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Do It Today Book Summary I Darius Foroux

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Book – Do It Today, (Summary)

Author – Darius Foroux

Genre – Self-help Book

Published in – 2018

We all have been guilty of procrastinating, from minor to big things, and regret not doing it on time. And no matter how much better we feel in the short term, we suffer in the long term by procrastinating.

Procrastination often results from a lack of clarity of what matters and clear goals. As Darius says, “We all have a finite time here, and one thing we can’t buy back in time.”

Do It Today is the second book I read after Think Straight by Darius Foroux. It suggests ways we can implement and get it done what matters on time.

Darius explains Procrastination well with the example of compounding. All the small things we do consistently add up long-term to a significant result. On the other hand, ignoring these small things daily also blows up big time eventually, like not eating correctly or skipping exercise.

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About the Author –

Darius Forou is an entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. He has been sharing actionable tips for optimizing life and work every week since 2015. His ideas have been featured in TIME, NBC, Fast Company, Inc., Observer, and other publications.

He penned a few more books: Think Straight, Win Your Inner Battle, and What It Takes to Be Free. You may consider visiting Darius FForoux’sWebsite for useful material and tips on Productivity, Habit creation, Decision-making, and Wealth building.

About the Book –

Do It Today is one of the best books I have read on beating procrastinating, improving Productivity, and achieving more with a finite time.

Darius claims having clear goals is of immense help when it comes to Productivity; however, later in the book, he also suggests that it’s OK if one is not clear of a goal at all times. Things happen, life happens, and we don’t have to beat ourselves up.

The book is divided into three parts – 1) Overcome Procrastination, 2) How to Improve Productivity, and 3) How to Achieve More.

Part I – Overcome Procrastination

As you identify what is essential, the subsequent most considerable work begins to act on it. When we decide to move even a little away from our comfort zone or start acting on our dreams, goals, and targets, we feel resistance and wall into distraction.

Here are a few suggestions to deal with Procrastination from the book –

1) Do It Today, Not Tomorrow –

  • We sometimes escape from repetitive, tedious, and challenging work that needs to be done to meet our goals. Darius has laid out various tips to keep us on track.
  • Keep a list of small tasks – whenever you feel you are drifting, take out that list, get one small job done, and boom, you’re on track. As they say, nothing motivates us more than a sense of accomplishing things that lead us to our goals.
  • Exercise every day – Exercising as low as 10 minutes a day can substantially impact our energy level and Productivity.

2) Manage Your Focus, not Your Time –

  • Nicely put, distraction is not 2a 21st-century problem; distractions will keep showing up occasionally. Hence, Darius suggests managing our attention, not time.
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3) Create Routine, System –

  • If you follow any successful person or ask any successful people about their journey, you will find one common thing. They all have a routine system. As Darius put it,t ‘Willpower Doesn’t Work, Systems Do’.
  • Please have patience with change, take suggestions from the book, and create your system. No one knows you, your goals, and your responsibility better than yourself.
  • Freedom is not the opposite of routine. The more streamlined your day is, the more relaxed you feel.
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4) Focus on Personal Effectiveness –

I loved the suggestions in this section on improving personal effectiveness. You may consider the tips offered here.

  • Keep track of your weekly time in as many details as possible. Knowing how you spend your time is a prerequisite to managing it well.
  • Once you understand how you spend your time, separate time spent on productive and non-productive activities.
  • Eliminate or reduce non-productive activities to a bare minimum.

Part II – How to Improve Productivity

Darius suggests good ideas we can learn and teach to improve Productivity. Here are a few from the list –

1) Eliminate Mindless Browsing –

This is one tactic I have been following lately and have found a drastic positive difference. Darius suggests following about the Internet.

  • Shift from Always Connected to Always Disconnected (from the net on your phone and laptop) and turn it on when you need the Internet.
  • Log off from all social media and check them several times a day.
  • When on the Internet, be vigilant about your usage and stick to what you seek. With so much information and distraction on the Internet, it’s straightforward to get sucked into mindless browsing and watch and read something unrelated to what you initially came for.

