Productive Power House
======================Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Big E’s
Chapter 3: The Success Journey
Chapter 4: The Success Action Plan
Chapter 5: Becoming a Productive Powerhouse
Chapter 6: Your Energy
Chapter 7: Powerhouse Productivity Hacks
Chapter 8: Use Leverage
Chapter 9: Follow One’s Cause Until Successful (FOCUS)
Chapter 10: Conclusion
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Productivity and Time Management
Ask any successful business or individual out there, and I’m sure
they will tell you higher levels of productivity are a crucial aspect in
ensuring revenue growth and achieving success.
In fact, many individuals and corporations willingly invest large sums
of money and effort in order to improve in this area. Higher levels of
productivity in individuals (whether as part of an organization or
alone) helps to bring them closer to their success targets within a
shorter time period, and prevents needless wastage of time, money
and effort.
The dictionary defines productivity as “the quality, state, or fact of
being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and
services”. To explain it simply on a more individual level - it is just
how much one can get done in a set period of time. And when productivity is mentioned, time management is usually
also brought up ; they go hand in hand. Both are strongly correlated
- higher levels of productivity is usually the result of better time
management.
All That You Know About Time Management Is Wrong
Yup, you got that right. Your understanding of time management is very likely…
wrong. Time management is in fact, a strange concept. Time cannot be
managed or influenced; it is something that is pretty much out of
our control. All of us, despite our social or financial background, are allocated 24 hours in a day, no more or less. Once gone, there’s
no way we can get it back.
Our day-to-day responsibilities - be it family or work, takes up a large
portion of our time. Not only that, time is fleeting and so easily
robbed from our hands. Unexpected things pop up all the time. Priorities change. Things go terribly wrong. You get sick, or tired.
You can only do so much - you’re only human, after all.
You can, however control YOU. And your CHOICES. Time
management is more correctly, all about self-discipline and task
management. It’s the management of expectations as well as
interruptions.
It is the ability to manage your actions, habits and
priorities based on the time you are given. It is understanding what
matters most, making a choice to make room for that in your life, and getting rid of the unnecessary, unimportant stuff that’s hogging
up your valuable time. Also, time management is not a one system fits all method.
There is
no perfect method. Different individuals have different styles - we’re
all wired differently in terms of personality type, identity and
individual life circumstances. Some may find that a to-do list works
for them; others may find to-do lists hard to follow and
demotivating. It’s all about finding your groove - different strokes
for different folks.
Multitasking because you want to manage time better? Bad idea. Contrary to popular belief, faster and more is NOT always better.
Multitasking is one way to destroy your productivity levels. Sure… you seem to get more done this way. However, you are probably more likely to make mistakes - which will
result in you doing things over again. Stick to focusing on one task at
a time, and taking sufficient breaks whenever possible - you’ll stand
to accomplish more this way.
Now, we’ve mentioned that juggling
multiple tasks at one time is counterproductive. However, striving to
complete each task no matter how long it takes is also not a wise
idea when it comes to time management. Restrict your time spent
on a task, and schedule accordingly. As you can see, a lot of what we know regarding time management
are in fact, myths. Many of us have skewed perceptions or are
misinformed when it comes to time management.
These myths, over
time, through the people around us or the media we consume, become deeply ingrained within our mindsets; we eventually regard
them as facts and hold on to them. As a result, we are prevented
from becoming truly and fully productive in any aspect of our lives.
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Chapter 2: The Big E’s
Effectiveness versus efficiency. Both terms are adjectives that begin with the letter ‘e’, and
are used to describe how work is done. Not only that, they
sound quite similar.
It is relatively easy to mistake one for the other, or use them
interchangeably (a lot of people do!). However, these terms are
anything but similar - in fact, they each carry completely different
meanings. Effectiveness is all about doing the right things; it is result oriented.
It is when one’s objectives are in line with their main goals, and
indirectly your purpose.
It is finding ways to improve outcomes. For example, if your goal is
to increase awareness and sales of a particular product to reach a
particular target, you should engage in tasks or activities that will
help move you closer to your goals (eg. marketing and ads, in this
scenario) , and not waste time on irrelevant tasks that do not serve
your goals.
This makes you effective. Efficiency, however, is more about doing things right; this aspect is
task oriented. It is using better ways to get something done well in
the shortest amount of time possible, while utilizing the least
amount of resources and/or costs. An example of efficiency would
be using a computerized system to get things done accurately in a
shorter span of time; as opposed to relying on manual methods to
do the same thing, which is susceptible to human error and is more
time consuming. Either one can exist without the other; one can be effective but not
efficient, and vice versa.
It is entirely possible for one to be effective
in achieving their goals, while being inefficient in the way they do it.
It is also entirely possible to be none of both at all.
In fact, there are four possibilities:
1. Effective and Efficient
2. Effective and Inefficient
3. Ineffective and Efficient
4. Ineffective and Inefficient
It should be noted however that true, optimal productivity is a
combination of both efficiency and effectiveness (Number 1) - the
Holy Grail for every individual or organization.
It is not possible for an organization or person to reach peak
productivity levels, if they are lacking in either efficiency or
effectiveness (Number 2, 3 and 4). If anything, they’re setting
themselves up for either mediocrity or inevitable failure.
Effectiveness > Efficiency
In terms of order of importance, effectiveness should be
prioritized over efficiency in all your considerations about
productivity.
This however does not mean that you should disregard the
importance of efficiency altogether - again, as mentioned earlier, productivity is a balanced combination of both.
Effectiveness involves the big picture. Putting effectiveness first
just means that you should first and foremost focus on doing the
right things in order to improve your chances of getting a good
outcome. Once you get yourself on track and laid out the basics, you can
then look into how you can improve the way you do things.
The
logic here is to concentrate on being efficient at the tasks which
are significant and are effective in contributing to your goals. There’s no point in being particularly efficient when the tasks you
carry out do not contribute to your purpose and goals. To sum things up : efficiency is a modifier for effectiveness, not a
substitute.
Efficiency is meaningless on its own. The problem with most people is that they tend to gravitate towards
efficiency, rather than effectiveness. It is perfectly understandable - being efficient is a whole lot easier than being effective. Being
efficient involves improvements on a smaller, more manageable
scale; effectiveness however requires a whole lot of brainstorming
about one’s goals, values and different approaches, on a larger scale. And that is intimidating.
