Productivity tips from personal experience
Ten things that measurably changed my working day, from waking early to time-limiting WhatsApp, with the tools and the research behind each one.
Productivity Tips (Personal Experience)
- Start waking up early in the morning. If you have this question “How can I make a habit of getting up early in the morning?” then check out this link: http://qr.ae/RCkdSn
If you think that you are more productive at night, then go ahead and read this research paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/
You are less productive at night than you are in the morning!
- Don’t open Facebook, WhatsApp or any other distractive sites in your first hour of work.
If you think, time is money, then you should start planning how you spend it.
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Create a to-do list of tasks and try complete them within a particular time. We use the “Asana” app (Thanks Amar Ryder for sharing such a great app) for team management and for creating to-do lists.
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While completing the task, consider all other things as distractions. Human brains are not optimized for multi-tasking. Nevertheless, you can take small breaks (say 3-4 minutes break) in between.
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Before going to sleep, make sure that you have completed all the tasks as per the plan.
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Get an early night or otherwise it will not be possible to wake up in the morning. 7-8 hours sleep is a must. Do not compromise with your sleeping hours.
“I sleep 8 hours just about every night. When I can, I sleep more. I believe in sleep. I think a big mistake that young people make when they are eager to be successful is sleep deprivation. Makes you stupid.” - Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia Founder)
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Many people have a habit of opening Gmail and WhatsApp in one of browser tabs and this distracts them. I prefer checking emails and WhatsApp messages at a fixed interval of time.
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Use QualityTime Android App (Thanks to Arun Prabhudesai for sharing this app), and create alerts. For example. if you create an alert for WhatsApp for a maximum of half an hour a day then after using WhatsApp for half an hour, it’ll show you an alert. Use the Greenify app to hibernate apps like WhatsApp.
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Use RescueTime extension or desktop software, more details: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1093546780696671&set=a.154048124646546.48091.100001240781985&type=1
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Last but not least, discuss with like minded people.
Don’t forget to share your experiences in comments below.
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