2) Take a Vacation –

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  • A, they say,y you can go fast or far. Being productive is finding a balance between work and breaks. Taking vacation time to rejuvenate and return to work more energetically is essential.
  • Vacation takes you out of routine, lets you loose, and allows you to think and reflect, which is often missing in daily life hustle.
  • I once read about living life from vacation to vacation. In which we plan our next vacation while returning from one and have something to visualize, prepare an itinerary, and read about the place when feeling down at work.

3) 20 Things to Improve Productivity –

Darius offers 20 strategies he has followed to improve his Productivity. Here are a few from the list –

  • Record All Your Thoughts and Ideas.
  • Say No more often.
  • Eliminate everything that distracts you.
  • Stop consuming so much information.
  • Create Routines.
  • Don’t Multitask.
  • Plan The Next Day.

Part III – Achieving More

We all want to achieve more, yet we all have the same amount of time; acquiring more appropriately utilizes our finite time.

Here are a few ideas from the book for achieving more –

1) Consistency is the Key –

  • How many times has it happened to you in the past? You took up something big, got exhausted in a few days, and quit. Darius suggests taking baby steps. Always begin small, take your time, and don’t rush.
  • Doing small things consistently is much better than doing big things occasionally.

2) Thing about Comfort Zone –

  • Darius suggests contrasting theory to the comfort zone,e and I loved it, instead of jumping straight to some uncomfortable things and panicking. It is much better to work on it step by step.
  • Comfort is our basic necessity, and so is growth. Instead of going all out after watching videos or reading something, he suggests that. Take baby steps, plan well, but keep moving towards it. Please read about it and try it along.
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3) All Strength Comes From Repetition –

  • There is power in basics; getting to heights is always credited to strong basics and repetition. It’s the basic stuff we ignore the moment we get little success.
  • We stopped doing things that brought success in the first place, and things crumbled down. Stay beginner – keep basics in mind and firmly hold on to it.
I have also created a video of a few quotes from the book -I hope you like it. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel – Myread4change.

.Conclusion –

As you finish reading the book, you will be equipped with tactics you can adopt to improve your Productivity. As Darius mentioned, happiness comes from a life of Productivity.

I highly recommend this book not only read it once but make notes and use it. Like any habit, it does require work and commitment, not too much,h but one baby step at a time.

If you like this book about Productivity, you may also like The One Thing by Gary W. Keller & Jay Papasan.

Please share your thoughts on this summary in the comment. I would love to hear from you.

Thank you for reading.

Muzammil

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  317. 民意調查是什麼？民調什麼意思？
    民意調查又稱為輿論調查或民意測驗，簡稱民調。一般而言，民調是一種為了解公眾對某些政治、社會問題與政策的意見和態度，由專業民調公司或媒體進行的調查方法。

    目的在於通過網路、電話、或書面等媒介，對大量樣本的問卷調查抽樣，利用統計學的抽樣理論來推斷較為客觀，且能較為精確地推論社會輿論或民意動向的一種方法。
    以下是民意調查的一些基本特點和重要性：

    抽樣：由於不可能向每一個人詢問意見，所以調查者會選擇一個代表性的樣本進行調查。這樣本的大小和抽樣方法都會影響調查的準確性和可靠性。
    問卷設計：為了確保獲得可靠的結果，問卷必須經過精心設計，問題要清晰、不帶偏見，且易於理解。
    數據分析：收集到的數據將被分析以得出結論。這可能包括計算百分比、平均值、標準差等，以及更複雜的統計分析。
    多種用途：民意調查可以用於各種目的，包括政策制定、選舉預測、市場研究、社會科學研究等。
    限制：雖然民意調查是一個有價值的工具，但它也有其限制。例如，樣本可能不完全代表目標人群，或者問卷的設計可能導致偏見。
    影響決策：民意調查的結果常常被政府、企業和其他組織用來影響其決策。
    透明度和誠實：為了維護調查的可信度，調查組織應該提供其調查方法、樣本大小、抽樣方法和可能的誤差範圍等詳細資訊。
    民調是怎麼調查的?
    民意調查(輿論調查)的意義是指為瞭解大多數民眾的看法、意見、利益與需求，以科學、系統與公正的資料，蒐集可以代表全部群眾(母體)的部分群眾(抽樣)，設計問卷題目後，以人工或電腦詢問部分民眾對特定議題的看法與評價，利用抽樣出來部分民眾的意見與看法，來推論目前全部民眾的意見與看法，藉以衡量社會與政治的狀態。