Not only that, people who put efficiency before effectiveness
have this tendency of looking for better and perfect ways of doing things, and head nowhere instead - which ironically,
leads to ineffectiveness. Increasing Effectiveness
So how does one increase their effectiveness?
Put some time aside to evaluate these few things :
Clarify the What- focusing on the results you want to
achieve and defining the picture of success.
Clarify and pursue key strategies that will give you the highest
possibility for success. Now that you’ve established your plan of action, you can focus
on how to increase your efficiency.
This would mean
concentrating on the How’s - implementation of your strategies
in the most efficient way possible, and improving how you do
things as you go along.
In the coming chapters, we will look into further detail on this, as
well as many other helpful tips that will skyrocket your productivity
to optimum levels.
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Chapter 3: The Success Journey
To embark on a major journey, you should first have a real
idea of your destination. This way, you’ll be able to plan adequately for your journey - directions, mode of transport, estimated costs, time, etc. Skip that, and you’d end up wandering aimlessly. Or find
yourself lost somewhere in middle of Timbuktu.
Sure, you’re on
a journey alright...but where?
Similarly, when it comes to planning for your success, you will need a
“destination” and a “roadmap”. That would be a clear vision of what
you want, and specific goals to help you on your way to achieve your
idea of success.
Creating A Vision
To be truly effective in your pursuit for success, you should first
be able to visualize your “destination” - a clear vision of where
you want to be in the future. It’s what you desire, your passion, your purpose in doing something. Creating a vision is important. It’s the very thing that gives you
direction, a compass that directs you in making the best decisions, and taking the right actions that will propel you towards success.
It’s what gets you excited and motivated to push beyond your selfimposed boundaries.
It’s what keeps you focused and on top of the
game. To begin, take some time to envision how you see your life in your
ideal future. Reflect on your passions, core principles and values you
live by, and your purpose in life. Remember to define your vision - make sure your vision is specific
and clear. It is your starting point - the very foundation you will be
building on. It is the ideal you will be striving for, to get close to.
It should be something that is in line with your values and principles, as well as your view of the future. Simply coming up with a vague
vision of wanting to be “wealthy” or “popular” is not enough ; it
should be something more solid and specific.
To be a healthier individual - both mentally and physically.
You can also think of the people you admire and look up to - the kind
of characteristics or habits you wish to emulate yourself. In fact, you
can even ask them to be your mentor, to help you think things
through on certain areas and advise you on what has worked for
them. Again, don’t restrain yourself too much when creating your own
vision.
Your vision is personal and unique - there is no right or
wrong. It’s something that only you can decide for yourself, and this
also is dependent on what you want to achieve in life. Remember, the point of creating a vision is to know your reason
for doing something, and to help you be more focused and
motivated.
Setting Your Goals
But simply envisioning the future is not enough - that just reduces
your vision to little more than a glorious daydream.
Visions will remain unattainable when not coupled with goals. And this is where goals come in. Goals are more specific and quantifiable targets - it’s the
“roadmap” to your journey of success. They act as benchmarks or
milestones, aiding you in laying the path for the rightful
achievement of your vision.
This also includes the tactics as well as
strategies you use to work towards your vision. To explain it simply, goals are a tool to help you take conscious
steps each day to help you realize your vision. Again, I have to emphasize here that a solid, clear vision first is
important.
The goals you set and work towards achieving should be
in line with your vision. This keeps you focused on the big picture as
to why you should complete your goals. A good approach to use when it comes to setting your
goals is the S.M.A.R.T.E.R approach to goal setting.
S.M.A.R.T.E.R is an acronym that stands for:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time Bound
Evaluation
Revise
Here’s a detailed elaboration this approach.
1. Specific
Your goal should be specific and crystal clear - you should be able to
know what success looks like here. The more specific you can get, the better. A good tip here is to ask yourself the 5 W questions
below :
What do I want to accomplish?
Why is this goal important?
Who is involved?
Where is it located?
Which resources or limits are involved?
2. Measurable
The goals you set for yourself should be measurable and quantifiable.
This is so you can track your progress and performance properly. Being able to see progress is a great motivator - it gets you excited knowing that you are well on your way to success. Not only that, this
helps your focus.
3. Achievable
A successful goal should be one that is realistic and achievable. Lying to yourself and aiming for a goal that is beyond your
abilities will only result in failure to reach that goal.
That being said - this is not an excuse for you to be complacent here. You should set goals that will stretch your abilities but also remain
possible for you to achieve. Also, you should consider factors that will affect the achievability
of the goal, like financial and time constraints.
4. Relevant
Your goal should be relevant. It should matter to you, and also be
aligned with your other goals and vision. This step keeps you from
focusing on the wrong things.
5. Time-Bound
Every goal you set should have a deadline - this gives you something
to work towards. However, aiming to hit a goal in 5 to 7 years is not
considered a proper deadline. Sure, it contains a time element - but
it’s not specific enough.
Your plan to reach a goal in 5 years will be quite different from
your plan to reach a goal within 7 years. Setting a more specific date for your goals allows you to develop a
clearer plan to achieve it. This also prevents you from letting other
everyday matters take priority over your goals.
6. Evaluate
Over time, things happen and goals change. Look over your goals
from time to time and evaluate them ; check if they need changing
to fit your current situation. Constant evaluation of you goals is
essential for you to reach your goals.
7. Revise
Upon evaluation, if you find that your goals need readjusting, revise them accordingly.
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Chapter 4: The Success Action Plan
Every success story comes from perfect planning. It is harder to
achieve success from simply going at it and hoping for the best.
This
is because you might encounter problems along the way and don’t
have any ways to overcome it.
It is baffling why some succeed and some fail. Sometimes it may
even seem unfair.
You may know friends and family who are
fantastic people, act appropriately, have good education, have
good jobs, lead good families and generally possess the good
things in life. But somehow they still wallow in desperation and
difficulty.
Then there are those who always achieve so much success and yet
do not have high merits.They have no education, poor attitude
about themselves and other people and maybe dishonest and
unethical. In these cases, the actual defining factor is the strength of one’s desire to get ahead.
Despite their lack of virtues, knowledge
and appreciation, these people often got ahead in the success race. This is also why many times you see drug dealers and gang
members driving Lamborghinis, while many good and honest
people you know are struggling to pay their bills. If the desire is
strong enough to achieve the goals, why do many still not?
