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Deep Impact (and everything like such as) - Laracon 2017

Deep Impact (and everything like such as) - Laracon 2017

How to simplify life, learn better, avoid distraction, fall back in love with the 80s, mentor others, and change the world. No big deal.

Jack McDade

July 26, 2017
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  1. Deep Impact
    and everything like such as
    with Jack McDade

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  2. t
    Learn Gooder but
    beware the firehose,
    Work More Better,
    omg i love the 80s,
    no mo fomo,
    seriously the 80s are rad!
    kill the addiction,
    be the miyagi,
    ok let’s just Change the World

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  3. I am the guy between you…

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  4. After Party
    The

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  5. t
    The 80s

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  6. Reddit
    Twitter Facebook
    Slack
    Instagram
    Email
    SnapChat

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  9. Simplify Life.

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  10. 5 Goals.

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  11. t
    Learned
    Unlearn what you have
    goal 1

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  12. t
    Learn
    aka re-learn how to
    goal 1

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  13. Information Age
    The

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  15. “I simply must
    know! ”

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  16. What is covfefe?

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  17. Is RadioShack still in business?

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  18. Nerd mullet

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  19. 4 stages of
    learning

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  20. 1. Information
    2. Understanding
    3. Integration
    4. Application

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  21. Until you live it, you
    can’t really know it.

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  22. Satisfaction
    Rewire our sense of
    goal 2

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  23. Cultural
    shift

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  24. Emotional
    Satisfaction

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  25. passing along
    information
    our generation

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  26. Accomplishing
    something
    previous generations

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  27. previous generations

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  28. our generation

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  29. if you tell
    someone…

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  30. you just became

    less likely

    to actually do it.

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  31. not that there’s
    anything wrong with it

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  32. Deep Focus
    Improve capacity for
    goal 3

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  34. vs
    Deep Shallow

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  35. distraction
    of
    Culture

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  38. moar plz now
    like it’s 1776
    distraction mode

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  39. Dopamine Addiction

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  40. We’ve trained ourselves
    to need a hit every 20 minutes.

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  41. 6 to 15 minutes alone in a room
    with a live wire…

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  42. Affected Business Culture

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  43. Busyness as Proxy
    for Productivity
    ( if you’re not visibly busy, it’s assumed you’re not working.)

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  44. Principal of
    Least Resistance
    ( without clear feedback on the impact of various behaviors on the bottom line, we
    will tend toward behaviors that are easiest in the moment.)

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  45. You can change.

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  47. Deep work is valuable,
    rare, & meaningful.

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  48. Work Deeply
    Rule 1

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  49. Make it a ritual. Track
    time spent in deep work.

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  50. Embrace boredom.
    Rule 2

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  51. Let your brain work
    unconsciously.

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  52. Beware of looping.

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  53. Quit social media.
    Rule 3

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  54. Start with 30 days.

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  55. Don’t use the internet
    for entertainment.

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  56. Schedule every
    minute of your day.
    Rule 4

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  58. Avoid autopiloting.
    Just work less.

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  59. Learn to say no. Become
    harder to reach.

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  60. Stop comparing yourself
    to other people.
    Rule 5

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  61. The Result?

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  62. your ability to focus

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  63. FOMO

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  64. you become more present.

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  65. Create more value
    in less time.

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  66. Leaders, you set
    the standard.

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  67. You will have free time.

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  68. Enjoy downtime

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  69. Learn Karate in 3 weeks

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  70. Tackle goals you never
    thought possible

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  71. Know
    teach what you
    Goal 4

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  72. Build personal
    relationships

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  73. Mentor.

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  74. Not sure how?

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  75. Most people don’t think
    they need help.

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  76. Ask for their help.
    Spend time together.

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  77. Hire an intern.

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  79. acting small
    Think big by
    Goal 5

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  80. Over estimate one day

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  81. Disappointed we didn’t finish what
    we set out to do.

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  82. Underestimate one decade

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  83. How to reach the world

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  84. Warning: Math

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  85. vs
    Linear exponential

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  86. Linear Growth

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  87. 500 people x 500 followers
    1 article + tweet per month
    10% click rate
    10% integration rate
    = 1% conversion rate

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  88. after 1 year…
    30,000 changed lives

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  89. after 33.33 years…
    1,000,000 changed lives

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  90. Exponential Growth

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  91. 500 people
    x 3 mentees

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  92. after 1 year…
    1,500 changed lives

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  93. after 2 years…
    8,000 changed lives

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  94. after 3 years…
    32,000 changed lives

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  95. after 4 years…
    128,000 changed lives

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  96. after 5 years…
    512,000 changed lives

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  97. after 6 years…
    2,048,000 changed lives

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  98. after 10 years…
    524,288,000 changed lives

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  99. after 12 years…
    8,388,608,000 changed lives

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  100. The estimated
    global population in 2029
    +/- 47m

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  101. Solo?

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  102. 16.5 years

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  103. Replace PHP with…

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  104. Fitness & Nutrition

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  105. Work Ethic & Discipline

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  106. Faith

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  107. Finance & Debt

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  108. Our lives echo beyond our
    ability to see

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  109. Immediate Application

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  110. Hiring

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  111. Team Training

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  112. Client Acquisition

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  113. You can do it.
    We can do it together.

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  114. t
    TheWorld
    go & change

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  115. After Party!

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