Expert Insights on Personal Productivity

IN THIS COURSE

• 1.  How We Spend Our Days Is How We Spend Our Lives
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  The quote; from Annie Dillard; is a reminder to be mindful about how we spend our days. Step back from time to time. Are you productive? Are you around people you like and admire; at home and work? Are you serving people in ways that only you can? FREE ACCESS
• 2.  My Day Got Away! How to Turn an Unproductive Day Around
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  Try these techniques when you feel like you’re not accomplishing anything. FREE ACCESS
• 3.  Busyness Does Not Equal Productivity
  2m 20s
  Being busy doesn’t always guarantee that you’re being productive. FREE ACCESS
• 4.  Are You Working at Your Maximum Level of Productivity?
  4m 58s
  To increase productivity: 1) keep it neat; organize as you go; 2) stay hydrated with water; caffeinated beverages are diuretics; 3) stop being a perfectionist; 4) quit procrastinating; set deadlines for small chunks; and 5) visualize success at the start and end of each day. FREE ACCESS
• 5.  The Secret to Ultra Productivity
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  It takes only a few simple habits to become ultra-productive. FREE ACCESS
• 6.  The Simple Math of Found Productivity
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  Busyness costs American business $300 billion in absenteeism; disengagement; and the like. Juliet Funt then adds the costs of just ten minutes of mindless activity per hour; and one mindless meeting per week. Reducing email cc’s; meeting length; etc. have a big payoff. FREE ACCESS
• 7.  The Keys to Getting Things Done
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  First; you need to know what “done” means. What is the outcome? Second; you need to know what ”doing” looks like; where it happens; and who is doing it. That is; what is the next physical action? FREE ACCESS
• 8.  Reduce the Unimportant - Maximize Your Productive Potential
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  Laura Stack identifies four steps to take to increase your productivity. FREE ACCESS
• 9.  Why It's So hard to Eliminate Tasks
  2m 21s
  To maximize productivity eliminate low-value tasks. That’s hard. Some people can’t do it for fear they will pick the wrong one tasks; even though knowledge workers spend 41 percent of their time on tasks that provide little satisfaction and could be delegated. FREE ACCESS
• 10.  Mastering the Five Stages of Workflow
  4m 11s
  The five stages of planning are 1) define the purpose; 2) define success; 3) brainstorm the elements of success; 4) organize the elements by priority; sequence; or major components; and 5) decide what to do and who will do it. FREE ACCESS
• 11.  Do the Hard Things First
  1m 47s
  An investor in Silicon Valley said the most important advice he ever received was; at the end of each day; to prioritize the top six activities for the next day. Then spend up to two hours on the highest priority activity when he first arrived in the morning. FREE ACCESS
• 12.  Don’t Multitask. Singletask!
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  Despite its perceived worth as a business skill; multitasking is detrimental to the brain and to productivity. Singletasking; however; increases focus and efficiency. FREE ACCESS
• 13.  Take Micro Breaks
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  You can’t work for long periods with high productivity. You need breaks. They don’t need to be long. Stand up. Go for a walk. Get a glass of water. Micro breaks keep productivity high. If you have a difficult problem; step away to let the subconscious solve it. FREE ACCESS
• 14.  Break Rituals Increase Productivity and Prevent Burnout
  2m 37s
  Break rituals; refresh your mind and body, making you healthier and more productive. FREE ACCESS
• 15.  RESET to Increase Positivity and Productivity
  3m 31s
  Americans need a reset button, a change in mindset or behavior, in order to relax and refresh from the stresses of work and life. FREE ACCESS
• 16.  Switch Off After Work
  2m 55s
  To be the best version of yourself when you get home; take time to switch off before you get there. FREE ACCESS
• 17.  Sustaining Productivity
  3m 11s
  Sustainable productivity involves more than just getting a bunch of work done. FREE ACCESS
• 18.  Dealing with Distractions
  3m 5s
  Distractions aren’t intentional, yet dealing with them requires deliberate action. Dorie Clark shares her tips for dealing with the distractions that waste your time. FREE ACCESS
• 19.  Visualize Success
  2m 28s
  Even during the worst of circumstances, taking time to visualize success can give you what you need to achieve success. FREE ACCESS
• 20.  Survey Your Habits
  4m 32s
  Are bad habits holding you back? You can ACT to reprogram them in three easy steps. FREE ACCESS
• 21.  Get Rid of Clutter
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  Using the example of Southwest Airlines; Lisa Bodell illustrates how getting rid of clutter can help you focus on strategy. FREE ACCESS
• 22.  Simplify to Get Rid of Clutter
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  When you begin to simplify; don't try to tackle everything at once. FREE ACCESS
• 23.  Why You Should Care About Simplification
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  Companies that embrace simplicity have more satisfied customers and gain an edge over the competition. FREE ACCESS