The sad answer is there is only desire, but no work. Oftentimes
many dream big but do not hustle and put in the work. They do not
stay up late at night developing new solutions to their problems. They do not work 16 hours a day closing a sale.
They do not struggle
to ensure the prospects they approach turn into qualified clients. They do not learn all that they possibly can about our industry and
our markets.
They do not work to get around the right sources of
influence, or to associate with those people who can help them to
achieve their goals. While you are sitting there dreaming, some are
getting off their seats and working.
So, what are the steps to develop a plan that will work amazingly
and take you to the finish line strongly? Here are the five major
points to keep in mind:
Step 1: Develop The Right Plan For You. Some people are very detail-oriented and are able to closely follow
an intricate plan to the letter. Others are more effective when they
see the bigger picture first and then frame out the small steps that
lead to the final goal.
Each of us is unique and motivated by different factors and you've
got to develop a plan that is right for you and fits you. Some plans
will not be as intricate as others, but we all must have a plan, along
with goals in that plan, to move us along. If you are a free spirit, don't tell yourself you are going to spend two hours a day with a
book and a journal.
It probably won't happen and you will just get
discouraged. Whatever your personality, your strengths and your
weaknesses, develop the plan around them. This is not a one-planfits-all proposition.
If you’re detail-oriented, it’s best to map out the small steps in
your plan with utmost focus. This means being very clear on what
you want to achieve daily, weekly or monthly.
For example, the
first small step to achieving your ideal weight is to cut out 1 serving
of sweetened drinks by the end of Week 1. For those who like to see the bigger picture first, it helps if you
imagine how it will be if you’re, say, 20 pounds lighter. You may be
able to get out of bed easier, your energy level will rise, and you will fit into those apparels that you yearn to wear.
Then, map out
what you need to do in order to achieve that.
Step2: Allocate The Time For It. This is crucial in your planning, because you’ll be clearer on when
you should commit on achieving your goals. In this case, let’s use
back the weight-loss goal.
It might be alternating aerobics and weight training every other
weekend. It might be running 30 minutes each morning or
swimming after work.
It might be in the car listening to weight loss
motivational podcasts on your way to work, or it might even be
meeting your coach once a week to set your workout plan and to
check on your progress.
Whatever it is, be specific on the where, when and how to do it, and actually do it. In your step-by-step plan, put down points that
represents small achievable goals that you can accomplish in a
short time.
They should be specific because if you straightaway
put down a major goal, you may think it’s too big to achieve. The next crucial element in achieving your goals to success is not
starting to work on it, but to keep going at it. Discipline comes into
important play here. Take those steps every day, which will close
the gap to your goals.
Step 3: Keep A Journal
Two words that will help you a lot: Take Notes. In all seriousness, your memory should not be trusted. It’s much better and workable
when you write it down, and write it in a single place so it’s easier for
you to remind yourself where you’re heading to and what success
have you achieved. You will find that this step will help you
tremendously in the long run.
Record everything! Be it the ideas and inspiration or reminders and
failures that you have gone through. This massively helps carry you
from where you are to where you want to be.
Write down the ideas
that you get from outside sources that impact you most. Complement them with your own ideas that further suit your style. Do a brainstorm session with yourself on what you want and how
you want to do it. And finally, record all your dreams and ambitions, and put it where you’ll read them first so you stay reminded and
motivated.
Your journals are a gathering place for all the valuable information
that you will find. If you come across something that you think will
hugely help you achieve, for example, wealth, power, sophistication, health, influence, culture or uniqueness, do not delay.
Write it down. Strengthen your reflection and motivation by using the information
you gather and put it where it will be recorded permanently.
Step 4: Reflect on Where You Are and Where You Want To Be
Next step is to make the time for reflection. This is where you spend
some time to go back over, to study again the things you've learned
and the things you've done each day.
This can also be called ‘running
the tapes again’ so the day locks firmly in your memory and serves as
a tool for motivation and keeps you going. As you go through it, spend time reflecting on its significance to you.
What you can do is take a few minutes at the end of each day before
you go to sleep, and go back over what happened and you have
achieved during the day: pay extra attention to who you talked to, who you saw, what they said, what happened and how you felt.
Another way is to take a longer time at the end of the week to
reflect on the week's activities and achievements. It also pays to
periodically stop, step back and look at what you’re doing and see if
it serves to push you to your goal or otherwise.
Then tweak it a bit
so you are kept on track. Take a half day at the end of the month
and a weekend at the end of the year so that you've got it, so that it
never disappears, to ensure that the past is even more valuable and
will serve your future well.
Step 5: Set Clear and Achievable Goals
Remember that your plan is the roadmap that shows the way to
your goals, which means it is always an essential tool that helps you
to succeed. Setting goals is also an invaluable skill to learn because it
can change your life for the better, and does it in the fastest way. Mastering this unique process can have a powerful effect on your life, too. If you have a set of clearly defined goals, it can surprisingly be a
powerful indication of telling if you have only hundreds of dollars or
millions in the bank! If you don’t have them yet, better to frame
them out immediately so you have a lucid view of your future and
dreams. Set your own goals clearly as soon as possible because it is
the greatest influence on your future and the greatest force that will
pull you in the direction that they want to go. It all boils down to this:
If you plan and design your goals well, your future will be very bright.
Step 6: Act on It! So what still holds you back from your success?
You have a very
strong desire to do it already, and you have already created a plan
that will take you there.
The next step?
Take action! Here’s the thing: successful people aren't necessarily
smarter than others; they just work the plan to the letter, they
follow through on the plan and ensure the plan serves them to reach
greater heights.
The best time to act on your plan is when your emotions are strong. There’s a little thing called The Law of Diminishing Intent. This
essentially means your desires diminish over time, and if you don’t
act immediately after having the desire, your goals are harder to
achieve.
Act when the idea strikes you, when the emotion is high, but if we delay and we don't translate that into action fairly soon, the intention starts to diminish, diminish and a month from now its
cold and a year from now it can't be found. This is where discipline
comes to play - work the plan when the idea is strong, clear and
powerful. You must capture the emotion and put it into disciplined
activities and translate it into strong unrelenting action.
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Chapter 5: Becoming a Productive
Powerhouse
High productivity is a major goal for many people, because more
things can get done if you are in a high-productivity environment.
