If you don't finish then you're just busy, not productive.

'Productivity' is a cope anyway, let's be honest here.

– https://twitter.com/m_ashcroft/status/1347577204922851329

I have so much to do today that I’m going to need to spend three hours in prayer in order to be able to get it all done.

— Martin Luther

Productivity = TIME x EFFICIENCY x VALUE(UNTILITY, BENEFIT)

TIME is the number of hours you work on your goal each week EFFICIENCY is the average fraction of your goal you complete during each hour of working on it VALUE is the total gain (according to your own values) that would be achieved by fully completing the goal you are working towards

Simple steps

• simply steps to the goal
  • one step after the other
  • we easily sabbotage the confidence we have build up
  • a step that even my neigbor understands

Separate Tasks by Context

• Meaningful Work Days: Focus Exclusively on Big Tasks
• Off Days: Relax, Recharge, Let Your Mind Wander
• Bullshit Days: Prep Work, Busywork, Chores

meaningfull work can only happen when the bullshit task are out of the way

for meaningfull work:

• use a timer 90min or 25min chunks

• 90-minute timed work block

• 15-minute technology- and work-free break

• 90-minute timed work block

• 60-minute lunch

• 90-minute timed work block

• 75-minute technology- and work-free break

• 90-minute timed work block

This is 7.5 total hours of work, with 6 hours of screen time. 6*4= 24h screen time at work

• 9:30 - 11:00 work
• 11:00 - 11:15 pause
• 11:15 - 12:45 work
• 12:45 - 13:15 lunch
• 13:15 - 14:45 work
• 14:45 - 16:00 pause
• 16:00 - 17:30 work

at and of the day write todo list for tomorrow

Work from Home

• https://event.webinarjam.com/replay/14/27vx2u4uqwizr1im1r

Process

Setup

• Backdrop
• Standing desk
• Two Monitors
• Wireless Headset
• Whiteboard

Schedule

example:

1. 8am-11am - focused/deep work
2. 11am-11.30am - team meating
3. 11.30am-1pm - lunch
4. 1-3pm - light work
5. 3-4pm - admin(email, buffer)

I'm not a morning person, but the morning is STILL the best time for me to focus because my mind is clear

• Tiago Forte

It was a huge shift for me once I started WFHing full time to "flip" my schedule from email + meetings in the morning, and doing my own solo work in the afternoon, to the opposite: doing focused work in the morning, and calls/meetings/email in the afternoons. It requires taking a little time at the end of the previous day to identify the next day's focus, rather than waking up and just reacting to whatever is in your inbox

• Tiago Forte

I also LOVE walking calls. I put on my Airpods and walk around my neighborhood. Even for Zoom calls, if you just join via audio-only most of the time ppl won't even mention it. They just assume you're not able to use video. That way I get fresh air, exercise, and a break while still listening in

• Tiago Forte

Execution

1. Dress up for work (something formal but comfy https://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=35878&style=1077638) You should be able to leave the house at any moment.
2. Follow a morning routine
3. Build your ideal schedule
4. Set a cutoff time for work cues to stop. know how to shut up work
5. Put your phone in a different room

Wrap Up

Productivity for Working at Home

• https://platform.mindvalley.com/quests/productivity-for-working-at-home/

Awareness

• Handling emails rating: 4

• Using your calendar rating: 6

• Using and prioritizing your to-do list rating: 2

• Where do you find your major priorities and projects rating: 0

• https://www.mindvalley.com/remote

Kanban

• https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/677496528399958016

Productivity depends on clarity: https://listed.standardnotes.org/@mo/736/clarity

The dark times when something is truly difficult. https://listed.standardnotes.org/@mo/724/chip-away

The formula for productivity:

Productivity = Time x Efficiency x Objective

1. Time is the hours worked per week

2. Efficiency is the units of work you get done each hour

3. Objective is the amount of value each unit of work creates (towards what you value)

So, to increase your productivity you have three options: work more hours each week, use tricks to make each hour more efficient, or change your objective/goal so that it is one that is more valuable.

