Productivity is the art of getting stuff done efficiently and feeling good about it. You are productive when you are able to optimize your efforts to get the best outcomes.
I have six simple rules to operate at my productive best on most days.
- Focus on being productive, not busy.
- Embrace Pareto’s Principle fully. Focus on the 20% of work that brings 80% of the results.
- Ask yourself- “If this is the only thing I will accomplish today, will I be satisfied?” This will help you prioritize those tasks that truly matter to you.
- Eat the Frog first. Do the most important(and very likely the most difficult) tasks first before anything else every day.
- Action, Action, Action. Prioritize the habit of “Doing” over “thinking”
- If you can- look to delegate or automate the unimportant tasks.