# Leverage Lists > To-Do Lists

*This is my interpretation of something that George Mack wrote.*

Leverage is the key. The leverage of people, technology, and financial assets to produce results without spending additional energy, time, or effort is the way to move forward.

## Introduction

In today's fast-paced world, managing time efficiently is crucial for productivity and success. To accomplish tasks, many people rely on traditional to-do lists, outlining the actions they need to complete regularly. While to-do lists have been popular for a long time, they might not be the most effective approach to task management. This article explores the concept of "Leverage Lists" as an alternative to traditional to-do lists. Leverage lists empower individuals to invest in time assets, ultimately increasing productivity and efficiency.

## Naval Ravikant defines three broad classes of leverage.

You don’t have leverage when your input and outputs are highly connected.

You don’t gain leverage by renting your time. “A leveraged worker can out-produce a non-leveraged worker by a factor of one thousand or ten thousand,” writes Naval.

There are three broad categories to leverage:

### **1 The leverage of labor.**

When other humans work for you, you get their time as a capacity of work or outputs.

But this is the worst form of leverage as leveraging people is messy. It requires excellent leadership skills.

### **2 The leverage of money.**

Every time you make a financial decision, you can multiply it with money.

It scales well. You can manage more capital than you can more people.

### **3 The leverage of permissionless products.**

These are “products with no marginal cost of replication.”

“They don’t require somebody else’s permission for you to use them or succeed.” These types of products are media, books, movies, and code.

“Code is probably the most powerful form of permissionless leverage.”

You can multiply your efforts without needing money or people to give you permission.

## The Problem with To-Do Lists

__Time Liabilities Requiring Constant Willpower__

To-do lists often become time liabilities rather than assets. They require continuous willpower and effort to complete tasks, causing mental fatigue and stress. As a result, people may find themselves struggling to stay motivated and focused.

__Limited Time Horizon__

To-do lists usually have a limited time horizon. They focus on short-term goals, leading individuals to overlook long-term opportunities for growth and improvement.

## Introducing Leverage Lists

__What are Leverage Lists?__

Leverage lists differ from traditional to-do lists in their approach to task management. Instead of merely listing actions to complete, leverage lists emphasize finding actions that work for you even after their initial completion.

__Example of Leverage List__

- To-Do List Item: Train someone on the dev team.
- Leverage List Item: Record the training so that it can be re-used.

In this example, the traditional to-do list item is completed when the training is finished. However, the leverage list item ensures that the effort put into training is leveraged for future use, saving time and effort in subsequent training sessions.

## The Power of Leverage Lists

__Time Assets with Long-Term Benefits__

Leverage lists are time assets. They demand willpower and effort only once but continue to provide benefits in the future. By investing in time assets, individuals can significantly increase their overall productivity and efficiency.

Reducing Time Liabilities

By adopting leverage lists, individuals can actively reduce and avoid time liabilities associated with traditional to-do lists. This shift in approach allows for a more proactive and sustainable task management system.

## How to Invest Time for Optimal Results

__Identify High Leverage Actions__

The first step in leveraging time effectively is to identify high leverage actions - tasks that have long-term benefits and can be reused or optimized in the future.

__Prioritize Long-Term Goals__

Rather than focusing solely on short-term objectives, it's essential to prioritize long-term goals and invest time in actions that contribute to ongoing success.

__Review and Optimize__

Regularly review and optimize leverage lists to ensure they remain relevant and aligned with changing goals and circumstances.

__Learn from Experience__

Use past experiences to identify actions that have worked well and add them to the leverage list for future application.

## Conclusion

In conclusion, to-do lists, while widely used, may not be the most effective approach to time management. Leverage lists provide a more efficient way to invest time, turning tasks into time assets with long-term benefits. By prioritizing time assets over time liabilities, individuals can significantly increase productivity and achieve success in both their personal and professional lives.

The leverage of people, technology, and financial assets to produce results without spending additional energy, time, or effort is the way to move forward.

Fundamentally To-Do Lists are Broken

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I just started reading [The Mountain is You](https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-You-Transforming-Self-Sabotage-Self-Mastery/dp/1949759229) by Brianna Wiest and I'm already so into it.

