Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

1. Measuring Energy
Measuring your energy is easy. All you have to do is look at
how you feel physically. I recently wrote about that
specifically. What matters is that you find ways to increase
your energy. You can start by asking yourself one question:
What small thing can I do today that has a significant
impact on my energy? Here’s something that is true for
everyone:
1. Exercise every day — I lift weights four times a
week, do two interval runs, and make sure I walk at
least 30 minutes at a fast pace on the days I don’t
work out.
2. Eat well — I don’t follow a specific diet. I eat meat,
bread, pasta, and a bunch of other things that are
supposed to be bad for you. But I feel great. I just
don’t eat processed stuff, and I eat very little sugar

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(I like chocolate). I also don’t consume more
calories than I burn.
That’s one part of the equation. When I do those two things
every day, I feel great. And my energy is also high. As soon
as I stop working out or start eating unhealthy, I feel down.
That’s how I know this works. You can easily improve your
energy by exercising more and eating well.
2. Measuring Work
When it comes to work, I don’t look at income, status, or
other generic measures. Instead, I look at how much I can
still learn. In other words: Have you reached your full
learning potential? Why do I look at learning and not
income? Because it matters more. Christensen puts it well
in How Will You Measure Your Life?:
“In order to really find happiness, you need to continue
looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in
which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and
be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.”
Career and life success is directly related to how much you
learn. And more importantly: How much
you 
keep
learning. Education never ends. Also, income is
directly related to your learning development. The more you
learn, the more you earn. It’s true. Of course, there are
limits to this statement. And knowledge must always be put
into practice.
We’ve all heard about the smart people who’ve wasted their
potential. To be successful, you must always act on what
you know. Without action, knowledge is useless. But
generally speaking, the more knowledge you have (from
experience or studying), the more you can contribute to
your company, colleagues, clients, etc. And contribution
translates to income.

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