#12 Dan Silvestre: Zero To Done Lifelong Learning

After naturally gravitating to the subject of productivity and optimising, Dan studied the greats and learned a lot along the way. He’s been writing on subjects based around personal development, productivity, developing habits for several years now and has generated useful and inspiration resources to help you be a better version of yourself.Whether you’re reading one of his articles or taking part in his online courses, you’ll be sure to find useful information that will last a lifetime.Dan and I geeked out on productivity and shared our own experiences with systems and optimization. We talked about our love for excel, the importance of dropping habits as well as not always needing to have a system in the first place.If you love productivity this podcast is for you, and I strongly recommend you check out Dan’s blog.Relevant LinksDan’s websiteDan’s NewsletterOne ProductivityMediumTwitterTopics DiscussedDan’s interest with productivityHow Dan started his blogThe love for ExcelEnjoying systems and Dan’s personal management systemSometimes you don’t need a system“It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.” Antoine de Saint ExupéryThe importance of taking regular long tripsTaking a small backpack & how that mentality transeferred over to his workThe importance of dropping habitsCreating a decision matrixDan’s Zero to Done CourseDan’s Summaries & Book NotesHow to find books that are suitable for youThe rules for dropping a movieThe distractions of the internetWriting offline firstTools MentionedLeechblockFocusme appBlocksiteBooks MentionedThe Millionaire Fast Lane