Quick wins are fun. Most of my productivity strategies are tiny optimizations that tweak my habits and systems just enough to make them amazing.

If you're in the mood for small hinges that swing big doors, welcome. This is the 5 a.m. Miracle, episode number 5.30.

12 productivity tips you need to know. And five more that

probably don't matter, but are fun anyway. Good morning and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle.

I am Jeff Sanders and this is the podcast dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast.

My goal is to help you bounce out of bed with enthusiasm,

create powerful lifelong habits,

and tackle your grandest goals with extraordinary energy.

In the episode this week,

I'll break down about a dozen strategies that run my life and business every day,

why I focus on productivity hacks so often, and how you can create a lifestyle that improves upon itself all the time.

Let's get to it.

So earlier this week, I went to my new coworking space here in Nashville, Tennessee,

and I had a small problem. I forgot my gym bag. Now, if you know me, I don't forget things. I have systems for everything you could possibly imagine except when I don't.

And that's kind of the point.

I don't have a perfect system.

Not everything is optimized to the nth degree, but it can be.

And when I find opportunities to create new checklists or fix the system or get myself to the next level

up, I take it. And so on this recent trip to the office, when I forgot my gym bag, the very first

thing I did when I got to the office was to make a new checklist, to guarantee I do not forget

this gym bag ever again. I also made a new reminder to look

at that checklist at the right time of day on the days I go into the office. Now then the next day

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