Productivity: Habits, Focus, Methods

The key is to understand the difference between habits, routines, and rituals, and to design a life where your daily actions allow you to play with the entire spectrum of consciousness.

If we want to ramp up our productivity and happiness at home and at work, we should actually be doing less. But that’s incredibly difficult as you’re balancing work, parenting, friendships, and more. When you stop doing the things that make you feel busy but aren’t getting you results, then you end up with more than enough time for what matters. You can follow a simple exercise to help decide what activities on your to-do list brings you the most value, and which you can stop doing. Decide on an area of your life where you’d like to have better results and less stress. Write down the tasks you do in that area on one side of a piece of paper, and on the other, list successes you’ve had in that area. Then, identify which tasks directly contributed to those successes. Anything that didn’t directly contribute can be eliminated, greatly reduced, or delegated to someone else.

Focus isn't unlimited, but you can get more of it — if you're thoughtful about attention management

The key is to understand the difference between habits, routines, and rituals, and to design a life where your daily actions allow you to play with the entire spectrum of consciousness.

Want to be more productive? Implement these 21 minute habits that will eventually boost your productivity.

The ‘easy addendum effect’: how careful timing of your easier tasks could help you feel better at the end of the day

Frustrated? Procrastinating? Stuck? You've scrolled through all the timelines, checked your email 10 times, and now what? You don't feel like working...

Are you tired of feeling like you're constantly running in circles, never able to get ahead? It's time to take control of your to-do list with the Eisenhower matrix. This simple yet effective tool can help you organize your tasks and focus your energy on what truly matters.

Address the real reasons you procrastinate and you’re more likely to start achieving your goals.

Here are two different 2-minute rules to beat procrastination and boost productivity. They are from 2 different books, and we'll cover them in 2 minutes!🚀 S...

When faced with new goals, it’s easy to jump in with both feet. But having staying power to sustain this initial energy is difficult. Many of us may eventually disengage, while others pushing themselves so hard they burn out. Still others might vacillate between the two. The key to success isn’t starting strong, it’s staying strong. You need to self-regulate. First, set upper and lower boundaries for what you need to do to make progress on a goal in a specified amount of time, like a day or a week. Second, understand how you tend to work — if you work hard and fast to the point of exhaustion, work slowly and find yourself scurrying to the finish line, or somewhere in between — and make adjustments accordingly. Third, building time for rest and recovery based on your work tendency. Finally, create breathing room in your schedule for dedicated work.

In a world of distraction, focus is hard. But that doesn't mean we should fight to protect our attention. In this post, I want to share some tips for staying focused — and what to do when the inevitable distractions come.

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

At present time, it is considered that noise has negative effects on hearing and health. However, experimental results show that certain noise can enhance environmental comfort. It is feasible, in the future, to use knowledge of colour noises to improve productivity in a workplace with a healthy env …

Fear of failure starts in early childhood. We are social animals and feel the need to be accepted by others, which begins with the acceptance and love of our parents.

The key is to nail the beginning and the ending, and anything that happens in the middle doesn’t matter so much.

Focus isn't unlimited, but you can get more of it — if you're thoughtful about attention management

This guide explains what procrastination is, how it works, and how to stop procrastinating. Now for your first test: Don't procrastinate, and read this now.

Motivation gets you up every morning. Inertia keeps you going. Motivation isn't tangible in the way that discipline is. That's why it can often feel fleeting and difficult to harness. Motivation is best understood as an emotion - but worse than that, it's an emotion based on fantasy. How does

Researchers are trying to figure out the right hour of the day to do everything. Can their studies sync us up with better health?

Can you become a disciplined person in the chaotic and undisciplined world we live in? Well, in this article we explore what are the options.

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I think I am at least somewhat more productive than average, and people sometimes ask me for productivity tips.  So I decided to just write them all down in one place. Compound growth gets...

Starting is hard. Let's face it, not everyone wakes up with a fire in their belly and a hunger for productivity. Some of us need a little extra push to get going, whether it's a cup of coffee, a quick workout, or a motivational speech. But have you ever wondered

Get comfortable with accomplishing less.