Productivity Tips

Everyone of us is gifted with the same 24 hours every day. It's how you use those hours though that makes all the difference. If you're like many people, boosting your productivity, maybe all that it takes for you to reach new heights. What I have found is that successful people are all described or to other people as being very productive. So if you're looking for a few simple ways to be more productive and efficient with your time, check out these productivity boosting tips and as you listen, think of what action you're going to take immediately to apply one or more of these tips and write it down.

Tip #1 To boost your productivity is to utilize the "touch it once rule." The touch it once rule dictates that you should complete a task or project from start to finish. The first time that you touch it rather than starting on a task and leaving it to finish at a later time. If you're able to commit to following this rule, it will eliminate most opportunities for procrastination right out of the gate.

Tip #2 The next way to increase your productivity is to always write down your plan. I'm passionate about write it down whether you keep a to-do list in a noteboo, on a calendar, on an app for your phone. Writing down the tasks that you need to complete is an excellent way to keep yourself organized as well as an excellent way to become more productive as well. There's something about writing down a list of tasks that makes you more motivated to complete them and gives you greater focus. Scratch off of list one by one and each time you scratch off a task you feel great about yourself and you're eager to start with a new task. When a to-do list is in your head, it's little more than something to stress over but when your to-do list is written down, it becomes a plan of action.

Tip #3 Set small goals. Formal goal setting is one of the most powerful methods for helping a person achieve their long-term goals. However, goal setting can be used to help you reach short-term goals and boost your day-to-day productivit. By breaking a large project into many pieces and setting small goals, you can take advantage of the motivation boosting benefits of goal-setting and use them to substantially increase your productivity. What this means is each time you start and complete a task, you get a rush of endorphin which gives you more energy and creativity and motivates you into the next task. So everything in life depends upon task completion. So if you have a lot of small tasks then and you complete these tasks they motivate you and give you a feeling of personal power and energy.

Tip #4 Plan ahead. Before you end each workday, plan ahead by writing down your to-do list for the next day. This should be the last thing that you do at the end of a work day. Planning out the next day's work ahead of time allows you to prepare your mind ahead of time for the next day's work and also lets you dive right into your to-do list the moment the workday starts.

Tip #5 Avoid over commitment. Nothing kills your productivity quite as like biting off way more than you can chew. Over committing to more work than you're actually able to complete leads only to stress and worry and anxiety which can make it difficult to complete any work at all. If you really want to be more efficient when reaching your goals, you need to stop trying to multitask. While multitasking may seem like an easy way to boost your productivity, multitasking tends to end up producing the opposite results. Anytime you split your attention between multiple tasks both of your productivity and the quality of your work are going to drop like a stone. Instead of multitasking, give one task your full attention until it is completed before moving on to the next.

Tip #6 Start with your hardest task first. If you're able to complete your most difficult task right out of the gate, you are then able to continue your day knowing that the worst is behind you rather than spending the day stressing about a task that you are dreading. We call this eating your frog. Given that stress and worry or the enemies of productivity, tackling the toughest tasks on your to-do list first thing is an effective way to become more productive.

Tip #7 Avoid distractions. Today we live in a world that offers up one interruption and distraction after the other. If you want to be as productive as possible, it's essential to eliminate as many of these interruptions that you possibly can. Close yourself off in a room and if you're able leave your phone in another room, just turn it off. Take whatever steps you can to close yourself off from the outside world so that all that is left is you and the work that needs to be completed.

Tip #8 Set time limits for yourself. Few things are more motivating than deadlines and you can take advantage of this by setting realistic self-imposed time limits on the tasks you need to complete. If you're able to treat these time limits with all of the seriousness that you would treat that official deadline then your productivity is sure to benefit.

So after reading these tips, can you tell me in the comments below the one action that you're going to take immediately to improve your productivity?