Time Warrior v.1-2

Time Warrior
Steve Chandler

Book Overview from the Publisher

Time Warrior is a revolutionary, non-linear approach to dealing with time. What is non-linear time
management? Non-linear time management is a commitment to action in the present moment. It's
looking at a task and choosing NOW or “not now.” If it's not now, it's got to be NEVER, or placed in a
time capsule that has a spot on the calendar and therefore out of the mind. The mind must remain clear
and empty of all future considerations. In non-linear time management there is no line extending from my
mind into the future. No tapeworm of unfinished business coming out of my body.

Life becomes a great game and everything is handled right now on the spot. All fear comes from
picturing the future. Putting things off increases that fear. Soon we are nothing but heavy minds
weighing down on weary brains. Too much future will do that. Only a warrior's approach will solve this.
A warrior takes his sword to the future. A warrior also takes his sword to all circumstances that don't
allow him to fully focus.

Non-linear time management stops all that weary nonsensical treading on the road to one's destiny.
Rather than inching along horizontally you must simply rise up.

KEY POINTS COVERED IN THIS SUMMARY:
1. How to be a time warrior
2. Assault of sustained thinking - Work for extended periods of time without
interruptions
3. Create systems - Put a structure in place to accomplish what you want
4. Identify next action - Thinking of the smallest next possible action you can take
moves you forward
5. Motivation follows action - Action does not follow motivation
6. You will never find time - We don’t find time, we create it
7. Flight test - Imagine your goal as a flight to catch. See how committed you are
with this simple test
8. Rocky Marciano Focus - This boxing legend’s powerful focusing skill made him
an undefeated champion
9. 3-Minute rule - How to beat procrastination in just 3 minutes

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1) How to be a Time Warrior

In order to be extremely productive, we must become time warriors.
● Take out your sword and carve out time for what is important to you
● Commit to taking action on that task during that time

Do this irrespective of what is going on around you, irrespective of all the things that are
coming out to you. Carve out time for what is important, for what you need to create.
2) Assault of Sustained Thinking

“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” -Voltaire

In order to do great things, we cannot live this empty life where we do some work then we
check some social media, check some email, do some other stuff, and then get back to work,
hang out, chill out, and then get back to work.

That's not how you're going to get the most important problem solved. It's just not going to
work.

What we need instead is an attack - an assault of sustained thinking.

You have to carve out a huge chunk of time for that one thing and just do the work. You give it
your very best during that time.

Here is the key: S ustained thinking for extended periods of time without any interruptions.

In contrast, when you are constantly being interrupted you are not able to sustain your thinking.

Think of carving that time as an assault on that problem. When you have sustained thinking,
you will end up solving the problem. You become extremely productive.
3) Create Systems

We have to create systems to be productive.

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The worst p roductivity question you can ask yourself:
What do I feel like doing right now?

That is a dangerous question because that will never be in alignment with the most important
thing you need to do.

2 better questions you need to ask yourself:
1) What is it that I want to accomplish in the long term?
2) What is the structure I need to put in place in order to accomplish this goal?
(This structure will go to your system.)

The system you need to have in place in order to accomplish that goal:
Your calendar

In your calendar, you assign time for the things that you need to do in order to accomplish your
goal.

So you have to create systems for your long-term ambition or goal. You are free to experiment
and create within that structure.

Create systems for your success and they will help you accomplish and accelerate your goal.

4) Identify the Smallest possible Next Action

If you constantly struggle with procrastination, then this is something that will benefit you.

Our minds have a tendency to make any task that we don't like into one giant, ugly task that
makes it feel really scary and hence we don't want to do it. We don't even want to touch it
because it feels overwhelming.

What we need to do in those moments when we feel overwhelmed and when we procrastinate
on that important task is to identify the next action -- the smallest possible next action. The
smallest step you can take to move yourself forward.

It's almost like breaking the task into the smallest possible atom that you can act upon.

EXAMPLE: If you are procrastinating on going to the gym, the smallest possible thing you can
do is probably go find your shoes. That will take you less than 30 seconds, but that'll get the
process rolling on making yourself go to the gym.

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The simplest way to look at it:
If you're procrastinating, you probably have not identified the next action.

This is because once you identify the next action, you can take it. Once you identify the smallest
possible next action, you are already on your way to success.

You will find a way to do that smallest possible action because that small action is something
that is doable at any given time.

So identify your next action in order to beat procrastination.
5) Motivation Follows Action

A lot of times, people stop themselves from taking action because they don't feel like doing that
thing. They don't feel like they have the motivation to do it. They don't feel like they have the
inspiration right now to do it, so they wait for it to strike to start taking action.