    以下是進行民調調查的基本步驟：

    定義目標和目的：首先，調查者需要明確調查的目的。是要了解公眾對某個政策的看法？還是要評估某個政治候選人的支持率？
    設計問卷：根據調查目的，研究者會設計一份問卷。問卷應該包含清晰、不帶偏見的問題，並避免導向性的語言。
    選擇樣本：因為通常不可能調查所有人，所以會選擇一部分人作為代表。這部分人被稱為“樣本”。最理想的情況是使用隨機抽樣，以確保每個人都有被選中的機會。
    收集數據：有多種方法可以收集數據，如面對面訪問、電話訪問、郵件調查或在線調查。
    數據分析：一旦數據被收集，研究者會使用統計工具和技術進行分析，得出結論或洞見。
    報告結果：分析完數據後，研究者會編寫報告或發布結果。報告通常會提供調查方法、樣本大小、誤差範圍和主要發現。
    解釋誤差範圍：多數民調報告都會提供誤差範圍，例如“±3%”。這表示實際的結果有可能在報告結果的3%範圍內上下浮動。
    民調調查的質量和可信度很大程度上取決於其設計和實施的方法。若是由專業和無偏見的組織進行，且使用科學的方法，那麼民調結果往往較為可靠。但即使是最高質量的民調也會有一定的誤差，因此解讀時應保持批判性思考。

    為什麼要做民調？
    民調提供了一種系統性的方式來了解大眾的意見、態度和信念。進行民調的原因多種多樣，以下是一些主要的動機：

    政策制定和評估：政府和政策制定者進行民調，以了解公眾對某一議題或政策的看法。這有助於制定或調整政策，以反映大眾的需求和意見。
    選舉和政治活動：政黨和候選人通常使用民調來評估自己在選舉中的地位，了解哪些議題對選民最重要，以及如何調整策略以吸引更多支持。
    市場研究：企業和組織進行民調以了解消費者對產品、服務或品牌的態度，從而制定或調整市場策略。
    社會科學研究：學者和研究者使用民調來了解人們的社會、文化和心理特征，以及其與行為的關係。
    公眾與媒體的期望：民調提供了一種方式，使公眾、政府和企業得以了解社會的整體趨勢和態度。媒體也經常報導民調結果，提供公眾對當前議題的見解。
    提供反饋和評估：無論是企業還是政府，都可以透過民調了解其表現、服務或政策的效果，並根據反饋進行改進。
    預測和趨勢分析：民調可以幫助預測某些趨勢或行為的未來發展，如選舉結果、市場需求等。
    教育和提高公眾意識：通過進行和公布民調，可以促使公眾對某一議題或問題有更深入的了解和討論。

    民調可信嗎？
    民意調查的結果數據隨處可見，尤其是政治性民調結果幾乎可說是天天在新聞上放送，對總統的滿意度下降了多少百分比，然而大家又信多少？

    在景美市場的訪問中，我們了解到民眾對民調有一些普遍的觀點。大多數受訪者表示，他們對民調的可信度存有疑慮，主要原因是他們擔心政府可能會在調查中進行操控，以符合特定政治目標。

    受訪者還提到，民意調查的結果通常不會對他們的投票意願產生影響。換句話說，他們的選擇通常受到更多因素的影響，例如候選人的政策立場和政府做事的認真與否，而不是單純依賴民調結果。

    從訪問中我們可以得出的結論是，大多數民眾對民調持謹慎態度，並認為它們對他們的投票決策影響有限。

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