Tim Ferriss Taught Me “Top-of-Funnel Productivity”

This Stupid Simple Method Will Make You More Productive Forever

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Have you heard of “top-of-funnel productivity?” No, it’s not a marketing-related thing; it applies to everyone.

If you’ve read the book Tools of Titans, you might have heard it mentioned when Tim was chatting with fellow entrepreneur Noah Kagan (founder of AppSumo).

Although this isn’t completely original, the way that Kagan put it and Tim summarized it in an interview featured in the book was eye-opening.

Here is the concept, as Ferriss summarized it in the book

“Aim to optimize upstream items that have cascading results downstream. For instance, look for technical bottlenecks (choke points) that affect nearly everything you do on a computer. What are the things that, if defunct or slow, render your to-do list useless?” — Tim Ferriss // Excerpt From Tools of Titans

Certain tasks impact other tasks and end results more than we might be aware of.

Some things can either accelerate or decelerate our output throughout the day, and it’s our…