{"id":3103,"date":"2013-06-14T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2022-09-03T01:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:51:41","slug":"2-things-productive-people-do-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2 things every productive (and successful) person does, every day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway:<\/b>\u00a0Productive and successful people do two things every day: they act on their knowledge, and they continually learn more stuff.<\/p>\n

Estimated Reading Time:<\/strong> 1 minute, 37s.<\/div><\/div>\n

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Every person who is 20 pounds overweight knows at least one thing<\/i> they can do to live a healthier life, right now. They might not know everything<\/i> they need to do to lose their extra weight, but they at least know one thing<\/i>. The people who act on that knowledge (and gain more of it) will shed their extra pounds, and the people who don’t act on their knowledge won’t.<\/p>\n

I just graduated yesterday, so I haven’t yet had a chance to run off into the world and become either successful or unsuccessful. But I have had a few great University co-op terms where I worked with a lot of successful people and a lot of unsuccessful people. Over the past few years I think I’ve began to realize something.<\/p>\n

Productive, successful people do two things that unproductive, unsuccessful people do not do:<\/p>\n

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  1. They act<\/i> on their knowledge.<\/b> Especially that have to do with the things they care about. If a productive\/successful person doesn’t care enough to lose their 20 extra pounds, they won’t. But if they care enough about making a change, they almost always do.<\/li>\n
  2. They continually learn more stuff.<\/b> The most successful people I know are the ones who never stop learning, and then repeat step one after said learning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sure, there’s a lot of cruft that surrounds this idea – like whether or not you have enough willpower, motivation, self-honesty, or focus, but ignore all that for a second. (Yeah, I know it’s a tall order to ignore all of that stuff.)<\/p>\n

    When you constantly act on the things you know, and make an effort to know more, you’re going to act in ways that you should, that make you better.<\/p>\n

    Learning more is easy. All you have to do is pick up a book or read a blog like this one. Acting on what you know is the hard part, but I think it might be exactly what you need to do to become more productive and successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In my opinion, productive people (and successful people) do these two things every day that other people don’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"

    [box type=\"tick\"]Takeaway:<\/b>\u00a0Productive and successful people do two things every day: they act on their knowledge, and they continually learn more stuff.<\/p>

    Estimated Reading Time:<\/strong> 1 minute, 37s.[\/box]<\/p>

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    Every person who is 20 pounds overweight knows at least one thing<\/i> they can do to live a healthier life, right now. They might not know everything<\/i> they need to do to lose their extra weight, but they at least know one thing<\/i>. The people who act on that knowledge (and gain more of it) will shed their extra pounds, and the people who don't act on their knowledge won't.<\/p>

    I just graduated yesterday, so I haven't yet had a chance to run off into the world and become either successful or unsuccessful. But I have had a few great University co-op terms where I worked with a lot of successful people and a lot of unsuccessful people. Over the past few years I think I've began to realize something.<\/p>

    Productive, successful people do two things that unproductive, unsuccessful people do not do:<\/p>

    1. They act<\/i> on their knowledge.<\/b> Especially that have to do with the things they care about. If a productive\/successful person doesn't care enough to lose their 20 extra pounds, they won't. But if they care enough about making a change, they almost always do.<\/li>
    2. They continually learn more stuff.<\/b> The most successful people I know are the ones who never stop learning, and then repeat step one after said learning.<\/li><\/ol>

      Sure, there's a lot of cruft that surrounds this idea - like whether or not you have enough willpower, motivation, self-honesty, or focus, but ignore all that for a second. (Yeah, I know it's a tall order to ignore all of that stuff.)<\/p>

      When you constantly act on the things you know, and make an effort to know more, you're going to act in ways that you should, that make you better.<\/p>

      Learning more is easy. All you have to do is pick up a book or read a blog like this one. Acting on what you know is the hard part, but I think it might be exactly what you need to do to become more productive and successful.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n2 Things That Successful People Do Every Day - A Life Of Productivity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the top 2 things that every successful person does without fail on a daily basis!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2 Things That Successful People Do Every Day - A Life Of Productivity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn the top 2 things that every successful person does without fail on a daily basis!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chris Bailey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-14T15:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-03T01:51:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-14-at-11.54.14-AM-1024x766-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"766\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Bailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/chris_bailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@chris_bailey\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Bailey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\"},\"headline\":\"The 2 things every productive (and successful) person does, every day\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-14T15:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-03T01:51:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":381,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52e99dd14925b1bfe8c1034b8d40ed70\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-14-at-11.54.14-AM-1024x766-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Focus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/2-things-productive-people-do-every-day\/\",\"name\":\"2 Things That Successful People Do Every Day - 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