While this concept may seem simple, to fully understand what it
means to increase productivity, the definition cannot be taken
literally. You actually must develop a stronger understanding of this
concept wholly and use it to your advantage fully.
To put it in simple terms high productivity means that you are
putting out products more quickly or completing tasks at higher
speed than before. Theoretically, it made sense - the more products
someone produces or services the person completes, the more
positive results come in, making increased productivity a high
priority for many workplace environments. There are some things, however, that studies say cause your
productivity at work to plummet, such as unfavorable environment, distractions and plain old procrastination
You cannot always control your environment, but the good news is
you can control what you get done.
Plus, you can learn from others
to be even more productive. There are probably more direct ways to
help your productivity increase such as a conducive environment or
closing the Facebook tab on your browser, But these are small hacks
that actually only do so much. There are more meaningful ways to
be your best. And you can learn these skills by taking some cues
from the world's most successful people.
Have Big Goals in Mind
Firstly, you can set big goals and then act to fully accomplish them. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a master at this, making room
each year for a new challenge, which he says allows him to "learn
new things and grow outside my work at Facebook." And it pays!
He’s now fluent in Mandarin and is meeting new people all the time. Looking at it backwards can help too, link Amazon’s Jeff Bezos does. He makes room for big goals by starting with the customer's needs
and working backward to build skills to get that work done faster. As Bezos said it, "We learn whatever skills we need to service the
customer. We build whatever technology we need to service the
customer.
Give Each Day A Theme
Try copying CEO Jack Dorsey for this. When splitting his time
between Square and Twitter, he stays productive by giving each day
a theme -- Mondays for management, Tuesdays for product, etc. As
he explains, "There is interruption all the time, but I can quickly deal
with an interruption and then know that it's Tuesday, I have
product meetings, and I need to focus on product stuff." Another tip you can use is the "no-meeting Wednesdays" Facebook
co-founder Dustin Moskovitz believes that this gives him and his
team a good amount of time each week for "focused, heads-down
work."
Set Limits
You can only spend so much time focusing on something. After that,
it’s time to move on to the next important thing. For example, former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn sets only allocates 1 and a half
hours to on single-purpose, non-operational meetings, with half the
time for presentation and the other half for discussions. Another thing you can limit is the length of your emails.
The
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says she responds to every single
work email, but she saves time by keeping the responses short. "I
would rather give a short, quick, incomplete answer than wait and
do it better," she says.
Deep Work Zone
Focus, focus, focus. This is perhaps most important productivity
secret. Bill Gates would set time for Deep Work, where he would
allocate time each week to do his most challenging work without any
distractions -- no stopping, not even for sleep.
Cal Newport, author
of the book “Deep Work” said, "Deep work is important ... not
because distraction is evil, but because it enabled Bill Gates to start a
billion-dollar industry in less than a semester."
Streamline Decisions
Jeff Bezos makes a lot of decisions every day. Since this can be time- consuming, he’s developed a four-step process for navigating his
business more quickly. First, One-size-fits-all decisions are a no-no. “Many decisions are reversible, two-way doors,” he writes in his
letter to shareholders. “Those decisions can use a light-weight
process.”Second, make the decision when you are at 70% of your
intended information. “If you wait for 90% ...you’re probably being
slow,” he writes.
Disagree and commit. “This phrase will save a lot of time,” he writes. “If you have conviction on a particular direction even though there’s
no consensus, it’s helpful to say, ‘Look, I know we disagree on this
but will you gamble with me on it? Disagree and commit?’ By the
time you’re at this point, no one can know the answer for sure, and
you’ll probably get a quick yes.”
And fourth, address the real misalignments early and focus on them
immediately. “Sometimes teams have different objectives and
fundamentally different views,” he writes. “They are not aligned.
No
amount of discussion, no number of meetings will resolve that deep
misalignment. Without escalation, the default dispute resolution
mechanism for this scenario is exhaustion.” Get To Work Before Everyone Else
The early bird catches the worm.
Try starting work before
everyone wakes. Like 4 am like Sallie Krawcheck, CEO of the digital
financial platform Ellevest. The reason is “The most precious
commodity in business is time. And I find I am most productive
when I balance time that I spend with others with blocks of time
during which I can think, write and —my favorite — build earnings
models,” she writes. She further elaborated that at this time, “My mind is clear, not yet
caught up in the multiple internal conversations that we all conduct.
with ourselves once we gear up for our first meeting of the day. And
there’s a peace that comes from knowing that my family is all in bed
and safe upstairs while I work. It is at this time of day that I often
have a rush of ideas (some of them are actually good).”
Protect Your Time
Instead on starting the day with important tasks, Keller Williams
Realty founder Gary Keller blocks out the first few hours of his
day to work on his most important task for the year—his “one
thing.” This is because this one thing, when tackled, will make everything
easier to do or unnecessary.
Keller has used this to write books and
grow his company to the largest real estate franchise. Keller also
believes that until this one thing is done, anything else is a can
impair it. “The key is time. Success is built sequentially. It’s one
thing at a time,” he writes in “The One Thing: The Surprisingly
Simple Truth behind Extraordinary Results”.
Close Virtual Doors
Open work environments opens up many good possibilities but also
can hinder productivity with unnecessary distractions and
interruptions.
Michael Pryor, former CEO of Trello, encourages
workers to close virtual doors by turning off Slack and email, and by
putting a Post-It note on their desk that says “heads down.”
Interruptions are weird. They leech time from important projects
and take a while to recover from. “Every time you switch contexts, there’s this huge cost associated with that,” Pryor said in an interview with Time. “Our time is limited, essentially. Your trick is
to be able to ration that resource for all the things you need to do, and that’s the hardest part of being productive.”
Separate Work And Personal Life
This may seem counterintuitive or even obvious to some, but it’s
nonetheless as important as anything. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
makes being home in time for dinner with family a priority.
Leaving
the office on time helps her consolidates her work and get it done
more rapidly, so when she is home, she can focus on her family
without any distractions. “We try to have the rule to not check email between 6 p.m. and 9
p.m., because if you are on your phone then it’s hard to disconnect,” Wojcicki said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Pulling the plug when the time comes can actually help you stay
productive, creative and your pursuit to success a surety. “[Success]
is not based on the number of hours that you’ve worked,” Wojcicki
says. “If you are working 24/7, you’re not going to have any
interesting ideas.”
