How I fought procastination, restored motivation, and maximized Productivity
If you’re like most people, you want to get more done than you currently do. That’s a problem. These productivity tips can help you with that problem.
A tip is quick way to fix something. It is not a long, involved, complicated solution. It’s a quick hit. A tip is something
you can try quickly, and if it works for you, great. If it doesn’t, throw it out and try another one. Most of these ideas can be implemented in minutes, and will show results immediately. Some might seem contradictory. Some might feel redundant
Some might not work for you at all. They’re not perfect. But they’re good tips. Feel free to try any or all of them. In any order. Combine two or three if it makes sense.
There are no rules. Just get started. Like, now! Ready? Here we go!
1. Eliminate it!
The most efficient way to get through a task is to delete it. If it doesn’t need to be done, get it off your to do list. If it’s been sitting on your to do list for more than a month, it’s probably something that doesn’t really need to be done anyway.
Delegate it or forget about it, but either way, just erase it. Viola! Doesn’t that feel great?
2. Daily goals.
Without a clear focus, it’s too easy to succumb to distractions. Set targets for each day in advance. I recommend doing this at the end of your day for the next
day. Do it after dinner, or right before bedtime. Think about what you did today, what new stuff came up, got finished, or went away.
Then think about tomorrow, and what you really need to get done. Decide what you’ll do first, second, third, and so on.
3.Worst first.
To defeat procrastination, learn to tackle your most unpleasant task first thing in the morning instead of delaying it until later in the day. This small victory will set the tone for a very productive day.
4. Peak times.
Identify your peak cycles of
productivity, and schedule your most important tasks for those times. Work on minor tasks during your non-peak times.
4. No-comm zones.
Allocate uninterruptible blocks of time for solo work where you must concentrate, and turn off all communication devices such as
phones, pagers, email apps, etc. Schedule your most challenging projects for these no-comm periods, and work on your less challenging, interruptible tasks for the rest of your day, during open-comm periods.
6. Mini-milestones.
When you begin a task, identify the target
you must reach before you can stop working. For example, if you’re working on a book, decide not to get up until you’ve written at least 1000 words. Hit your target no matter what.
7. Just Five Minutes.
For daunting, complex, or boring chores, tell yourself you’re going to
work on it for “just five minutes.” You’ll find it much easier to start. After five minutes, you can stop as promised, or keep going if you’re on a roll.
8. Timeboxing.
For more complex projects, give yourself a fixed time period, like 30 minutes, to make a dent in a task
related to that project. Don’t worry about how far you get. Just put in the time.
If 30 minutes seems like too much, or doesn’t work for you, make the timebox shorter or longer as appropriate. Work on it for that set period of time, then stop and move on to something else.
9. Batching.
Batch similar tasks like phone calls or errands into a single chunk, and knock them off in a single session. Combine this with Timeboxing for even greater results.
10. Early bird.
Get up early in the morning, like at 5am, and go straight to work on your
most important task. You can often get more done before 8am than most people do in a day.
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