When a Paper Planner Can Be Your Best Productivity Tool. There are a lot of elegant tools for your OS and online that help you keep track of all your commitments, projects, tasks, goals, checklists, etc. Each of them have their own set of awesome features as well as their weaknesses. I remember around a year ago when I was lost in the sea of productivity applications (if you have been there yourself, I totally feel for you). This mostly happened because I would find an app that I would like a lot and then find one or two things that it just couldn’t handle in my workflow. Because of that I played around with a ton of productivity applications and wasted a lot of my time procrastinating on projects.
Here is what I found There is no perfect productivity, todo list, or Getting Things Done application for everyone. Sorry. But wait, before you leave and go Google something like “best GTD app -lifehack.org”, I have to tell you that there is one tool that led me to find a productivity application that worked perfect for me. Why it works. 6 Common Work Habits that Sabotage Your Productivity. We all have our weekday morning routines. You roll into the office a little before 9 am (or a little after, if traffic was really bad), settle in at your desk, maybe grab a cup of coffee around 9:30 or 10, check Twitter and Facebook, and then dive in to your inbox. And while it’s obvious that your time playing Farmville or reading Kanye’s latest tweet is going to hamper your productivity, you might be surprised to learn what other common work habits can sabotage your productivity. 1.
Checking Your Email ConstantlyIf you’re like most people, you check your email frequently. Like, 5 times an hour frequently…or “every time my phone dings” frequently. Maybe a better word than “frequently” would be “obsessively.” But despite the urgings of your boss to “stay on top of everything”, it turns out that checking your email too frequently actually reduces your productivity. Now, of course the experts can’t seem to agree on when you should check your email. 2. 3. 4. The solution? 5. 6. How to Get Back to Organized. The Ultimate Guide to Motivation – How to Achieve Any Goal | zen habits. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” - Henry Ford One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it.
If you can stick with a goal for long enough, you’ll almost always get there eventually. It just takes patience, and motivation. Motivation is the key, but it’s not always easy, day in and day out, to find that motivation. What follows is a guide to motivation using what I’ve learned over the last few years in a series of successful accomplishments, goals and habit changes. What Motivation Can Achieve What have I accomplished using these motivation methods? That’s not intended to sound like bragging, but to show you what can be accomplished (just to start) if you find the right motivation.
How Does Motivation Work? So motivation, in its best form, is a way for you to want to do something. How to Organize Your Assignments, Research, Interviews & All the Rest. This is an excerpt from my new e-book . If you think the name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the name of my popular 6-week e-course. I decided to turn that $200 e-course into a $9.95 e-book so that you can get my best tips for becoming a productive writer at a fraction of the cost. If you’d like to buy a copy of this 64-page e-book, please order it from the e-book page . When I get your payment, I’ll send you the e-book via e-mail.
I’m not using an automated shopping cart right now, as I want to make sure I’ll be selling enough copies to make it worth the expense! So please bear with my old-fashioned delivery system for now. When you’re working on several projects at once, as most of us writers do, the result can be a typhoon of information. Luckily, if you have systems in place that work for you, you can streamline how you handle and store these bits of information. Curious about how setting up systems can help a project flow from acceptance to payment? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 7 Not So Obvious Habits To Maximize Your Productivity. I was a big fan of productivity, and, in some respects, I still am. I’ve been a very early adopter of GTD, and, for years, I did my weekly reviews with the discipline of a zen monk.
But, eventually, I hit a roadblock. GTD is about getting things “done”, but in life we have much more to experience than “doing”. We feel. We dream. We enjoy stuff without the pressure of an empty inbox. And, most of the time, we simply are. So, I confess I fell out from the GTD wagon. But enough with all this shameless self-promotion intro. So, instead of doing a presentation of the Assess – Decide – Do framework, I chose to isolate only 7 simple tips for today’s post. As a matter of fact, they’re even organized as such. 1. I firmly believe that the art of ignorance should be taught in schools.
Especially on Mondays, when all the previous week unprocessed stuff seems to crash on us, try to apply this. Slash out Twitter, Facebook, email. 2. Each tiny task that you finish is an achievement. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10 Simple Postures That Boost Performance. Psychological research suggests simple actions can project power, persuade others, increase empathy, boost cognitive performance and more… We tend to think of body language as something that expresses our internal states to the outside world. But it also works the other way around: the position of our body also influences our mind. As the following psychological research shows, how we move can drive both thoughts and feelings and this can boost performance. 1.
Pose for power If you want to feel more powerful then adopt a powerful posture. 2. Tensing up your muscles can help increase your willpower. 3. If you’re stuck on a problem which needs persistence then try crossing your arms. 4. If crossing your arms doesn’t work then try lying down. 5. While you’re lying down, why not have a nap? Brooks & Lack (2005) compared 5, 10, 20 and 30 minute naps to find the best length. 6. The way people’s hands cut through the air while they talk is fascinating. 7. 8. 9. 10. Embodied cognition. Five Lessons from My Life to Your Life. Every week passes even faster now that I am out of college, working as a full-time professional.
