Day in a Life of Lex Fridman

Sleep. Diet. Exercise— these are essentials for productivity

Some notes I extracted out of Lex Fridman’s podcast — Day in a Life. You should watch the full episode for a detailed view.

Sleep. Diet. Exercise — these are essentials for productivity

· Rules & constrains
· Gratitude and Goals
· Core principles
· Posts podcast experience
· Exercise routine
· Eating
· End of the day

Rules & constrains

A constant reminder of the current set of rules, constraints, various addictions, time-draining things.

• He only checks social media when he posts content. No more than 10 minutes. Very important to control.
• You can also remove yourself from social media entirely. This really brings him joy. He makes sure he exercises every single day.
• Lex has a strict diet that he follows. Keto. But he also makes sure to balance things out and eat the food he enjoys as well.

This is the first part of the mantra.

Gratitude and Goals

• Visualize the day. He literally tries to visualize himself going through the day.
• Think about a game of Sims you are playing and moving your characters on fast-forward.
• Lex visualizes and meditates on the idea that he might die today. Mostly just breathing in and out. Then pause. Life is amazing.
• Ambitions and big goals that he would like to achieve in the next 5 years. He does this out loud. By the end of 202X, I want to do X. These might be sometimes out of reach, but achievable.

If I really work my butt off, then this is really possible. Let’s get to work.

Core principles

Compassion. Empathy. Love Character. Integrity. Strength. Both physical and mental.

• 4-hour session of deep work. No interruptions.
• If an idea tries to derail him, he fights it and leaves it aside for later processing. Ideas will always keep coming.
• Interruptions allowed: water, coffee, bathroom Tries to limit those as much as he can. Ideal: 1