Sometimes burning the boats is how to get things done.

Getting productive things done is always the challenge of every person that wants to be great.

But what is productive? And how do we get them done?

I’m reading The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco and had an epiphany. It’s a good book if you want to be rich. And it is helping me get motivated to get things done.

My epiphany was on what to get done, and how to measure what is productive.

I’ve been working on “side-hustles” on the web for about a decade now with a little success… sort of. It is springing me into a good life doing other things. And has helped me get jobs to make a living for about half that time.

But while reading the book section about getting things done and playing chess instead of checkers, MJ DeMarco said let the market decide, “Put your executed ideas and concepts out into the world and let it tell you.”

It’s about beginning with the end in mind. What do you want? Then putting an executed idea out and try it. Measure your success or failure, and iterate. That’s it.

You want to be more physically fit. Find a way to measure that. Want to lose weight, step on the scale, try something for a week, and then step on the scale again. If the weight goes down, keep doing what you are doing. If it goes up, do something else.

You want more money. Try something to make money. If it works, do more of that. If it doesn’t work, do something else.

Life is about doing something and seeing if it works. Then do more or less of that.

You can shortcut it a little by reading and listening to people that have come before you and doing what they have done. That’s why I read books, listen to the podcast, ask questions of people that have more success than me, and do this website.

It seems to be working. More and more people are downloading my Free Starter’s Guide to doing 75 Hard and signing up to get this content.

This is all about motivating you to make you better. And as you get better, the people around you get better. And the people around them. Pretty soon, we can make the world a better place by simply making ourselves better.

If you want to learn or practice grit and determination. Do the 75 Hard Challenge. If you need a little motivation, just sign up for the emails to get new content every week.

This is how I get things done.

Ben Branam

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