Boy, I thought time went by quickly when I was involved in various student organizations, having a few part-time jobs, and taking classes. This doesn't even compare. The weekend comes and goes before I know, as does the rest of the week. The year has passed and it is time to enter 2011 and reflect on the lessons learned in 2010. After thinking about the situations I've experienced in the last 12 months, there are five specific lessons that stand out, which I'd like to pass along to you. See if you can apply these to your life. Download a Free Budget Planning Guide Begin with the end in mind.
There is a saying, "you learn something new each day. " The five lessons listed above are only a few of the experiences which I picked up in 2010. Please share some of your thoughts on lessons learned. Have you been able to apply any of those listed above to your life in 2010 or in previous years? Related Links: 29 Semi-Productive Things I Do Online When I’m Trying to Avoid Real Work. You don’t always have to work hard to be productive. Productivity can simply be the side effect of doing the right things. So here’s a list of 29 semi-productive things I do online when my mind is set on avoiding ‘real work.’ Check delicious popular tags like ‘useful,’ ‘tutorials,’ ‘tips,’ ‘howto,’ ‘advice,’ ‘entrepreneurship,’ etc. for interesting, educational articles to read.Watch one of the thousands of educational videos streaming at TED.com, Academic Earth and Teacher Tube.Read an online book list and find a new book to grab next time I’m at the library.
Here’s another list. And another. Oh, and ever since I bought my new (super sexy) Apple iPad , I’ve been enjoying all of these sites on the go and catching looks from almost everyone who passes me while I browse. So what kind of semi-productive things do you do online in your off-time? Photo by: Colorblind Picaso Party Casino Related 30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less April 19, 2012 In "Happiness" October 4, 2010. Home Page. This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics that can be explored here include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome. SiteNews Wiki Topics Mindhacker: The support page for the 2011 book by RonHaleEvans and MartyHaleEvans.
MindPerformanceHacks: The support page for the 2006 book of the same name by RonHaleEvans. Easily memorize complex information - MemoryTechnique Do hard math in your head - MentalMath Improve your intelligence Think better Other pages What is a Wiki? A wiki is a web site built collaboratively by a community of users. Feel free to add your own content to this wiki. The Mentat Wiki is powered by Oddmuse, and hosted by the Center for Ludic Synergy. One Man Can See You Succeed | Archive | Communication. Filters represent the tint from which we view life, the interference that distorts our audio, and the perspectives that taint our language. I’ve worked through many, and I still have many to recognize and grow through. We’ve all been doing this for a long time at varying rates and by varying degrees. A failure to recognize and control these impulses, perspectives, and opinions can have a negative effect on our relationships due to communication breakdown.
Years ago, I was adamant about a number of values and beliefs that I held dear. Today, I have a number of different ones, and some still the same. I like to learn through experience, both seeing and doing. Sometimes, our differences can lead to some frustration. Often, a disagreement is not based upon valid fact, it’s an opinion based upon a previous experience or information picked up along the way. At least, it feels right to me at this moment, and maybe there is more. 6 USEFUL POSTS FREELANCERS SHOULD READ AND FOLLOW | I AM WEBSITE DEVELOPER. As a freelancer I always look for advice from expert, as a result online was one of my most seeking resource so far.
But it was not blog at all! Because I thought that bog writing might not give you anything extra in your development process. But I was wrong. It’s not very long since I am blog-holic. Now I follow resourceful blogs and post more than before. Moreover few blog posts changed my way of work and approach towards my freelance aspiration. I have chosen these 6 post from 3 major blogs running online for freelance designers and developers. 1.The roadmap to becoming a professional freelance web designer – by SmashingMagazine: This post is written by Kayala Knight. 2.
My second favorite and the post is written by Amber. 3. With 5 different sections Michael Frankland suggested few facts of paying attention to customer loyalty. 4. iGoogle itself is a great UI where you can include daily usefull gadgets, chat with friends, checking emails, news notification and many more. 5. 6. 35 Life Hacks You Should Know [PIC]
5 Simple Ways to Double Your Productivity. Doubling your productivity is simple, but not easy. Changing your habits requires a bit of self-discipline, but it can be done. You can double your productivity by incorporating any of the five simple steps below into your life. For the longest time, I refused to try any of the techniques that are associated with productivity. I believed they were nothing more than gimmicks. Weird, I know. But I was wrong. This is Nothing NewYou’ve probably heard many of the above tips before but never applied them.
If you make it your mission to become more productive by incorporating new habits each week, you will be amazed at how much you can increase your productivity in just a few months. There are no limits, except the ones that you impose on yourself.