100 Ways To Be More Productive

Productivity Challenge Do you ever wish you could be more productive? Do you find that no matter what you do, you seem to fall further and further behind schedule? If that is the case, then I am sure you would find a free e-book with 100+ tips on productivity to be very handy, so keep an eye on Ben Yoskovitz and his Instigator Blog. He is compiling a list of tips from around the Blogosphere so that he can produce a free e-book to help us all out of slacker hell. One of the contributors is Lisa Sabin-Wilson, the author of WordPress for Dummies, who has been kind enough (?) to tag me to try and provide a tip or four.
  1. Just start
  2. Get organized
  3. Prime Time/Best Time
  4. Slack off

Just Start Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy and over think things when what we really need to do is just get on and do them. Seemingly impossible tasks can seem surprisingly easy once we get into them.

Get Organized Clutter can be your worst enemy, especially if the job in hand requires a lot of information/paperwork. Try to stay on top of this, for example it is a nightmare to try and sort out all your insurance details if you have several policies on the go and have never put any of the information in one central place. It becomes even more impossibler when you can't even remember how many policies you have and which companies they are with. Yikes!

Prime Time/Best Time All of us have a natural bio-rhythm, find out what yours is. Are you at your best early morning? Lat at night? Midday? Once you know this try and optimize your efforts accordingly. Slack Off Sometimes you are beating a dead horse, it isn't the best time for you to tackle a job. When something urgent needs to be done it may be that the best course is not to do it, take some time away from the project and relax. But be on a timer. Half an hour of reading a book, TV, reading your RSS feeds, napping, sometimes these are the things you need to do to increase your productivity, get yourself back in the groove. Just make sure you don't use this tip too much. :wink: I'm sure there are plenty of other excellent tips in this series, I am now off to read some of them, which is in itself an extra bonus tip, if I had taken the time to read everyone else's ideas first I probably would never of got around to writing this article at all! So, sorry for any repetitions, and I will edit in a few links to some of my favourite tips at the bottom of this post. Then all that will remain to do will be to decide who to tag to carry this on. :twisted: Recommended links: Gia Combs-Ramirez, overcoming procrastination. Don The Idea Guy, he Ultimate Guide To Productivity. Randa Clay, Secrets To Productivity. Dave Olson, Becoming A Productivity Guru. And I tag . . . Aaron at miLienzo.com

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