12 Productivity Myths Wasting Your Time

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: Over the years I’ve come across a lot of different productivity tips, and some of them are actually not that productive lol, so in this video I break down 12 productivity myths. Enjoy x Timestamps 00:00 I should have been more productive 00:28 Consistency is more important than intensity 01:35 Motivation leads to action 02:07 Hustle culture is bad 03:42 Productivity is not self care 05:10 Goals should be smart 06:49 You can do everything 07:59 You don’t have time 09:40 Productivity is about doing more 11:23 You need large amounts of time to do good work 13:35 Your environment has to be perfect 14:46 The small stuff doesn’t matter 16:47 Reading too many books is useless 🍿WATCH NEXT How to Build the Ultimate Productivity System: The Simple Formula for Long Lasting Productivity: My Productivity System: How I Manage My Time: 10 Time Management Tips: 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - MY FREE ONLINE COURSES: 🚀 Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity - 🎓 How to Study for Exams - An Evidence-Based Masterclass - 🎬 YouTube for Beginners - Everything You Need To Know To Start - MY CREATOR COURSES 🎬 Part-Time YouTuber Academy - My 6-week live online course on becoming a part-time YouTuber → 🏆 Creatorpreneur - My flagship course for scaling up your creative side-hustle → 🗣 Camera Confidence - My self-paced course on how to improve your creativity, career, or communication skills → MY FAVOURITE GEAR 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) - 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - 🎒 My Desk Accessories Todo List - Ugmonk - 🎙 Check out my weekly podcast, Deep Dive - - It’s also available on all podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. MY FAVOURITE TOOLS 🚀 VidIQ - How I optimise my YouTube videos - ✍️ Shortform - The BEST summaries of books - 📚 Readwise - How I remember what I read - 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Where I get my music (amazing for YouTubers) - MY KEY LINKS 🌍 My website / blog - 🐦 Twitter - 📸 Instagram - WHO AM I: I’m Ali, a YouTuber, podcaster, soon-to-be author and ex-Doctor working in London, UK. I make videos that explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. I also have a weekly podcast called Deep Dive (), and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts links to interesting things (). PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