Clear Out Your Inbox Everyday
“Email is unidirectional—anyone, at any time, can just go to your
inbox without permission, invitation or consideration, Elliot
Weissbluth, CEO of HighTower, writes on LinkedIn. “Empowering the
world to demand a thin slice of your attention is more than unfair—
it’s a recipe for constant distraction.”
He uses three rules to simplify things and keep him focused and
productive
1. Unsubscribe from newsletters. It takes more time than simply
deleting, but actually saves hours every year.
2. Delete and completely forget about it. “When in doubt, delete.
If it’s that important, someone will follow up with you. Then
respond to what you can and move the rest to recycling” he
writes.
3. Don’t bother filing. Use a good search tool to scan your
folders and find things you need instantly.
“If you do nothing else but these three things, your inbox will be a
lot leaner,” he writes. “Whatever messages are left become a to-do
list of the items that actually need your care and attention. Keep
this list short, between two and five items, or what you can actually
hope to achieve on any given day.
Get those items done and you’ve
just reached Inbox Zero.”
It might seem unorthodox that some steps make you seem less
productive. But again, it is more than simply cranking out more than
you usually do. Being productive is not only being efficient. It also
means you are effective in your work, where you take steps to
completely turn problems into solutions that make extra work
unnecessary.
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Chapter 6: Your Energy
To effectively reenergize yourself, you need to shift your emphasis
from to investing more in yourself, so you stay motivated and able to
bring more to the table.
You need to recognize energy-depleting
behaviors and then take active steps in changing them or deleting
them altogether. Energy is very important when you’re aiming for high productivity.
If you look at successful people and ask them how they do it, they
will always say energy as one of their main drives to success. Defined in physics as the capacity to work, energy comes from four
main sources in you: your body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
The Body
It is no news that improper nutrition, exercise, sleep, and rest affect
your energy levels, emotion management and focus.
Nonetheless, you may be guilty of ignoring ways to practice healthy behaviors, given all the other demands in your life. You may be doing things such as skipping breakfast, failing to
express appreciation to others, struggling to focus on one thing at a
time, or spending too little time on activities that give them a sense
of purpose.
While it is not surprising that these behaviors are
counterproductive, having them all listed in one place can become
uncomfortable, sobering, and galvanizing. This may sound harsh, but
is actually a necessary first step to restoring your body energy.
The next step is to identify rituals for building and renewing physical
energy. Gary Faro, a vice president at Wachovia was significantly
overweight, ate poorly, lacked a regular exercise routine, worked
long hours, and typically slept no more than five or six hours a night.
Faro began exercising with cardio and strength training. He also
starts to go to bed at a regular time and sleeps longer. He changed
his meals from two big ones a day to small meals every three hours.
The aim is to stabilize glucose levels over the course of the day, avoiding peaks and valleys. And the result?
Faro lost 50 pounds and his energy levels soared. Another way to restore energy is taking brief, regular breaks at
specific intervals throughout the workday. We have “Ultradian
rhythms” which refers to 90- to 120-minute cycles during which our
bodies swing through high and low energy states. At the end of
each cycle, the body displays a need of recovery like restlessness, yawning, hunger, and being unfocused. Usually this gets ignored
and in turn burns down your energy reservoir faster.
If done properly, intermittent breaks can increase and sustain
performance.
It is possible to recover well in a short time if it
involves a ritual that allows you to separate briefly from work and
let your mind rest. You can talk to a colleague about something
other than work, listen to music, or walk up and down stairs.
The Emotion
When you can take more control of your emotions, you can
massively improve the quality of your energy. To do this, you must
become aware of how you feel at various points of time and its
effect on your effectiveness. People tend to perform best when they’re feeling positive energy, and won’t perform well vice versa.
Unfortunately, people tend to
slip into negative emotions and trigger their fight-or-flight
mechanism when met with relentless demands and unexpected
challenges.
The signs may be irritability impatience, anxiety and
insecurity. These are big culprits in draining your energy. One ritual for erasing negative emotions is “buying time”. You can
take deep abdominal breaths and exhale slowly for 10 seconds to
relax and recover, and defuse your fight-or-flight response Expressing appreciation to others is a practice which is as beneficial
to the giver as to the receiver.
It can take the form of a handwritten
note, an e-mail, a call, or a conversation. The more detailed and
specific the appreciation given, the higher the impact.
To achieve
higher success at doing this, like any other rituals, set aside some
time to do it. Finally, you can change the stories you tell yourself about the
events in your life. You can see this often, people casting
themselves in the role of a victim instead of being thankful of
what they have.
This is powerful because you are more aware of the difference
between the facts and the way you interpret it. This may seem
obvious but you can actually discover that you have a choice about
how to view something and recognize how powerfully your story
influences your emotions.
To change a perception to a story you want to tell, view it through
any of three alternatives, represented by lenses.
With the reverse
lens, ask yourself what the others involved will say and are they
actually true. With the long lens, look at how it impacts you in the
future. With the wide lens, ask yourself how can you improve and
learn from this.
The Mind
Multitasking, while sounding and looking cool, actually undermines
productivity. This is because a temporary shift in attention from one
task to another increases the amount of time to finish a task by as
much as 25%.You are likelier to be more efficient to fully focus for
90 to 120 minutes, take a true break, and then fully focus on the
next activity. This focus and break cycle is called “Ultradian Sprints”. Once you can see how much you struggle to concentrate, you can
combat this by creating rituals to reduce the interruptions that
bother you.
Start out with an exercise that makes you face the
impact of your daily distractions. A real-life example is from Dan Cluna, a vice president at Wachovia, who designed 2 rituals to increase focus.
The first one is to leave his
desk and go into a conference room whenever he has a task that
requires concentration to stop distractions from phone calls. The result is he finishes reports in a third of the time. The second is
by not picking up any phone calls in meetings with the people who
report to him.
This is because it stretched the time of the meetings
and cost his full attention. He now only answers the voice-mail
messages in his downtime.
Here’s another method to Instead of replying your emails as soon as
they come in, set time to answer them at specific times of the day.
This actually can allow you to clear your inbox faster if you fully focus
on your emails for 45 minutes at a time. Another way to mobilize mental energy is to focus systematically
on activities that impact you the most in the long term. Identify the
most important challenge for the next day and make it their very
first priority when you arrive at work in the morning.