But here’s the truth:
Action precedes motivation.

What that means is when we take action, that's the time we get motivation. And once you get
that motivation, it will trigger you to take m ore action.

It's a loop in some ways:
Action → Motivation → More action

Motivation is there all along. It has always been there, the problem is you never triggered it.
You never fired it up.

The only way to fire it up:
Start off by just doing that one little thing that moves you forward.
Once you take that action, the motivation kicks in and that causes you to take even more action.

So never wait for motivation in order to take action because motivation is always just behind
action.

Action is the first thing we do, motivation will follow.
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6) You Will Never Find Time

People often complain that they can't find the time to do what is really important. They can't
find the time for exercise, for family, for building their business, whatever it might be.

They can't find the time because their day is a mishmash.

The truth: You will never be able to find the time.

Being able to find the time is not possible. What you need to do instead is to c reate time.

But what does it mean by creating time?

It means --
● You will have to take your calendar.
● Carve out time, like a warrior, for that specific thing that you need to do, whatever it
might be.
● Protect it.
● Let everything else happen outside of that time.

7) Take the ‘Flight Test’

The “flight test” is a really simple way to evaluate if you are dealing with your goals with a
sense of purpose. You will quickly find out if you are on a mission, if you are committed and if
have a sense of urgency.

Let's say you are on your way to the airport. You have a flight to catch in an hour and a friend
stops you and says, “Hey, can we talk for a few minutes?”

You know you're getting late for the flight. So you say, “No, right now I've got to rush for the
flight. I've got to make the flight.” And then you rush to the airport.

In this moment, you did not need any time management techniques.
● You easily said N o.
● You know you had a very limited time window.
● You were able to carve out time for yourself because you knew you were o n a mission.
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● You actually became a time warrior.

That's how you need to deal with your goals. You need to attack your goals as if you're on a
mission, with a sense of urgency, purpose, and commitment. You know that you have very
limited time and you’ve got to run towards it.

When you do that, everything else just falls off from your calendar, from your time, because
you're not going to give those things the time.

You are only focused on that one goal that's going to move you forward, whatever your mission
is.

Take the flight test and see if you're actually committed to your goal the same way you would
commit to a flight in an hour or two. You will find the results very fascinating and enlightening.
8) Rocky Marciano Focus

Most people are not aware of one of the greatest boxers to have ever lived -- Rocky Marciano.
He is the only undefeated heavyweight boxing champion in the world. He was undefeated from
1952 to 1956: 49 wins, 0 losses, and 43 knockouts in the process.

One of the secrets to Rocky Marciano’s success was his desperate focus. Crazy focus.

Focus begins before the fight

● Starting 3 months before the fight: Rocky would not see his family, not even his wife.
● 10 days before the fight: He would stop taking calls. He would not take any mails. He
would not even talk to any new person.
● 1 week before the fight: He would stop shaking hands because he was in the fight
mode. No new foods. He wouldn't even get out.

That's how focused he was on the fight for 3 months. He just wanted that one thing. He
wanted to be in that fight and he wanted to win.

That's the kind of focus it took for him to become the undefeated champion of boxing, one of
the greatest champions ever to play the game.

His life is an amazing story of what we can accomplish when we have that desperate focus,
that hunger, that desire that we’ll basically sacrifice everything in our lives to get what we want.

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9) 3-Minute Rule

Here's a really simple exercise to beat procrastination. It's called the 3-minute rule.

1. Set a countdown timer for 3 minutes.
2. Work on that thing that you're procrastinating on, whatever it might be. Just do it for 3
minutes -- not more, not less.
3. You can do anything for 3 minutes.
a. If it's going to the gym that you're procrastinating on, just do that action for 3
minutes. Tie your shoes, get out of the door, walk to your car, whatever you need
to do.
b. If it's your taxes, just do it for 3 minutes. Just login to the tax app.

You will find that as soon as you do it for 3 minutes --
● You will now have a surge of motivation on that thing.
● You will be able to defeat your procrastination.
● You'll end up doing a lot more than 3 minutes. You might actually end up doing 13
minutes or 30 minutes or even 60 minutes of that thing.
● But you have to start. Just tell yourself you will do it for only 3 minutes.

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Book Overview from the Publisher

2) Assault of Sustained Thinking

4) Identify the Smallest possible Next Action

5) Motivation Follows Action

7) Take the ‘Flight Test’

8) Rocky Marciano Focus

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