Consider peak performance idols like Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss. They accomplish more in a week than most do in a year, yet they have plenty of time to stay in excellent shape, pursue their passions and do all the adventurous and flat-out fun stuff they please. I’ve wondered why.

It could be that, once you reach a million bucks, you’re finally able to afford the handy watch that reverses time at will. (I hear Emma Watson knows where to find them.) The productivity could even be a grand illusion of body doubles and elaborate schemes; once you can afford it, of course. But none of this explains how our peak performance leaders achieved their success to begin.

So, instead of applying my imagination to magical solutions, I searched for the easy answer.

Do you have a pen and paper?

If yes, you have everything it takes to be a performance genius. Whether you want to be a millionaire or not is up to you.

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Effective planning is the secret to productivity.

High production is the result of consistent directed action. Everybody acts throughout the day -- surfing the internet, reading, breathing. But where we differ from the performance gurus is the direction of our action:

Ours is scattered amongst low-value habits; they are laser-focused on the most important things.

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