a 12 and was going to relax and watch some TV then I watched this video and now I'm about to tackle some projects. Thank you for the inspiration sir it's greatly appreciated

[wondernutts]

This is probably the most wholesome video I've ever seen on YouTube.

[SocksTBH]

Taking the "learn from everyone" approach after a hard loss this year really has helped improve not only my people skills but self worth. Something about being useful to my community and family really helped me heal.

[thisisgesi]

"People are gonna wonder "Wow, how did you learn all that stuff?" and you won't feel like you have to mention that it was all learned just by keeping your eyes open while you were earning your living producing good work." I'm an artist and writer, and this quote hit me hard. It's everything I aspire to and it was exactly what I needed to hear at this time in my life. Thank you.

[leopoldstotch]

Loved this video. 20 years ago my father was diagnosed with cancer. (Stage 4). I built a ramp for him similar to the one you built, but much smaller. Sadly, the only time he used it was when the mortician took his body away. It broke my heart to know that my father’s only use for the ramp I built him came after he died. I want to thank you for including the small part of the video showing your mother actually using the loving ramp you built for her.

[Thomas-crqm]

I watched this when it first came out and it has changed my life. I've been applying it for almost 2 years now

[Erik-myin]

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[teejay]

If I'd had this man as my father or grandfather, there is no doubt my life would have been very different.
I learn more from this man's videos than I ever learned from most other men in my life.
He has the type of wisdom that is on a whole different level.
What a legacy this guy will leave.

[ram_bam]

If you have children that you've passed your knowledge on to, they are incredibly lucky. I grew up without a father figure and could only imagine how much better off I'd be right now if I'd had someone like you teaching me how to be a man. I'm in my 30s and still filling those gaps. Thank you for your content.

[TimCurry]

To see your mom watching you complete the deck for her... priceless. Much respect.

[joh]

I've spent my whole morning trying to find this video again from just a faint memory in the back of my mind after watching this years ago. Safe to say that wasn't very productive of me but it just goes to show how much I enjoy this video

[MulliganBrothers]

Wow, this is one of the best things I've watched.

[MrCantii]

“I can remember when this would have taken me a little longer. I must be getting better”

How beautiful it is. The whole video took me somewhere, where the world feels still intact. But that sentence is just touching.
Wish you all the best, Greetings from the small Republic of Austria

[Bathygnostic]

An essential key to "working smarter" is "working hard."

This is one of my favorite channels on YouTube.

[anonguy]

I work a physically hard job, but I keep working hard everyday because I have a mindset where I tell myself "if I can do this no matter how hard or difficult it may be, just about anything else I have to deal with will become easy for me"

[brianpearl]

My Dad used to say, "You spend more time complaining about the job, than it takes to do it."

[lcl_eworks]

I've passed this on to my son's who both work with me as sometimes boys hear differently when another man speaks good sense, thank you