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7 Things Highly Productive PeopleDo
You have more important things to focus on than, um, focusing.
Get back ontrack with these tips.
You probably dont want to admit itbut you love distractions. In
fact, just like
monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls
you in another
direction. Why do you think you check your email so much?
Want to be more productive and get your focus back? here are no
secret tricks
here! do one thing at a time. "top multitasking#it$s just
another form of distraction.
%asier said than done, I know
&ecently I sat down with ony Wong, a project management
blackbeltwhose client
list includes oyota, 'onda, and (isney, to name a few. 'e$s an
e)pert in keeping
people on task, so I thought he$d be a good person to ask.
'ere are his tips for staying productive*
+. Work backwards from goals to milestones to tasksWriting
launch
company website- at the top of your todo list is a sure way to
make sure you never
get it done. /reak down the work into smaller and smaller chunks
until you have
specific tasks that can be accomplished in a few hours or less*
"ketch a wireframe,
outline an introduction for the homepage video, etc. hat$s how
you set goals and
actually succeed in crossing them off your list.
0. !top multi"tasking1o, seriously#stop. "witching from task to
task
2uickly does not work. In fact, changing tasks more than +3
times in a day makes
you dumber than being stoned. When you$re stoned, your I4 drops
by five points.
When you multitask, it drops by an average of +3 points, +5 for
men, five for
women 6yes, men are three times as bad at multitasking than
women7.
8. #e militant about eliminating distractions9ock your door, put
a signup, turn off your phone, te)ts, email, and instant messaging.
In fact, if you know
you may sneak a peek at your email, set it to offline mode, or
even turn off your
Internet connection. Go to a 2uiet area and focus on completing
one task.
:. !chedule your email ;ick two or three times during the day
when you$re
going to use your email.
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5. $se the phone%mail isn$t meant for conversations. (on$t reply
more than
twice to an email. ;ick up the phone instead.
=. Work on your own agenda(on$t let something else set your day.
>ost
people go right to their emails and start freaking out. You will
end up at inbo)
ero, but accomplish nothing. @fter you wake up, drink water so
you rehydrate, eata good breakfast to replenish your glucose, then
set prioritied goals for the rest of
your day.
A. Work in %& to '& minute intervalsYour brain uses up
more glucose
than any other bodily activity. ypically you will have spent
most of it after =3B3
minutes. 6hat$s why you feel so burned out after super long
meetings.7 "o take a
break* Get up, go for a walk, have a snack, do something
completely different to
recharge. @nd yes, that means you need an e)tra hour for breaks,
not including
lunch, so if you$re re2uired to get eight hours of work done
each day, plan to be
there for B.5+3 hours.
