What Productive People D0?
Best list ever of productive people habits…
- Productive people use scheduling tools to map out their days.
- Productive people get rid of distractions before starting work.
- Productive people keep track of their progress from one day to the next.
- Productive people plan their internet time wisely.
- Productive people set deadlines, and then stick to them religiously.
- Productive people define the activities they want to do in a day, or a work session, and then they adhere to what they’ve defined.
- Productive people get up in the morning when the alarm goes off, even if they don’t feel like it.
- Productive people set and enforce boundaries. If they say they’re going to dedicate two hours to a task that’s going to take three hours, they set the timer and stop at the two hour mark.
- Productive people allow themselves reasonable breaks, but when they’re working, they work hard with intense focus and maximum effort.
- Productive people create win-win relationships that leverage the productivity of others.
- Productive people automate their business processes wherever possible.
- Productive people use website blockers to keep themselves away from waste-of-time websites such as Facebook etc.
- Productive people have a morning routine that sets their minds and bodies for the day.
- Productive people plan their days, either the night before, or first thing. They do not leave their days to chance.
- Productive people are certain what they want the day’s outcome to be, and then concentrate on achieving it.
- Productive people use a system to track their work.
- Productive people use work tracking systems that are flexible enough to dump new tasks into all day long. This is another form of automation.
- Productive people work when they are working, and don’t work or think about work when they are not.
- Productive people take full breaks so that when it is time to work, they aren’t dreaming of taking a break.
- Productive people primarily use their phones to place and receive phone calls/texts.
What else do productive people do?
- Productive people do not neglect life itself. They make sure every week they are checking in with friends and family, and also themselves (leisure time).
- Productive people know what they are trying to accomplish. They are focused on the result.
- Productive people complete top level tasks that achieve goals.
- Productive people schedule focused time for large scale tasks that achieve goals.
- Productive people block time, ditch distractions, and complete top level tasks.
- Productive people schedule blocks of focused distraction free time to complete large scale top level tasks to get shit done to achieve goals sooner.
- Productive people always begin with the end in mind
- Productive people put first things first
- Productive people seek first to understand THEN to be understood…
- Productive people are consistently looking for new ways to be productive.
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