Accomplish anything you want: pick 5 priorities

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I keep telling people that my generation (Gen-Y, Millenials) are going to be one where prioritization becomes more important than ever. With the internet alone we have unlimited resources to do, learn, and be interested by nearly everything the world has to offer. But, as I’ve always believed: just because you’re capable of doing anything, doesn’t mean you should want, nor attempt to do everything.

That’s why I’ve picked 5 things that I want to make sure I accomplish every day. Goals are important but only if they’re SMART. I’ve picked the following:

  • Have a morning routine: Wake up early, have time to go to the gym and eat breakfast with the paper.
  • Read a book for at least half an hour: I have a pile of books that I want to get to. Both fun and serious.
  • Contact at least 3 friends each day: As previously mentioned, keeping in touch isn’t easy. I want to make sure my close friends stay that way.
  • Enjoy 30 minutes of silence: When do we have quiet time to just think and collect thoughts? May it be while driving, the shower, before bed: I will have 30 minutes with myself.
  • Play on the web for 30 minutes: This is a gimme goal but I want to make sure I get around to other blogs and sites like 9rules and Facebook every day. Its fun and still productive to me.

All I have to do is make sure I align my schedule with my goals now. If I go to bed at midnight and get up at six I’ll add a daily item at 11:30 to have my silence. I’ll make sure I have an hour in the morning to do my routine. It’s quite easy to get things done once you realize you have the time and you commit to it…

The best part about goals is tracking them. Seinfeld would put a big ‘X’ on his calendar every day he accomplished his task. I intend to do the same. I hope I don’t break the chain!

What are your five daily priorities?

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Do you have a multi-threaded mind?

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As I sit here and write this I’m also listening to music and following along with it. I’m sure we all do it, this is no amazing feat. To some people the additional input forces you to focus. For others, it’s distracting. For me, I feel like I can pay attention to what I’m doing and the music simultaneously.

Perhaps this comes with growing up in the multi-tasking generation. But I find myself able to do a few things at the same time and remain focused. For example, I can be singing a song stuck in my head while thinking about the spreadsheet in front of me. If I’m working on something and need to remember a number I can repeat it in my head while still thinking about the task at-hand.

Is this weird? Is this others feel like they have or can do? I wonder if I have some sort of multi-threaded mind. I’m obviously not doing two immediate things at the same instance, but to me two things happening very quickly can be indistinguishable.

Update: A few minutes of more searching and it appears this is how our brains are built. I always knew I could walk and chew gum but can you personally hold two thoughts at the same time in your mind?

The Accident Tent

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I will buy a burrito to anyone who helps me build “The Accident Tent.” Tow trucks and local and highway law enforcement will carry them in the trunk. As soon as they arrive at an accident and move it out of traffic they pop out this all-encompassing tent surrounding everything and everyone so that it a) gives the victims some privacy and b) keeps people from looking, stopping, staring, wondering, etc. I imagine it saying “keep driving, morons!” across the side.

Takeaways from Community Next

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This weekend was the third iteration of Community Next and it was focused on developing for platforms (in other words: how to make money off of Facebook). I’ve been tossing around some ideas myself and only needed to listen to one or two panels to determine following:

  • The “bubble” has decentralized. Instead of one big commotion over something called “the internet” we’ve created dozens, if not hundreds, of mini-bubbles that all involved parties convince each other is the most important thing right now.
  • Mini-bubbles can make mega-money. Each new concept (Facebook platform, website widgets) only grows the pool even furthur which means more talent, more money, more excitement, repeat.
  • Most people don’t “get” Facebook. Social networks are the first websites that both nerds and normals can use together and overlap. Nerds build the applications, though. In other words, millions of college kids (normals) put “who reads?” as their favorite book whilst nerds create applications to list your favorite book, current reads, and your personal review of them all.
  • There is no formula to success. Just because your application or idea is viral doesn’t mean it’ll attract millions of users. Just because it’s rich in features doesn’t mean people will use it any more frequent. You can’t look at success with such a checklist approach.
  • Switching costs are lower. Thanks to thousands of app developers if I think your Office Quotes application sucks it only takes three clicks to get a replacement. We’re picky, we’ve made the big decisions (Facebook v MySpace) but the rest are so easy. Do it right.
  • Noah sure knows how to make money. It’s wise to build a conference and a reputation of bringing smart people together. Being able to repeat it every 3 months with a new idea (thus, group) is perfect.

I don’t know if anyone agrees or disagrees with me so I’d love to hear your thoughts. In fact, I’d love to hear what Noah Kagan, Dave Feinleib, Dave McClure, Andrew Chen, Rodney Rumford and anyone else at CommunityNext think/thought.

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