Productivity tips

As you go throughout your day, repeatedly ask yourself: “Am I currently making the best possible use of my time?” This one simple question can be an excellent boost to your productivity.

When you work online, sleep can become a long lost memory. However, it’s important to get plenty of sleep so that your working hours can be as productive as possible. Try out this night routine which I highly recommend for productivity: The Ultimate Night Routine Guide: Sleep Better and Wake Up Productive

By modeling after those who have already achieved success, you will save yourself a lot of time and energy. A good mentor is hard to find, so here’s a guide to help you: What to Look for in a Mentor

The piles of paper around your desk can be a huge barrier on your productivity. Optimize your time by organizing your office, setting up a system and dumping the junk. Check out these 21 Tips to Organize Your Office and Get More Done and 20 Easy Home Office Organization Ideas to Boost Your Productivity.

Most of the world lives on information overload. We must eliminate mindless Internet surfing. Stop reading three different newspapers a day and checking your RSS feeds multiple times a day. Otherwise, you’ll never get anything done. The key is to limit yourself only to information that you can immediately take action on. Here’re some simple tips you can try: 10 Simple Productivity Tricks To Manage Overloaded Information

We can’t do everything and therefore we must learn when to say no in order to save our sanity. Learn the Gentle Art of Saying No from Leo Babauta.

What is polyphasic sleep?

Polyphasic sleep is a sleep pattern specification intended to compress sleep time to 2-5 hours daily.[1] This is achieved by spreading out sleep into short (around 20-45 minute) naps throughout the day. This allows for more waking hours with relatively high alertness.

While you can learn more about it here, you’re recommended to take some naps during the day to recharge your energy too.

You can’t always be working at optimum productivity. Instead, you should shoot for working in short bursts at your most productive times.

Pareto’s law (also known as the 80 20 rule) states that 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs. This means that 20% of our actions result in 80% of the results. We must find the 20% that is creating the 80% of our desired outcomes and focus solely on those activities.

When you’re reading a book, just read the parts that you need and skip the rest. But you have to read with a purpose. Learn how to make it work here: How to Read 10X Faster and Retain More