Daniel Pink lays out a 90-day framework for changing your life: identify a problem, form a hypothesis, test it. Run 30-day experiments in different areas like habits and relationships, track results in a lab journal, and iterate based on what works.
At some point in your life, you probably tried to hack your productivity. You read an article or watched a YouTube video that said, if you get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, you can win the day and outperform 99% of people. So you try it, and guess what? It doesn't work. A month goes by, and you muster up the strength to do it again, only to let yourself down again. Now, you could try it a third time, or you could think like a scientist. In this video, I'm gonna teach you the 3-step framework scientists use to solve any problem: identify the issue, Create a hypothesis and test it. And I'll show you how to run a 90-day experiment to improve your willpower, productivity, and even your relationships. Let's get started. Let me explain this method in 3 steps. Step 1, identify the problem. Maybe you're struggling to stick to a new habit or create a new exercise regime. Step 2, create a hypothesis. Ask yourself, what's one change that might solve this problem? For example, if I prep my running shoes the night before, maybe I'll be more likely to go out for a run. Step 3, test and report. You track your results, See what worked, what didn't, and you adjust as necessary. This is how scientists approach problems, and it works. Now, let's take this framework and apply it to your life for the next 90 days. Step 1: Get a notebook. This will be your lab journal to track your goals, observations, and adjustments. Step 2: Identify what you want to improve. Maybe it's start running in the mornings. Maybe it's make a healthy dinner 3 times a week. Maybe it's calling your parents every Sunday. Spend 30 minutes, just 30 minutes, reflecting on the areas of your life you want to improve. Be specific. This is your problem statement. Step 3, form your hypothesis. Maybe your hypothesis is, if I set my running clothes out the night before, I'm gonna be more likely to run in the morning. Write down your best guess what you think is going to happen. This is your hypothesis. This is the core of your experiment. Step 4, test and track. So maybe it's day 1, hey, I ran 2 miles and it felt pretty good. Day 2, ah, I skipped it 'cause I slept late. I'm gonna adjust my bedtime to 10 PM. Track your results daily. Remember, The goal here isn't perfection. It's progress and learning, moving forward, getting better, learning more. You don't want to do everything at once in the same way scientists don't try to figure everything out at once. Pick your shots. For the first 30 days, focus on one area of your life. Make your hypothesis, follow what's going on. At the end of the month, see how you've done. Month 2, the next 30 days, pick another area of your life. Maybe month 1 is exercise, maybe month 2 is relationships. Follow these steps. At the end of the month, see how you're doing. Month 3, another area of your life. your life. Do the same thing. At the end of these 90 days, you'll have conducted 3 powerful experiments in 3 different areas of your life that are going to yield better ways to get stuff done and feel a lot better. Then at the end of those 90 days, look back on your results. What worked? What didn't? This reflection will give you clarity, it will give you confidence, and most important, it'll give you a blueprint for your future goals. The next 90 days could change your life one experiment at a time. So grab your notebook, form your hypothesis, And start testing. Remember, the smartest people don't guess, they test.
