WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE

7 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH LESS EFFORT

1. Sort out your priorities. Make time to honestly reflect on your life, and to think about what is really important to you. Where are you going in life? What do you want out of life? What are the steps that will take you where you need to go?
   
2. Focus on the essential tasks. Next, think about your short-term responsibilities. Ask yourself; "Out of all the tasks that I have to do, which will get me the greatest return for my time and effort?" Make a list of these types of tasks - they're your most important things to this week.
   
3. Eliminate what you can. Now look at your list. What on the list is not essential? Is there anything there that you can drop from your schedule, delegate to someone else, or put on a "waiting list". Often when we review these non-essentials later, we find they weren't necessary at all.
   
4. Do essential tasks first. Begin each day by doing the two most important tasks. Don't wait until later in the day as they'll get pushed aside to make time for other stuff that arises throughout the day. You'll find that if you do these tasks right away, your productivity will really increase.
   
5. Eliminate distractions. If you allow yourself to be constantly interrupted by e-mail notifications, instant messages, cell phone calls, social media and so forth and so on, then you'll never be productive. Turn them off, and if you can, disconnect yourself from the internet.