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14WAYS TO BEAMAZINGLYPRODUCTIVELAUNCHYOURGENIUS.COM
At the end of the day, do you feel GREATor you feel like a DAY
has SLIPPEDby?
THE NEWPRODUCTIVITY=MOREAWESOME+ MOREINTERESTING+ MORE PLAY+
MORE HAPPINESS+PURPOSE
Imagine BEING excited,INSPIRED and engagedin doing and going
ABOUT YOUR DAY!
MAKE WORK MORE ENGAGING!Here are a few ideas that you mightfind
useful:
1. Figure Out Your Why: Intentional Productivityand
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Did you ever in the middle of many lattes and lists have
anepiphany of slowing down and asking the question why?Why are you
doing what you are doing?I call this Intentional Productivity.
Sinek explains that most organizations knowwhat they do and how
they do it but veryfew can clearly explain why they do whatthey do.
The why question is the purposequestion.WHY?
Sinek explains that The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said
Ibelieve and he gave the I have a dream speech and not the Ihave a
plan speech and connected with the similar beliefs ofmany
others.
I have a dream and Ibelieve are whyquestions and I have aplan
is a whatquestion.
Action Tips:Make productivity intentional by understandingwhat
makes you tick: your skills, strengths andpassion: why you do what
you are doing.YOUR PASSIONS+SKILLS+YOUR WHY +HIGHERPURPOSE+GREAT
VALUE TO OTHERS = INSPIREDPRODUCTIVITY
2. Mini Power-ListsARE YOU OVERWHELMED BYBIG LISTS?
Take your tasks and make a small power list of 3 to 5 items
thatyou need to get done today.Complete the items on the power list
one after one and check them off.What are the projects and the
tasks that need attention and prioritytoday?DO LESS, ENJOY
MORE!
3. Overcome Analysis-paralysis byRestricting Unlimited Choice
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DO YOUHAVEANALYSISPARALYSIS?
RESEARCH done by Dr. Barry Schwartz explainsthat too much
CHOICE =LESS HAPPINESS AND MOREPARALYSIS.
Opportunity cost or the cost of notchoosing one choice with an
uniqueset of benefits over another cansignificantly reduce our
happinesslevels.
Also, having too much choice skyrocketsour expectationsand
producesless satisfaction with making the onechoice.
Action Tips:Be decisive!SOME CHOICE=GOODMORE CHOICE= NOT
BETTER!Restrict your choices and set up a time frame foryou to
analyze and make a firm decision.
4. The Lean Startup ProductivityLessons: Stop Spinning Your
Wheelsand Take a New ApproachIn his wonderful book, The Lean
Startup, authorEric Ries describes the Lean Startup process =BUILD,
MEASURE, LEARN.
= A quick launch or BUILD+Measurement of results or
MEASURE+Learning from the data or LEARNThe Lean Startup MethodA8!r
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HOW CAN WEAPPLY LESSONSFROM THE LEANSTARTUP TO
OURPRODUCTIVITY?
Launch QUICKLYTEST it out, MEASURE AND GATHER FEEDBACKBased on
the feedback, you LEARNand thendecide to make changes or go all out
with whatyou have.
Imagine the productivity boost you will receive if you were
anADAPTIVE learner and took quick action and were unafraidof
metrics and feedback.Taking advantage of feedback to pivot or
persevere gives you atremendous productivity boost.
Action Tips:Take quick actions towards your
initialprototype.Measure what you have accomplished by
actualfeedback from peers or customers.Pivot and change or
persevere and moveforward. ADAPTIVE LEARNING=MOREPRODUCTIVITY
5. Bust Through the CommonAssumptions and Beliefs That Do
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WE SEE LIFE THROUGHOUR FILTERS OFPERCEPTION ANDBELIEF!
OUR BELIEFS ANDPERCEPTIONS CAN TUNNELVISION OUR THINKING!
