Becoming productive and high performer

Get into the finest fitness of your live – it will unleash enormous morning energy
Excellent evening ritual
Elevate your nutrition
Good sleep isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. Get at least 7 great hours of it

Learn something new every day
Spend time in nature each day to refuel
Protect your Mindsets by only associating with positive people
Stay hydrated through the day — keeps you at your energetic best.

Let’s do some exercises

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Each exercise won’t take you more than 10 min to accomplish.

Note: All the exercises are based on the Chris Bailey’s “The Productivity Project” book.

Your effort toward taking control of your time, attention, and energy will be fruitless when you don’t first take stock of what tasks are the most valuable and meaningful to you. What are your productivity goals, why you want to become more productive? It’s the fundament of your success of being productive that’s why we are starting with the Exercise No 1!

EXERCISE NO 1 WHAT ARE MY VALUES

You will find this exercise on page 3 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO. 2 THE IMPACT EXERCISE

You will find this exercise on page 7 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO 3 THE RULE OF 3 EXPERIMENT

You will find this exercise on page 9 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO 4 YOUR BIOLOGICAL PRIME TIME

You will find this exercise on page 10 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO 5 FUTURE YOU

You will find this exercise on page 13 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO 6 THE HOT SPOTS EXERCISE

You will find this exercise on page 14 of the Collection of exercises book.

EXERCISE NO 7 SINGLE TASKING EXERCISE

You will find this exercise on page 16 of the Collection of exercises book.

Collection of exercises

Productivity very much depends on the things we focus and pay attention to, because attention is our most limited resource. The more we can manage our attention with intention, the more productive, and creative we become. We are what we pay attention to.

There are two main criteria to consider when categorizing what to focus on: whether a task is productive (you accomplish a lot by doing it) and whether a task is attractive (fun to do) or unattractive (boring, frustrating, difficult, etc.)

Exercise

Divide your work tasks based on the four categories in the above grid. This simple activity will give you awareness of what’s actually important in your work.

A perfectly productive person would focus on only the top two quadrants of the above chart.

Some ideas to become more productive every day

Step 1: Manage your energy, not your time.

If you take a moment to think about it, you’ll probably realize that you are better at doing certain tasks at certain times. What type of energy do you have in the morning? Afternoon? Evening? Determine what tasks each energy level and time of day are best suited for.

Step 2: Prepare the night before.

Spend a few minutes each night organizing your to–do list for tomorrow. It takes 10 minutes that night and saves 3 hours the next day.

Step 3: If your job doesn’t require to open your email first thing in the morning, don’t open it until noon.

Sounds simple. Nobody does it. Everything can wait a few hours. Nobody is going to email you about a true emergency, so leave your email alone for the first few hours of each day. Use the morning to do what’s important rather than responding to what is “urgent.”

Step 4: Turn your phone off and leave it in another room.

Or on your colleague's desk. Or at the very least, put it somewhere that is out of sight. This eliminates the urge to check text messages, Facebook, Twitter, and so on. This simple strategy eliminates the likelihood of slipping into half–work where you waste time dividing your attention among meaningless tasks.

Step 5: Sit up or stand up.

When you sit hunched over, your chest is in a collapsed position and your diaphragm is pressing against the bottom of your lungs, which hinders your ability to breathe easily and deeply. Sit up straight or stand up and you’ll find that you can breathe easier and more fully. As a result, your brain will get more oxygen and you’ll be able to concentrate better.

Step 6: Develop a routine to start your day.

Can be anything – a glass of water, meditation, exercise, etc. This tiny routine signals to your brain that it’s time to get into work mode. Additionally, the routine helps you overcome a lack of motivation and get things done even when you don’t feel like it.

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