4 Productivity Hacks That Made me $12,400,000

The coaches that make the most money online are often the most productive and tend to outwork their competitors. Now, I define productivity as somebody that gets the most work done per unit of time. It was something I really struggled with when I first launched my online coaching businesses. And when I finally sort of come up with some, like, cheat codes and frameworks, everything fell into place. And ultimately, it's the reason that I've been able to genuinely make millions of pounds over the past five to six years online. It's also the reason that all of my students are crushing it and earning literally tens of thousands of pounds every single month. Hey, I'm. I'm Adam Haley and I help personal trainers get off the gym floor and build their businesses fully online. So chances are, if you're watching this video, then you probably are struggling with productivity. You're probably getting to the end of the day or the end of the week and feeling frustrated. I know because I've been there where you get to the end of the week, you look at your competitors on Instagram and so on, and you think, man, why can they just turn up and get the work done? Why am I struggling? Why are things not moving forwards? Why am I procrastinating? Why am I scrolling? If you're resonating with any of this, then you need to keep watching. So when it comes to productivity, there are 101 things that you can do. But for me, there's three key pillars that I think will give you sort of the quickest shortcut to getting more shit done. The first pillar is supplements. I just don't really see that many people in this space actually talk about supplementation when it comes to productivity, But I think it's really useful. So there are three things that I would use here. Number one, like, let's call it level one, which is really what anybody could use, would be just good old caffeine. So I would pair between 80 and 120 milligrams of caffeine or with the equivalent dose of L theanine. So if you have 80 milligrams of caffeine, roughly speaking, you want around 80 to 100 milligrams of L theanine. If you were to go to, say, 200 milligrams of caffeine, you would have 200 milligrams of L theanine. So caffeine, I probably don't need to go into it. You've experienced the effects. When you take a large amount of caffeine, you are more productive, basically prevents tiredness, is really how it works versus actually making you have more energy. It's more that it actually blocks like the receptors that make you tired, therefore, you know, working well. And it's obviously a central nervous system stimulant. Now sometimes when people take caffeine, they feel sort of a bit jittery. Whereas what L Theanine does when it's dose matched at the same level of caffeine is it helps to sort of calm that and balance it out so you just get the productivity benefits without the feeling of, you know, some anxiety and so on. So personally, my favorite way of getting caffeine in is a big day. And the reason that I like this drink is because there's no flavorings in it or it's like it's not strongly flavored. You know, you drink like a can of Monster can taste really sickly. At least for me. I don't tolerate it very well. It can give me a bit of stomach upset. Whereas I really like the Big Day brand because it's literally just sparkling water with a little bit of flavoring, 80 milligrams of caffeine. So I drink it and I just feel like I'm having like a sparkling water with a little bit of lemon or something. So I would highly recommend that you try perhaps Big Day or you know, sugar free Red Bull double espresso, whatever drink of choices for caffeine, so long as you like tolerate it well. And then pair that with supplemental L Theanine. So this would be level one, Level two would be over the counter nootropic drinks. So things like Brain Bridge, Skywalk, any of these sorts of powders typically that you'll mix. You can choose non stimulant versions if you like, such as CMP cognition, or you can have some that have an amount of caffeine in them. The reason that I like these is twofold. And number one, they tend to contain a decent amount of ingredients. So they'll have caffeine, they'll have the L Theanine that I mentioned, they'll have tyrosine, they'll have alpha gpc, they'll have cognizine and so on. They'll have like a ton of different nootropic based ingredients that are designed to improve cognitive function, memory recall, productivity and so on. But really the big reason that I like them is because I feel that there's something powerful about mixing up, you know, a bit of a funny colored drink, drinking it. It doesn't taste that great. There's almost a bit of placebo that happens alongside this as well. So although in pretty much all of these products, you know, most of the ingredients are heavily research backed, they're at the right doses and so on and they, they genuinely do make a difference. I also think there's power in you drinking something and