The Spirit
Your spirit is at your highest when your work and activities are
consistent with what you value and have a sense of meaning and
purpose the most. If the work you’re doing really matters to you, you will have more energy, focus, and perseverance.
However, the demands and pace of corporate life don’t leave much
space for these issues, and many don’t even know that meaning and
purpose are potential sources of energy.
When you experience the
value of the rituals you establish, you can start to see that being
attentive to your own needs intensely influences their effectiveness
and satisfaction at work. Give yourself the opportunity to ask questions about what really
mattered to you. You will find that these will be both illuminating
and energizing.
This can be highly important and thoughtful
because it will really make you aware of what you want to be really
remembered for. To access the energy of the human spirit, you need to clarify
priorities and establish rituals in three categories:
1. Doing what you do best and enjoy most at work;
2. Consciously allocating time and energy to the areas of your
life, like work, family, health, service to others that you
deem most important;
3. And living your core values in your daily behaviors.
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Chapter 7: Powerhouse Productivity
Hacks
There are 5 hacks you can employ in order to be on top of your
productivity game:
1. Having A Game Plan
The basic principle of productivity is having a game plan. This is
accomplished by having effective time-management. If you do not
have a game-plan for getting it done, the results will not be
satisfying.
While procrastination and wasting time impede
productivity, lack of effective time-management can be as
destructive.
Increasing your productivity and getting things done means having a
good game-plan. First, you need to know exactly what must be done. Second, even if you do not have a specific deadline, you must also
decide when it must be done.
The third step is putting yourself to
the task of doing it. You want to accomplish your goals, whether they are short-term or
long-term. You also want to be proud of and satisfied with the
results.
When you are not content to simply “go with the flow,” and
instead take your game-plan seriously every step of the way, you
are nearly guaranteed of success, pride, and satisfaction.
Here are the 3 components of an effective game plan:
i. Identify What Needs To Be Done
Firstly, you need to know exactly what needs to be done. For
instance, if you have been assigned to prepare for a
presentation as well as a meeting that will be held within the
week. You have to be clear of the tasks at hand.
ii. Decide When It Must Be Done (Timeline)
Secondly, even if you do not have a specific deadline, you
must set a timeframe for the task to be completed. When you
have organized your workload, you are less likely to
procrastinate and this will help you in prioritizing your tasks as
well as managing your time.
iii. Do It
The third step is putting yourself to the task of doing it. There’s
no use of all the planning and organizing if you do not take
immediate action in completing the tasks.
2. What Should You Do First?
If you think about back when you were in school, you may
remember teachers telling you that the best way to approach
homework and other projects was to do the hardest task first.
They
may have also advised you to tackle the homework subject you
disliked the most first, before moving on. This same approach can
greatly enhance your productivity today.
Always start with a difficult task. When you begin your day, regardless at work or if you have countless assignments to be
submitted before exams, try and put this approach to action.
Instead of beginning with a task you enjoy, or one which comes
easily to you, start with one you dislike, or one which you feel will
be quite difficult. At the end of the day, you may be pleasantly
surprised with how much you have accomplished. You will also feel
that the day has gone much smoother.
The explanation for this is because usually at the start of your day, you have more energy as compared to the end of the day. When
you devote this energy to the hardest or most disliked tasks, you
will not feel as drained or frustrated in doing them. Secondly, if you begin with the easier tasks at hand first, you will be
looking at your difficult upcoming tasks with negativity.
This will no
doubt cause your motivation to decline and you will dread the rest
of your day. This approach will increase your productivity. When you do not
look at your work day as a long, uphill battle, you will get more
accomplished.
Getting the tasks you dislike out of the way first, early in the day, will generate better results with all of your tasks. Not only will you get more done, you will be much more satisfied
with the outcome of each and every task.
3. Increasing Motivation
“Be miserable, or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done,
it’s always your choice”
We have all heard people say that they were “not motivated” as an
excuse for not getting things done. In most cases, this is a polite way
of saying that they are lazy.
In the real world, where productivity
and success are essential, motivation is a key element. If it does not
come naturally to you, you need to examine ways to increase your
own motivation, and put it into action every day. The more
motivated you are, the more things you are able to accomplish.
One of the most practical steps you can adopt to get your motivation
up and running is to enjoy and appreciate your accomplishments. Applaud yourself for completing every single task, regardless big or
small. While you should not be distracted or side-tracked from your
main focus, giving yourself the deserved credit as well as a figurative
pat on the back will no doubt increase your motivation.
When you do this, it will also help to increase your stamina. Rather
than feeling overwhelmed by one main goal on the horizon, which
can leave you tired and stressed, it can make you feel more energetic
and better prepared for the next task.
It is easy for a person to lose his sense of motivation when he feels
that he is not accomplishing anything. This can result in him not
feeling very good about what he does, and even doing less.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to reverse this pattern and be back on
track. When you get into the habit of feeling glad about every task
you complete, and have pride in each and every accomplishment, it will increase your motivation to do even more, and to do better each
time. As motivation and energy are connected, you will also see that you
have much more energy for all of the tasks in front of you. No
matter how large your ultimate goal happens to be, or how much
time and work you need to put into it to accomplish that particular
goal, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much more smoothly it
all progresses. As both your motivation and your energy increase, you will get more and more done. You will see how great
productivity can be each day.
4. Setbacks Are Stepping Stones
Many people take setbacks negatively, and often times your
perception towards setbacks is the biggest obstacle and hindrance
of productivity. When you focus on how setbacks can only bring
you down and does not serve as a stepping-stone for you to move
forward, you will end up not doing anything at all. Setbacks occur in all areas of life. Regardless of what type of job you
have, you probably experience them either occasionally or on a
regular basis. Setbacks can occur from making mistakes, from not
being adequately prepared for what you need to do, or from
unexpected problems which are not anyone’s fault. The way you
experience and view a setback determines how it will affect you and
your productivity.
However a setback occurs, there is one outlook which can prevent it
from becoming a roadblock, and actually increase your productivity. Whether the setback was due to an error on your part, or whether it
was no one’s fault, refusing to see it as a failure is the first step in
getting you back on track.
Another way of viewing setbacks is by perceiving them as an
opportunity for you to do better next time. If you have made a
mistake on your part, own up to it, correct the mistake and move on. There’s no use of dwelling in the past as these can have
repercussions.
