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that matter to you. I'm Tan Fam, founder

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of Asian Efficiency, where we help people become

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more productive at work and in

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life. And guess what? Today is a Wisdom

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Wednesday episode. So that means you

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are going to get actionable productivity advice in

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less than 10 minutes. Now today

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we're exploring a simple, yet profoundly

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impactful tool, and that is Checklist.

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Now back around 2010 or so, I was traveling enrolled.

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I was a digital nomad at the

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time. I lived in Bangkok. I lived

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in Budapest, Hungary, Ho Chi

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Minh City, Vietnam, and I

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traveled to many countries like Taiwan,

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Portugal, Poland, and Singapore. But

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no matter how seasoned of a traveler

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I became, there was always that nagging

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feeling whenever I was on a plane. Did

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I forget something? And more

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often than not, I did. That's

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when I turned to a really simple

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yet powerful tool, which we all are

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familiar with, and that is the Checklist.

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Now you might have heard about

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Checklist before, but are you actually

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implementing it? And that's oftentimes where

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I see most people struggle when they first come to

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us. They understand a concept

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or an idea, but

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they struggle with implementing it. Now

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every time I was traveling, I find that

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my checklist got better and more refined. Sometimes

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I will forget something and then I would

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go, oh yeah, I need to

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add that to my checklist. And then my checklist

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got bigger, longer, more refined, but

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at the same time, it allowed me

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to go from spending two, three hours a

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day packing for a trip through

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literally getting it done in less than 30

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minutes. So if you think

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about, for example, airline pilots, professionals who navigate

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the skies every day, even

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with years of experience,

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they always follow a pre-flight

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checklist. Why? Because make

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sure that the service and

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experience is consistent. Make

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sure that everything is safe, right? And

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safety of the passengers. And also

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it gives everybody peace of mind knowing that everything was taken

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care of. So if

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pilots with their expertise and routine

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can rely on checklists, why

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shouldn't we? And checklists

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can be game changers beyond travel

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or aviation. They can

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streamline your morning routine, declutter

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your workspace, make project

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management a whole lot easier. I mean,

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they're so useful and powerful for

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so many different things. And

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it's really about externalizing ideas and

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memories so that you free

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up mental space for creativity, for

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deep thinking, and actually being

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able to get stuff done

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with clarity. And

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as David Allen, founder of Getting Things Done, always

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like to say, and I'm going to butcher his

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quote, but he always likes

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to say something along the lines of like, your

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brain is not for storing ideas, it's for creating

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things. Here are a few

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areas where you can immediately start implementing

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checklists. One, think

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about your daily routines. Outline

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your morning routine. Outline your evening routine.

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Outline all the routines you have going

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on to make sure that you're maximizing

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your time and energy. effectively. Second,

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work projects. Think about

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stuff you do every day or every week

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or maybe once a month. Tasks

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that are recurring. Those

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are great tasks to turn

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into checklists. And

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anytime you do them, you can follow

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a checklist and make sure that you're

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doing it effectively and streamlined. Third,

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grocery shopping. Never, ever

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forget an item again when you go to

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the grocery store and also make shopping a

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whole lot faster and easier. Four,

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meeting preparations. Outline

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key points and objectives to make sure

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that your meetings are more productive and

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concise and making sure that

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the experience is streamlined for everybody. Five,

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anytime you have people coming over, have a

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checklist of things that need to be done

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like cleaning your place, putting valuables away, organizing

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areas of your home, ordering

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certain food and drinks, and the list goes on

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and on and on. You get the idea.

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Checklists are helpful and they allow you to be

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more organized. Integrating checklists

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into these different areas, you're not

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just organizing tasks, you're setting up

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a system that propels you

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towards efficiency and effectiveness. So

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here's your action item for today. Identify

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one area of your life that

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feels overwhelming or cluttered. It

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could be your workday routine, your content

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creation process, or even your weekly

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meal planning. Create

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a checklist for this area and commit

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to using it for the next week.

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And I want you to observe the

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clarity it brings and the time

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it is saving you. And once you

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start to see that, I think you'll become

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a believer and you'll start to implement this

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in other areas of your life. Remember,

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the power of a checklist lies

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in its simplicity and its

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ability to make the invisible visible. And

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oftentimes the forgotten remembered. It's

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about giving yourself the gift of. Into

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space so you can focus

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what truly matters. And.

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That is it for today's wisdom when say episode

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that I hope you enjoy it. Now. See

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you next week!