21 Productivity Tips You Can Use Now
3 AM, Saturday
I woke up from a restless sleep. My dreams were plagued with work. And my waking moments were filled with worry and stress over the next week to come.
I had been struggling with my work productivity. We were really busy, and I still hadn’t quite gotten a hang of my new position. Even though it had been six months, there were still new things to learn everyday.
And so, I would wake up like this, stressed out about work, on a weekend.
In the dead of night, I began researching. Looking into all the tips and tricks I could find about productivity. It was a frantic struggle to find some relief for my stress, and to create more margin for my priorities.
21 Ways that Make Your More Productive and Create Massive Margin was born.
This post was born. I shared what I learned and why I had picked these 21 tips. Here is the original post.
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I put my research to work. And something amazing happened.
It worked. All of it.
After only a month, I was reducing my stress, creating margin, and increased my productivity at work.
It was AMAZING!
And so, my next post was born…
21 Productivity Tips Will Change Your Intentionality at Work
3 Months Later… And I am continuing to see great strides to my productivity at work. My margin has grown and my stress stays down day-to-day.
21 Productivity Tips, 3 Months Later
After talking with a coworker, my wife, and a few people online, I realized these tips could and needed to be broken down.
To understand the benefits and ways to make it work for others, I have started creating a series of follow up posts here on Medium to help.
#1: The 80/20 Rule
How the 80/20 Rule Increases Your Productivity and Multiplies Your Margin
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#2: Create a Productivity Creed
Do You Know How Amazing a Productivity Creed is?
#3 Choose Your Priorites First Thing in the Morning
If you don’t prioritize your day first, you will be stuck with the priorities of everyone else.
#4 Create a Morning Routine
When you create a morning routine, it will help you win immediately in your day.
#5 Reduce Your Task List
Reducing your task list will make your more productive.
#6 Tap Into Your Inspirations
Inspire and Motiveate Yourself to be Uncommonly Productive
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#7 Work Your Most Challenging Tasks Before Lunch
Do the Difficult Tasks Before Lunch to be More Productive
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#8 Work in 60–90 Minute Intervals
Breaking Up Your Work Will Build Up Your Productivity
#9 Take More Breaks
10 Ways to Make the Most of Your Breaks
#10 Automate Everything Possible
How to Add Automation to Your Work Life
#11 Reduce Your Email Work
How to Make Email Your Friend and Work for You
#12 Use Your Calendar
Unlock the Power of Scheduling Tasks to be Productive
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Success and Productivity
While on this journey of productivtity I discovered something else…
What it means to be successful.
My productivity leads to a whole new world of success and it isn’t only in the work place, it’s at home.
I dare to say, it ‘Starts at Home.”
Read more in this Members Post here on Medium:
How I Know I Am Being Productive and Successful at Life
#13 Use The Phone
Just Pick Up the Phone Already
#14 Set Timelines
Design Timelines to Activate Your Ultimate Productivity
#15 Work Backwards
Cure Productivity Struggles with Start at the Deadline
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Why are We Talking So Much About Productivity?
All this talk about productivity, has made me ask a few questions about productivity, the first one was this:
What is the Ultimate Goal of Productivity?
(This is a Memeber Post)
#16 Think of Your Day in Minutes, Not Hours
What are You Doing with Your 1,440 Minutes?
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Why Productivity is Important for Parents
Why do we need to be more productive? To create more margin. Who are we creating that margin for? If we are parents, its for our children.
Why Productivity is Important for Parents
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#17 Quit Multitasking
Why You Need to Close Some Windows
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#18 Create Systems to Curb Distraction
How to be Less Distracted at Work
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#19 Do Not Disturb
How to Close the Door and Do the Hard Work
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#20 Practice Self Care
A Healthy Person is a Productive Person
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#21 Drink More Water
The Importance of Water to Boost Your Productivity
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Now What?
Whew…
I made it to the end. It was hard. But I was determined to get there. 21 Productivity Tips to help you become more productive and create more margin.
I hope these have been helpful.
But now what?
I don’t feel like this work is done. There is more to happen here. Be on the lookout for my next post regarding these tips.
Thank you for reading!
Jack
I Need Your Help!
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Also, thank you so much for all over your engagement with this project I have been working on for so long!
Productivity Obsessed?
Why Are We Obsessed with Productivity?
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The Next Step
This is turning into something bigger and more important to me than I had previously imagined. Not only has this gone on to be multiple posts on Medium and my blog, but now, with the encouragement of others, I am working on a productivity guide which will consider all of these tips and tricks and more.
I will continue this Series sharing bits and pieces of the guide as I go and you can subscribe at the end to stay up to date.
Thank you for sticking with me and providing me feedback along the way!
Focus on Three Essentials to be a Productivity Master
In this post, I share what it means to be a master, and a three tier framework to truly understanding productivity.
This one is from my blog:
Intentional Work: Becoming More Productive to Have More Margin
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NEW PRODUCTIVITY SERIES:
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Becoming a Productivity Master
This will be the place where I will continue my productivity journey and will be helping others become Productivity Masters.