You may beat yourself up about the mistake, or even obsess about
it. These behaviors are never useful. Not only will they prevent you
from getting things done, they will also cause you to feel bad about
yourself. At its worst, it can lead you to feel incompetent.
This is not
the way to get things done. Viewing each setback as a learning experience is the way to
approach. Beating yourself up too much won’t get you anywhere.
You should always remind yourself that you are capable of doing
better, and capable of doing more.
What you need to do is to correct
the mistake, move on and make this pattern second nature to you. By doing this, setbacks will not bring you down and hinder your
productivity.
5. Taking Care Of Yourself
If there’s one thing we usually neglect to do, is taking care of our
own physical wellbeing. If you are like most people, you have
probably had the experience of working all night to get something
done.
You may have gone without sleep, skipped meals, and other
important factors in self-care, for the purpose of finishing a task or
meeting a deadline. While it is sometimes necessary to do this, neglecting self-care on a regular or frequent basis will backfire.
Your
health may suffer while you are not accomplishing nearly as much
as you had hoped. Many of us disregard the fact that taking care of our health will also
keep us productive. The person who goes without sleep on a
regular basis, or relies on junk food instead of eating nutritious
meals, will not be physically or mentally up to par. While you may
believe that you are giving one hundred percent to your job, these
unhealthy habits result in having less to give.
On the other hand, if you take care of yourself; getting sufficient
sleep, keeping to a balanced diet, you will in turn contribute more to
your work. When you are in top-notch condition, you will focus
better, be more alert, and not become fatigued as easily. You will do
better, and you will do more.
It is time to examine your lifestyle.
Are you constantly depending on
coffee or artificial energy boosters to keep you going?
How about
snacking on junk food? Are you getting enough sleep or are you
constantly burning the midnight oil in order to complete your tasks?
Try and reflect on these questions and if you find yourself leading an
unhealthy lifestyle, it is high time for you to improve on it and
observe how this has effected your day to day productivity. Although nearly everyone is occasionally in the position of
skipping a meal or working late into the night, if these have
become habits for you it is not likely that they are helping you to
become more productive. In fact, they are probably slowing you
down.
Even if you have a fast-paced job with many responsibilities and
deadlines, neglecting proper self-care is counterproductive. When
you begin developing the habit of getting enough sleep and a
proper diet, you will be doing more than taking care of yourself. You will get more done, and be more satisfied with the results. Always remember that overworking can backfire!
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Chapter 8: Use Leverage
When talking about productivity, few of us really tap into the
power of leverage. We often hear the term ‘leverage’ when
discussing investment and debt.
However, leverage can be applied
beyond that context, as it means to extend rewards or results and
getting things done in a limited timeframe. When you have too
much on your plate and you need to get things done as soon as
possible, leverage is key.
The 3 Ways To Leverage:
i. Duplicating
This can be applied in the context of creating products or future
plans for your company. Many startup companies, waste their time
and productivity by cracking their heads to invent new products. The key here is to duplicate what already works or exists and
improve on it. This will inevitably help you manage your resources
better.
ii. Technology
We live in an era where almost anything can be automated, with
the help of technology. For instance, you can automate your email, quote deliveries, presentations and even meeting notes. You just
need to look up for the available platforms for you to do so.
Let’s take your emails for example. You can easily set up your
email client to create email templates (such as ‘Canned Response’
if you are using Gmail). If you need to send out emails at a specific
time to a specific audience, you can schedule and set your email
beforehand by using autoresponders; such as Aweber. Automating can help you save a lot of time, especially if you are
running your own business, as it can be very time consuming.
Therefore, when you have automated all redundant tasks, you can
focus on marketing and scaling your business to greater heights.
iii. Outsourcing
Most business owners think they can handle everything on their
own, but this can easily leave you overworked and overloaded. People also normally assume that as soon as you have established your own business or company, you need to hire full time
employees and run an office.
This will definitely incur great cost. How do you leverage off a team excluding all the hassle of running
a physical establishment and hefty costs? The answer is
outsourcing.
You have the capability to hire freelancers across the
globe to create your products for you while you focus on marketing
your business! This will help to increase your business’s
productivity.
Where do you search for freelancers?
There are various existing freelance websites to find the talents you
need. However, these are my top two picks:
1. Fiverr.com
Fiverr lets you buy or sell any service starting at a very reasonable
rate of $5.
In Fiverr, a service is known as a ‘Gig’. Fiverr is the world’s
largest marketplace for digital services. There is no need for
you to negotiate pricing and the services offered are in
multiple of $5.
2. Upwork.com
Formerly known as ODesk, Upwork is a platform that connects
clients with virtual freelancers.
You can hire freelancers on an hourly basis or one off projects, depending on what needs to be
done. What’s different about Upwork is it’s time tracking tool
which makes it easy for you to track the project’s progress and
pay for the work they complete.
Let’s take Uber for example. One of the most dominant growth
factor for their company is their employment model, where they
utilize freelancers to operate their business.
This helps them to
adapt to changes in demand effectively.
According to business.com, “freelancers are an essential asset in
meeting the daily rigors of managing a startup. This is especially true
for bootstrappers who don’t necessarily have the resources to train
or provide hardware for fresh hires” . Therefore, what you need to do now is to list down which tasks
you can manage on your own, and which you can delegate or
outsource so you can immediately get down to business.
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Chapter 9: Follow One’s Cause Until
Successful (FOCUS)
There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you
do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if
you will do two things at a time.” Lord Chesterfield
In the fast paced world we live in today, we are constantly on the go
and multi-tasking has become second nature. Catching up with your
work emails whilst driving, having lunch and preparing for that
meeting. Yes, we are able to do two or three tasks at once. But what’s
impossible is giving your full concentration to the multiple tasks
at once.
Psychologists suggest that having fewer priorities and focusing on
one task at a time leads to enhanced productivity. The brain
struggles to transition from one task to another, simultaneously. This brain phenomenon is known as ‘switching cost’.
Therefore the only solution for you is to focus. You need to make it
a point to follow your cause until completed. Here are 5 tips for
you to stay focused and concentrated on the task at hand:
1. Stop Multitasking, As Multitasking Is A Myth. This is the first thing you need to sort out if you want to finish what
you started.