DO YOU HAVE PRE-CONCEIVED IDEASABOUT PRODUCTIVITY?TASK IS EASY
ORDIFFICULT...
ENEMIES OF HAPPY PRODUCTIVITY= Fear,Doubt, Overwhelm,
Procrastination and aLack of confidence.
TAKE charge of your thinkingprocess, your emotions,
yourbeliefs, behavior and address alack of inspired action= You
canbe highly productive!
LAUNCH UNINHIBITEDand UNLEASH THEPOWER OF ACTIONTO BECOME
HAPPILYPRODUCTIVE!
Action TipsBecome aware of assumptions and beliefs that youhave
prevented you to be happily productive.Take charge of your
thinking, emotions, behavior andaction power.By developing more
inner-vibrance and by addressingfear, doubt, overwhelm and
self-confidence, you openthe field for happy and amazing
productivity.
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In an engaging and short TED talk, Derek Sivers says that
theopposite of what we think might also be true somewhere else.
Theexample he gives is that streets have names and city blocks do
not inthe US while in Japan, streets do not have names but blocks
do.
In some of the most highly productive and Innovative companies,
work spaces have been recognized to bevital for the continued
creative and inspired productivity of the organization.The
philosophy at Google is collaboration and innovation and their work
spaces reflect thataspect of the company ideology. They make it
very easy to talk and cross pollinate ideas.
In the highly innovative companyIDEO, workspaces are designedto
collaborate, improvise, build,and iterate.
In IDEO, There are carts withmaterials and objects to
quicklyprototype an idea, whiteboardsand stick-it notes everywhere
toengage in innovative brainstorming.
Action Tips:What does your workspace look like? Does it reflect
yourpersonality and allow you to be effortlessly productive?Take a
few moments to reorganize your work space,declutter or add elements
that inspire your productivity.Pay attention to various elements of
your workspace suchas color, tools, music and clutter. Do the
various elementsinspire you to be happily productive?
The study indicates that taking short breaks orbrief diversions
from a task increases focusand hence the productivity of a task.A
recent study in the journal Cognition at the University of Illinois
atUrbana Campaign by Lleras and Ariga attempts to answer the
questionwhether breaks are essential or detrimental for keeping us
focused on atask.
Action Tips:You increase focus and productivity by takingshort
breaks or brief diversions.Work intensely for a certain period of
time andthen take a very short break, move around anddivert your
attention away from your workbefore getting back.
10. Take a walking meeting: productivechange of
surroundingsChanging surroundings=MORE productivity?
In Persuasion expert, Dr. B J Foggs tiny habits program, change
of habitsis facilitated by tiny actions and a change of context or
environment.Changing the context or surrounding is a great way to
inspire creativeproductivity and infuse your work with much
required fresh air.
I believe that changing the environment isa wonderful way to
inspire andsupercharge your productivity.IDEO uses this principle
continuously.Workspaces CHANGE and environments areremodeled to
stimulate innovation.
In Business Innovator Nilofer Merchants TED talk, shesuggests
that the next time you have a one-on-onemeeting, make it a walking
meeting and allow the ideas toflow as you walk
WALKING MEETINGS= GREAT FORHEALTH + GREAT FOR PRODUCTIVITY
SOW THE SEEDS AND TAKE OFYOUR FIELD AND THEN STOPOBSESSING
ABOUT THE OUTCOME!
LESS WORRY= MORE GREATWORK= MORE PRODUCTIVITY
In tibetan custom, elaborate mandalas or multicolor designs are
madepainstakingly for many days with colored sand. The final
product isastonishing. However, after they have been completed,
they aredestroyed to depict the impermanence of life and the
detachmentthat we need to bring to life.
Action Tips:Worry less and do more.Become detached to the
outcome of your work andspend the mental energy on another
projectFocus your time and attention on what you can do,improve and
improvise.Let go of obsessing over the outcome of a project.Instead
focus on making your work more amazingfrom feedback.
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