100 Ways To Be More Productive
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.
- Just start
- Get organized
- Prime Time/Best Time
- 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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I especially like the “Slack Off” part of your post. I’m VERY productive when it comes to slacking off!
Nice post and thanks for the mention!
It’s that ‘over thinking’ problem that gets me every time. Beats me why we do it. I think it has something to do with masochism.
Regardless, it’s a huge time waster.
Stevie… “just start” is excellent advice. Once you overcome inertia the job gets much easier. Thanks for the mention.
I’ll be back! (in my best austrian accent)
Lisa: any “slacking off” you do is well deserved, the amount of work you put in to your designs and blog as well as having a family, it’s good to know you make time for slacking too!
Randa: thanks for stopping by, and thanks for designing the “U Comment I Follow” badge, I hope you don’t mind my fiddling with it.
Carolyn: glad you liked my post! Seeing as your blog is all about productivity and it is definitely something I need to work on I have added you to my RSS, yet another excuse to avoid actually getting on and doing things.
P.S. Masochists deserve to be whipped!
Dave: you’re right, inertia is probably the biggest problem we all face on so many levels.
By the way, loved your article on “The ultimate guide to a mediocre life”, it gave me a smile.
Love what you did with the emoticons, Stevie. Firefox didn’t recognize the protocol for your RSS, so I’ll try with IE. Anyway, I’ve bookmarked you.
Sorry about that Carolyn, I hate the idea of causing anyone to use IE!
I just gave all the RSS links a quick try, they worked for me, I’m using Firefox and the Google Reader.
Thanks for the recommended link! I’ve enjoyed reading what works for other people including your tips…I begin to see an emerging pattern for all of us. gia
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