Instead of rapidly switching between activities, commit to a single
task at hand, focus on it until the end. As stated earlier, it is possible for you to execute multiple tasks at
hand, but that does not necessarily mean you are giving equal
attention or concentration to each.
Therefore, you may realize that
the task completed would not be at par with what you expected it to
be where you could actually perform better. Doing more things at a time does not garner faster or better results. However, giving your undivided attention to one thing as best as you
can, produces greater results. Many people mistaken productivity as
getting a boatload of things done at a time. False. Why? Productivity
is the measure of getting things done consistently.
2. Schedule Your Day, Plan Ahead
“People who plan to fail, fail to plan”. As cliché as this may sound, it
is indeed true. Sometimes, you have 1001 things to be completed
within a day (which includes work, house chores, exercising and the
list goes on). The only way for you to maintain your productivity
level and combating stress is by planning ahead. Here are the two easy methods you can adopt in order to
schedule your day and plan ahead:
i. Having A Planner To Amplify Your Productivity
Let’s face it, we can be caught up with things that need to be done
and sometimes, we forget what needs to be prioritized. Therefore, having a daily planner will work wonders for you. Even though there are virtual planners made available for you out
there, from Google calendar to your iPhone’s planner, but let me suggest to you the best planner to use.
The most practical and
effective planner to keep you on track would be the traditional
paper planner.
Why?
As paper planners gives you a visual and in your hand space for
scribbling down notes whenever, wherever. Just imagine if you
depend on your iPhone’s planner and suddenly the battery dies out?
Not that practical anymore. Make sure you use the monthly view for important dates; such as
birthdays, public holidays or special occasions. Use the weekly
planning sections for more general tasks, such as visiting your
grandparents by the end of the week, or mowing the lawn. Meanwhile, for daily planning sections, you jot down specifically
what you want to accomplish or what needs to be done for each
day.
This can be preparing for a meeting, going out with a friend
or going to the gym. This will inevitably help you to focus on what needs to be done
and you are able to prioritize your workload.
You can also
prepare yourself for the tasks planned ahead. Your planner will
also help in breaking down big or difficult tasks to smaller, manageable steps.
ii. The Ivy Lee Method
If some of you are unfamiliar with this method, this method was
established by a highly respected productivity consultant, known as
Ivy Lee. This method was widely used since 1918 and proven
effective to companies.
The Ivy Lee method comprises of 5 simple steps:
1.At the end of each working day, list down the six tasks
you want to accomplish tomorrow. Do not exceed six tasks.
2.Prioritize these six tasks according to their importance.
3.When you start work the next day, place your focus solely on
the first task on your list. Complete the first task before you move
on to the next one.
4.Approach the rest of the task in the same fashion. Remember to
only move on to the next task only when the previous task is
completed. 5.Repeat this process every working day
This will no doubt help you stay focused on the task at hand, and will also boost your productivity.
3.Use The Pomodoro Technique (focus at the task for 25 minutes
and take a 5 minute break, repeat)
The Pomodoro Technique was invented back in the early 90s, by
entrepreneur and author Francesco Cirillo. The method is fairly
simple; when you need to complete large or multiple tasks, you
break down the task into short time intervals. The most effective
duration would be focusing on your task for a solid 25 minutes, and
taking a short break of 5 minutes. The cycle repeats.
Using the Pomodoro Technique can help you charge through
distractions, and it will help you focus to get things done in short
intervals of time. It's an effective way to train your brain to pay full
attention to the work you need to complete. This technique also
enables you to take necessary breaks so you don’t get burnt out or
overwhelmed with the task at hand. The Pomodoro technique ensures you are consistently productive
and your motivation is kept in check by taking short breaks. All you
need to do is to time yourself!
4. Eat Healthy To Retain Your Focus
One of the most important elements we take for granted is our
eating habits. This contributes significantly to how our brain
functions, which affects our attention span or focus.
In order to maximize your productivity and retain your focus, these
are the dietary requirements or eating habits you may want to
consider practicing; You need to keep the glucose level in your
bloodstream steady.
This helps your brain to focus for the long-term. This also fuels your brain and reserves the necessary energy needed
for its mental functioning. Therefore, researchers suggest a low-glycemic diet. What does a
low-glycemic diet consist of?
i. Non-starchy vegetables
Leafy greens such as spinach, salads, broccoli and green beans.
ii. Nuts and seeds
Chia seeds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds and walnuts.
iii. Beans and legumes
Soya beans or red beans. You should have this in small portions
about half a cup per serving.
iv. Yoghurt and other fermented diary
Greek or unsweetened yogurt, raw whole milk, traditionally made
cheese.
v. Whole grains
Oats, brown rice, wild rice, granola and muesli.
vi. Fresh fruits
Stone fruits, blueberries, cherries and citrus fruits. vii. Healthy fats
Virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocado.
viii. Lean proteins
Salmon, turkey, skinless chicken breast, lamb and beef.
5. Meditate
Meditation does not only serve a spiritual purpose, but research
has also proven that meditation can boost your attention span as
well as keeping you focused on the task at hand.
You don’t have to go meditate at a monastery or on top of a
mountain. All you need to do is invest at least 5 to 20 minutes of
your time per day. Close your eyes and inhale deeply, preferably at
a quite place so you are free from distractions.
Think of nothing. You
will see how your focus and attention span improves just after 4
days. Try and practice meditation first thing in the morning before
you start your tasks.
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Chapter 10: Conclusion
We have finally come to the end of the book. Now is your time, your
call. Even if you have digested every single technique from this book, you are only able to boost or improve your productivity by taking
immediate action.
Losing focus and procrastinating is easy, but to get back on track, retaining that momentum is the true test of endurance.
Living in this
digital era no doubt has its privileges, and it has given us a vast
amount of amazing things to look forward to; our mobile phones, tablets, computers. But these things also come with a cost.
Without us realizing, all of these gadgets are also our main
distractions and makes us counterproductive. According to a
research conducted by the Human-Computer Institute at Carnegie Melon University, it can take up to 25 minutes just to regain back
your focus after being distracted. Consequently, from all the power tips we’ve provided you with, it is
now your job to create a productive environment for yourself.
Create an environment that can motivate you to stay focused, distraction free and most importantly, boosts your productivity.
What you need to do now is remove interruptions, distractions, chaos and all the clutter in your life that would not contribute to
your productivity as well as completing your pending tasks. Here’s to supercharging your productivity!
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