• 24.  Focus and Take Control
  1m 37s
  Having focus is the kind of skill that makes everything else simpler. FREE ACCESS
• 25.  Get Simplified
  2m 45s
  To simplify, you have to change your mindset and put simplicity at the forefront of everything you do. FREE ACCESS
• 26.  Choosing What Not to Do
  3m 32s
  For those times when you have too much to do; Murli Thirumale shares advice on how to choose what not to do. FREE ACCESS
• 27.  Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep
  2m 3s
  When you wake up in the middle of the night with your mind going 90 miles per hour, left nostril breathing gets you back to sleep fast. FREE ACCESS
• 28.  One More Hour of Uninterrupted Time to Think
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  To get more time think, you need to eliminate whatever distractions you can and learn to manage the rest. Taking advantage of the acronym ACT lets you do both. FREE ACCESS
• 29.  Self-Awareness as a Tool For Productivity
  3m 11s
  Tired of productivity tips that never seem to work? There’s a reason. Productivity starts with self-awareness and figuring out what works for you, not what works for everyone else. FREE ACCESS
• 30.  Willpower as a Tool for Productivity
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  The more willpower you use, the less you have, until eventually you run out. Learn the strategies to keep your well full so that you can maximize your productivity. FREE ACCESS
• 31.  Productivity Tip: Time Chunking
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  When your current approach to scheduling keeps you from getting your work done, the practice of time chunking increases your productivity. FREE ACCESS
• 32.  Getting Annoying Tasks Done Quickly
  2m 25s
  Everyone has a lot of little tasks to do every day, but not everyone completes those tasks efficiently. Use these strategies to tackle painful tasks and get back to doing what matters. FREE ACCESS
• 33.  Pace, Place, and Space
  3m 15s
  Taking control of your time and schedule requires thinking through your pace, place, and space. FREE ACCESS
• 34.  Take a Breath: Tackling One Moment at a Time
  1m 56s
  Life happens in the present. The most important moment is right now. Discover how you can harness the power of the present by tackling one moment at a time. FREE ACCESS
• 35.  Slow Down: Pay Attention to What Matters
  2m 3s
  In the present moment, we’re often also thinking about something that happened in the past and something that we have to prepare for in the future. By slowing down, we can focus our attention on what matters. FREE ACCESS
• 36.  The F Word: From Focus to Flexibility
  2m 12s
  In the present moment, we’re often also thinking about something that happened in the past and something that we have to prepare for in the future. By slowing down, we can focus our attention on what matters. FREE ACCESS
• 37.  Managing Your Focus Wave
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  Most people have a natural focus wave throughout the day. Research indicates that our minds are most focused at 8:00 a.m. but that our focus then declines until it bottoms out at around noon. However, we often use our most focused time to deal with such activities as clearing inboxes rather than big picture issues and challenges. Midday is the best time to take a break and to do things that help us to conserve energy and maybe even rejuvenate ourselves as we continue into the afternoon. Indeed, after midday our focus does start to go up again, peaking at around 8:00 p.m. Getting good sleep is critical if you want to be an effective leader that gets the most out of your precious mind space throughout the day. FREE ACCESS
• 38.  Five Steps to Achieving More Productive Workflow Management Skills
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  Workflow management skills are the next level of time management, and they are a critical factor to improving your productivity and completing the work that matters. A comprehensive workflow management system is a collection of behaviors that allow busy knowledge workers to efficiently store, organize, prioritize, and act on all of the commitments, communication, and information they are faced with on a daily basis. FREE ACCESS
• 39.  Unleash Your Genius by Practicing the Three Steps to Attention Management
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  It is hard to be fully productive in always-on, open offices that are filled with potential sources of distraction. Attention management is a collection of behaviors that empower you to control distractions, be present in the moment, find your flow, and maximize your focus. By practicing attention management, you can “unleash your genius” and bring the full range of your talents, skills, and abilities to the task, the experience, the moment that you are in. FREE ACCESS
• 40.  Three Simple Steps to Achieving Better Action Management
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  It is impossible to plan for everything that happens in your day, but if you don’t take steps to organize your time, you’re sabotaging your potential productivity. Action management describes a set of processes to improve your productivity by getting more of your important work done. The three key steps to action management are being organized, being realistic, and focusing on tasks that are actionable. FREE ACCESS