MOMENTOUS NEWS 📲

Welcome to week 19/52 of 2023.

I’d like to welcome our hundreds of new subscribers this week. Incredible to see how fast we are growing!

Be sure to read the Insider at the bottom, I had dinner with a group of C-level executives for a $600M company and I reflect on how they are different than anyone I’ve met.

Lastly, the Momentum Instagram and Facebook page posts daily updates as they occur so we can drip feed you valuable insights all week long.

Here’s this week’s launch: 🚀

🔘 Microsoft publicly releases Bing Chat AI to everyone, upgrades Bing Chat with new features. Get it here free 🤖

🔘 Google introduces passkeys to securely replace passwords and 2FA. Get more details on this here | Setup your passkey here 🔐

🔘 Gmail expands sender verification by rolling out blue checkmarks to Google Workspaces. Read details and apply here.✅

The Power of Micro-Habits: Small Changes for a Major Impact to your Productivity 🚀

We all tend to search for those major, life-changing hacks that promise to transform our lives, right?

Well, it turns out that the real key to success lies in the tiny, everyday tweaks known as micro-habits.

Let's get started! 🌟😊

Examples of Micro Habits 🚀

Here are some of my personal favorites that help me:

1. Two-minute rule: If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, do it immediately. This helps reduce procrastination and ensures that small tasks don't pile up.

2. Pomodoro Technique: Break your work into focused 25-minute intervals, followed by a short break. This method helps maintain focus and prevents burnout.

3. Gratitude journaling: Take a few minutes each day to write down three things you're grateful for. This practice promotes positivity and mindfulness.

The Science Behind Micro Habits 🧠

Micro-habits are truly remarkable because they take advantage of our brain's innate ability to form habits through repetition.

By consistently executing small actions, we fortify our neural pathways, making the habit feel like second nature over time.

Succeeding in maintaining micro-habits creates a positive feedback loop, motivating us to engage in other productive behaviors.

It's a win-win for our productivity and well-being!

Getting Started

To begin incorporating micro-habits into your life, choose one or two habits that align with your goals, and commit to practicing them daily.

Over time, you'll likely notice improvements in productivity and well-being, and you'll be inspired to continue incorporating additional micro-habits into your daily routine

Tracking of Micro Habits

It wouldn’t be a tech producivity newsletter if I didn’t provide you a few apps to help you start!

Habitica

I love when apps make games out of things that aren’t games. It provides an extra boost and incentive for my learning.

IOS | Google Play Store

Streaks

The pressure of maintaining a streak will help you turn unfamiliar daily occurrences into tasks done by muscle memory. Streaks help you keep track of those!

IOS | Mac

Tally

A simple, all around habit tracking app that allows you to add many habits. Super straight forward and easy to use all-around habit tracker

IOS

Weekly Thought Leader 💭 

Midjourney released Version 5.1 and it has produced some incredible images that blew my mind. The world is changing right before our eyes. See some examples of the new generations below

Momentum Insider 📩

My Dinner with an Executive Team of a $600M Company.

To start, here is what I changed about myself after this dinner:

• I need to work in new environments, talk to new people, and try new things to keep my ideas fresh and my thinking strategical. I realized many shortcomings in my own business during my time away.

Now the personality and habits of these high performing individuals:

1. Tackling the big fish:

They were remarkable at pinpointing and addressing the most pressing issues in their businesses. They steered clear of minor distractions that only provided a false sense of productivity.

I brought up a few issues and ideas and within a few minutes of conversation we had identified issues within the issues and prioritized what was needed around that.

2. Shared Success

Executives get a bad reputation for not caring about the workers at the bottom. That was the exact opposite of my experience at this dinner.

They also discussed and celebrated the wins of others on the team and recognized the success with other teams.

3. Operational Perfection

Even though all of these individuals had already completed a full day at work. The dinner consisted of topics like talent retention, promoting missions and values, communications of certain topics, and strategy.

When dessert arrived, so did some local clients. Every executive sprang into action and had small-talk with everyone. No one was excluded, even me who’s role wasn’t relevant to any of the clients. Family updates, market updates, team updates, communication updates rang out around the private dining area we were in. It was like a bunch of old friends got together and were sharing what was working and what they needed from each other. This conversation continued past 10pm when I left

These habits and personalities show me that to them, their title and role isn’t a job.

Solving problems, becoming the best in the industry, expansion, growth. These are things they all live and breathe which is why the entire time it felt natural and never forced.

Hope that was interesting/helpful/intriguing to you all.