Forbes Magazine interviewed over 200 ultra-productive people including seven billionaires, 13 Olympians, 20 straight-A students and over 200 successful entrepreneurs. They were asked a simple, open-ended question, “What is your number one secret to productivity?” After analyzing all of their responses, their answers were coded into 15 unique ideas:
•ENERGY IS EVERYTHING Food, sleep, breaks •CONSISTENT MORNING ROUTINE Nurture the mind & body (exercise, journal, meditation) •AVOID MEETINGS AT ALL COST Get out of meetings whenever you can, hold fewer of them yourself, and if you do run a meeting, keep it short. •PROCESS EMAIL ONLY A FEW TIMES A DAY Schedule time to process email quickly and efficiently. •USE A NOTEBOOK Write everything down, it frees the mind...That is a million dollar lesson they don’t teach you in business school. •MAKE IT HOME FOR DINNER Values of the successful include: family time, exercise, giving back •BEAT PROCRASTINATION WITH TIME TRAVEL People buy veggies for the week, only to throw them out later. What can you do now to make sure your future self does the right thing? •DON’T USE TO-DO LISTS Use a calendar and schedule your entire day into 15-minute blocks. “It sounds like a pain, but this will set you up in the 95th percentile…” •FOCUS ONLY ON ONE THING Know your most important task and work on it without interruptions. •FOCUS ON MINUTES, NOT HOURS Keep a schedule that is almost minute by minute. You must master your minutes to master your life. •TOUCH THINGS ONLY ONCE Deal with it right then and there •THEME DAYS OF THE WEEK Batch your work to maximize your efficiency and effectiveness. Monday’s for team building, Friday for financials, etc. •DELEGATE ALMOST EVERYTHING Successful people don’t have control issues, aren’t micro-managers . Don’t ask, “How can I do this task?” Instead ask, “How can this task get done?” •FOLLOW THE 80/20 RULE 80% of outcomes come from only 20% of activities •SAY “NO” TO ALMOST EVERYTHING You only have 1,440 minutes in every day. Don’t give them away easily. •TYING IT ALL TOGETHER These secrets just might help you to get more done in less time, and help you to stop feeling so overworked and overwhelmed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2016/01/20/15-surprising-things-productive-people-do-differently/?s=trending#7169129a44b2
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