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Productivity for Creators: Systems, Organization & Workflow
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About Productivity for Creators: Systems, Organization & Workflow
Welcome to the Class
Class Project
Why You Should Start a Side Project
What Side Hustle Can I Start?
How to Make Time in Our Busy Lives
How to Get Motivated
The Power of Identity Change
How to Be More Efficient With Our Time
When Quantity Matters More Than Quality
How to Stay Consistent
How to Deal With Failure
How to Never Run Out of Ideas
The Power of Parallel Processing
How to Refine Your Ideas With Templates
The Power of Productive Downtime
The Power of Productive Procrastination
Wrap-up Lesson
BONUS: Thomas Frank Interview
Exclusive Bonus Materials
What You Will Learn?
- In this third class in my series on productivity, I’m focusing on creators. As a creator myself with numerous different projects contributing towards my business, I’m frequently asked how do I manage all these interests efficiently and effectively. In other words, how am I so productive as a creator?.
- My FREE Skillshare Bonus ResourcesAs I mentioned in the course, I’ve now made a bunch of free resources for all of my Skillshare classes, exclusively for my Skillshare students. They’re packed with additional course-related content for every class, and will help you refresh what you’ve learnt, as well as explore some of the other classes you haven’t taken yet. Check it out here..
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- I’ve already got two classes on Skillshare relating to productivity but this class will specifically explore productivity for creators in more depth. Throughout the class I’ll be sharing various strategies, tools and techniques that I’ve used to help manage my time, attention and ideas which are three key pillars to consider when setting up your own creative side hustles or levelling up the projects that you’re already working on..
- We’ll start by discussing why you should start a side hustle and, perhaps more importantly, what side hustle can you start. I’ll talk through five questions that you can ask yourself to answer the latter question which should hopefully enable you to identify exactly what your side-project should focus on..
- Next we’ll move on to talking about how to actually make time for our side hustle within our existing busy lives. This is where we’ll focus on things such as how to be efficient and effective with our time as well as how to stay motivated in the long term and deal with set-backs and failures. I’ll discuss my theory of quantity over quality as well as the techniques I use to prevent myself from running out of ideas..
- Finally, at the end of the class, there’s a 30-minute discussion with my friend Thomas Frank who runs a very successful YouTube channel and an equally successful blog. We talk about all the key aspects of running a successful side project, the issues that we’ve had to overcome in our journeys and the advice we’d give to new creators..
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- Who am I?.
- My name is Ali - I'm a doctor working in the UK, and on the side I make YouTube videos about medicine, tech and productivity. Productivity is probably the issue I get asked most often about on my YouTube channel and across social media. Through reading books, blog posts, articles as well as experimenting with numerous techniques myself over the years, I feel that I've developed a bit of knowledge about productivity and that's why I've decided to put together this extensive series of Skillshare classes to share my own knowledge in the realm of productivity and hopefully help us all work towards living happier, healthier and more productive lives..
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- Other Useful Links:.
- My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com My weekly podcast - https://www.notoverthinking.com Weekly email newsletter - https://email.aliabdaal.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal Facebook - https://facebook.com/aliabdaal.
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