then sitting down and going, well, I better not waste it. There is power in that and I think it's massively overlooked. So whether it's a non stimulant or a stimulant based over the counter nootropic blend, I think you should look into those. And the third supplement is a surprising one for most people and it's actually nicotine. So whether you use a nicotine gum that's typically like my preferred form or you can even use the sprays, they taste pretty rough. So I would probably recommend that you go for the nicotine gum. If you've never used nicotine before, definitely start at like half of a 2 milligrams like piece of gum. So take like 1 milligram. It can make you feel a little bit nauseous if you're not used to stimulants. But nicotine works in a similar way to caffeine, improves focus. Except the benefit of nicotine is it has a shorter half life than caffeine, meaning you can actually take it in the evening and still go to bed on time. Caffeine I typically wouldn't take much later than between 12 and 2pm, whereas nicotine I would take up to 6, 7, sometimes even 8pm, depending on what time I'm going to bed. So if you have like an evening deep work block, taking nicotine gum is really, really powerful. The next pillar is music, which again I don't really see spoken about that often. So number one for me, when I'm in like a really deep work block, I try and avoid anything with lyrics in it. Maybe it's just me, but I just find it a bit off putting and I end up sort of start thinking about the music and you know, what they're saying and so on. So I would always try and find some form of music playlist that is lyric free. The two recommendations that I've got is if you're not a psychopath, then Hans Zimmer and any of his music playlists and soundtracks like Interstellar, you should go YouTube that or find it on Spotify, Hans Zimmer, Interstellar, Any of those music tracks are great for doing some deep work too. If you are a bit of a psychopath like me, then Binaural Beats works phenomenally well. So again, you can just YouTube like binaural beats Focus Playlist. There are tons of them on YouTube. The only thing that you need to make sure you're doing if you use Binaural Beats is use headphones because it's going to put different frequencies in each ear, which from traditional laptop speakers just doesn't really have the same job. So you can pick certain brain waves to get the brain like fired up. Stick some noise canceling headphones on, get in the zone, pair it with some caffeine or some nicotine, and I promise you, you will have some of the most productive work sessions of your life. And then the third one would be location anchoring. So I feel that most people nowadays where we can sort of work from our phone, we blend like social time with work time. So we might be trying to create content or respond to DMs while on the sofa trying to unwind, watching Netflix with your partner. It's just really weird to do that. Same as like, you'll go to bed and you'll still be trying to clear messages. I think it's really important to try and have places where you live that are for relaxing, you know, speaking with your partner or having friends over and then like dedicated workspaces so that when you sit at that desk, you are anchored in and your brain associates that with, okay, this is the place that I write content, this is the place that I take sales calls and so on. Now again, if we think back to the music stuff, and I said, if you're a bit of a psychopath. So again, if you're like me, then you can take it up a gear. So I have like one specific space here, which is where I'll do pretty much all of my deep work. However, if I'm working on a really big project, so let's say I'm like rewriting all of our modules within my program. I'll actually block out a hotel room and I will just stay in a hotel for like two days. I'll get room service delivered and I will literally just chew nicotine gum, listen to Binaural Beats and just get in the zone in a hotel room, just strapped in at the laptop, distraction free. And it is by far where I get most of my work done. This has actually been proven. So if you think of J.K. rowling, the author of Harry Potter, I believe the last two books that she authored was at a hotel in Edinburgh. I want to say where she booked, she paid for a suite and she would go and get the books written in there because she found that she was just distracted anywhere else. And then there's also another entrepreneur. I can't think of the name off the top of my head. I probably should have researched it before this video. But I know that he, in order to write a book, I believe he booked like a business class flight from, I want to say it was like us to Tokyo and back and basically wrote an entire book within that time and again. The theory was there were no distractions. He was just there in his seat, working away. I'm not saying that you want to go book a round the world business class trip, but you get where I'm going with this sometimes.