What is your life-changing productivity tip?
What is your life-changing productivity tip?
What is your one life-changing productivity tip that kicked your efficiency into high gear? It could be anything – a mindset shift, a nifty tool, or even a morning ritual!
My tip: Consistency. Whatever you do repeatedly every day is the thing that brings the most impact in the long term to your life.
Now it's your turn! Drop your pearls of wisdom below, and let's make this thread a treasure trove of productivity nuggets. 💡
For me it was a very simple rule: If a task takes less than 5 minutes to do, no matter at work or in the household, do it right away. Thinking about when to do it, remembering to do it and having it linger over your head while you're procrastinating takes so much more time than just do the small tasks right away. It's a real boost for efficiency and being productive. See those small things as tiny stones on your way to the goal and you quickly kick them out of the way instead of standing in front of them and thinking about when to kick them.
Using a calendar effectively. Let's say I have a doctor appointment, I put it in my calendar and later update it according to results I get, attach related documents etc. I use Google calendar + drive for this.
"Don't do what you love, love everything you do"
All about perspective. You only live once, take care and put your soul into even the most menial tasks.
I just gotta do it It doesn't have to be the most perfect or even my best. I just gotta finish it and next time I can be better if this time wasn't great but i just gotta finish it this time. Trying to be the best lead me to think "if i am not gonna do my best , might as well no do it" and so i did NOTHING. Getting the ball going with this mentality help me to even like take showers, eating and so on.
For me it's all about having a basic to-do app and establishing a routine where you review it daily and prioritize tasks. I don't use anything fancy, just Apple Reminders. But the key is that I review my tasks each morning. I decide what I am going to do that day from my list and just do those things. I try to keep the goals for each day manageable too.
Definitely daily review increases your chances of success.
To learn to drop certain things. You can't focus on a million different goals at once. Most people can carry around five at a time. Figure out what's most important and do that, then go back to your list and work on less important goals.
Keeping my to-do list and priorities somewhere visible is a big deal for me. I'm very much "out of sight, out of mind." At work, I do a weekly list of major projects and tasks and priorities for the week. Daily, I look at that to remind myself what i should be focused on. As things get added, they go on that sheet or into the master to-do list, depending on their urgency. Every week I review the weekly list and my master to-do list to determine what the priorities for the next week should be.