_The main purpose of this blog post is to document my thoughts and takeaways from the book. I'll be updating this post as I read through the book._

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# Table on Contents

- [Chapter 1 | The Mountain is you](#Chapter 1 | The Mountain is you)

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## Chapter 1 | The Mountain is you

> Just as a mountain is formed when two sections of the ground are forced against one another, your mountain will arise out of coexisting but conflicting needs. Your mountain requires you to reconcile two parts of you: the conscious and the unconscious, the part of you that is aware of what you want and the part of you that is not aware of why you are still holding yourself back.

A banger as soon as I start reading! This line really resonated with me because I've been feeling this way for a while now. I know what I want to do, but I'm not sure why I'm not doing it. I'm hoping this book will help me figure that out.

> The objective of being human is to grow

A simple line has the ability to make someone rethink their whole situation. We are a product of our environment, if we don't grow out of our environment (both physical and digital) then we will never grow as a person.

Time to evolve.👀

> Your mountain is the block between you and the life you want to live. Facing it is also the only path to your freedom and becoming. You are here because a trigger showed you to your wound, and your wound will show you to your path, and your path will show you to your destiny.

Your whole path to success depends fully on how you manoeuvre your mountain. You and only you are in charge of how your life is gonna be like. 

> Once you begin to really question and observe these pre-existing beliefs, you begin to see how warped and illogical they were all along—not to mention distinctly holding you back from your ultimate potential
> 
   Your life is defined not only by what you think about it, but also what you think of yourself. Your self-concept is an idea that you have spent your whole life building. It was created by piecing together inputs and influences from those around you: what your parents believed, what your peers thought, what became self-evident through personal experience, and so on. Your self-image is difficult to adjust, because your brain’s confirmation bias works to affirm your pre-existing beliefs about yourself.

This is an eye opener for sure! We are what we believe in. The moment we start questioning it, we unlock new pathways for our future. 

> Human beings are guided by comfort. They stay close to what feels familiar and reject what doesn’t, even if it’s objectively better for them.

Get angry, determined, and allow yourself to develop tunnel vision with one thing and one thing only at the end: that you will not go on as you are.

__What you believe about your life is what you will make true about your life.__ We all have heard about manifestation, and even though I am still wrapping my head around it, I have seen it have worked wonders for so many. We need to question some of the default narratives we believe in and really question why is it that we believe in it.  **To truly change, we need to look at out beliefs from the outside rather than from the inside**. 

> THERE IS NOTHING HOLDING you back in life more than yourself.

If there is one key thing that we can take away from this chapter is this : **When you decide you truly do not ever want to feel a certain way again, you set out on a journey of self-awareness, learning, and growth that has you radically reinvent who you are.** 

You alone have the power to change everything. The only thing stopping is our own self nothing else. 

__Your new life is going to cost you your old one__.  It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction. All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you no longer are, and if you are willing to change, then hey that's a really great loss. You’re going to build a new comfort zone around the things that actually move you forward. 

This chapter opened my mind up to new perspectives. I can feel that this is the start of something great. This chapter is the reason why I started to do things that I really wanted to and this is the chapter why I am not gonna stop. For too long I have embraced the comfort zone, but not anymore. In order to stand out, you need to do things that most people are not willing to.

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## Chapter 2 | THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS SELF-SABOTAGE

 > WHEN YOU HABITUATE YOURSELF to do things that move your life forward, you call them skills. When they hold your life back, you call them self-sabotage. They are both essentially the same function.

We are creatures of habit. Our habits shape us, for better or worse. Sometimes, we get so used to our way of living that we forget to dream of a different life. Sometimes, we make choices out of ignorance, unaware that better options exist. Sometimes, we settle for what we're given, not knowing we can ask for more. Sometimes, we drift through life, believing we lack choices. But remember, __we always have the power to choose__ our path.

The way we can overcome this is not by trying to figure out how to control our impulses, its about first determining __why__ those impulses exists in the first place.

> We have to get clear on what we want as well as when and why we want it

Everyone knows what they want, but the key difference is __why__. "Why" should be personal, should not be influenced by the masses. Figure out the why and the path is set. We have to identify unconscious beliefs that are preventing us from showing up and work on why we believe in it.

> Don’t worry about doing it well; just do it.

For most of the time, we all focus on finding out the best way to do something, or the optimal and managed way. And for 90% of the time, this is what is stopping us from ever starting. 

The main purpose of this blog post is to document my thoughts and takeaways from the book. I'll be updating this post as I read through the book

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