People often put too much emphasis on #1 and not enough on #3.

Misc

1. Don't compare yourself to others
2. Have a priority list (do hard things first)
3. Find out the time of the day when you're most productive (do the hard things during that time)
4. When stuck, take a break (helps avoid tunnel vision)
5. Don't wait to reach out. Reach out immediately. No harm in getting help asap.
6. Multi-task ONLY when you can do it efficiently. Not recommended for coding-related work.
7. Limit your IM (instant messages). Leave DNDs (do not disturb) from time to time.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiwFtXgfEgI

• work

• decisiveness

Morning

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi-Cme2MQy8

• log your morning by watching your current ritual.

  • what are your relationships with things
  • ritualized unhelpful behaviors
    • are you reactive

1. you must have a reason our purpose to get up early

• results or goals oriented
• focus instead of visualizing things
• make your focus disciplined purposful and goal focused

3. focus on the important instead of the urgend

• eat the frog

2. focus
3. don't hit the snooze button

• it means:
  • i don't have the discipline
    • to create peace and quite in my life
    • to do productive work
• reason is denyal
• its not about task but motiviations
  • becoming the person you know you can be
  • moving from doing to becoming
  • not about doing more but becoming more

5. start your mornings with a plan the night before

• 5 min of preparation the day before
  • select 1 task and setup it up
• no todo-list in the morning
• productive is not an accident it is a privilege

6. decluter everything

• focus is configures through your environment
• clear environment
  • only have on the desk the essential things
    • no phone
  • you need silence

7. transform your moment of waking

• work on the first minute and re-language it
  • i wake up and my first thought is "lets do this"
  • change that ritual of that moment
  • have the phrase that you use that wakes you up
    • rise and shine
    • lets do this
  • remember your vision
  • its a privilege to get out of bed and achieve your goals

8. remember that you are not working hours but smarter hours

• productivity
• intensity
• focus
• no e-mail, no phone, silence, no excuses

9. trancend mediocraty

• compliance is founded on conformity - excellence is based on transcendence
• mediocraty is created through living past decisions
• morning is about creating a new pathnew

10. just write

• no many how long just write
• show up
  • no muse
  • no inspiration
• don't edit
• silence
  • be alone with yourself
  • settling and sitting in your environment and seing what's ther rather what you want to be there
  • things do not change we change
    • you have to change for things to change
    • different way of thinking about work and life

deep-work

• Focus on one task

Stoic Hustle

• focus on what is in your control, not on the outcome
• Relationality
  • with the work you are doing
  • with another while you are working
  • with other people transfers with the work you are actually doing

Work Cycles

https://youtu.be/9_jG_ZMLeIk?t=791 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fXUBqQzaWvxpg1CfcXPckhOk5y3z5e8YrKL-E-niZBw

• Silenting hustling on the shit you need to get done in a Zoom room
• 30min work cycles
• 5-10min breaks
• A metagaming general leads the session

Chatbox Confessions

Time blocked sessions

tool

• Avoid distractions
  • If you find yourself switching to websites you find distracting, especially during periods that require focus, and you worry it may affect your productivity, consider using Freedom
  • Leechblock. block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them
  • https://wondertools.substack.com/p/focus
• Clockwise is a smart calendar assistant that frees up your time so you can focus on what matters.
• Mute background noise https://krisp.ai/
• Tracker https://www.focusboosterapp.com/
• Rescue Time https://www.rescuetime.com/
• task-management
  • https://ambra.app
  • https://getslash.co
  • https://www.2doapp.com/
• Management Package https://whimsical.com
• time-management
  • https://flexibits.com/fantastical
  • https://calendly.com/
  • https://reclaim.ai/
• https://www.centered.app/

courses

• https://taylorpearson.me/masterclass/
• https://digitalproductivity.coach/
• https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/pop

books

• Cognitive Productivity: Using Knowledge to Become Profoundly Effective

Related to

• agile-results
• deep-work
• watching.2021.02.getting-things-done
• watching.2021.03.beyond-getting-things-done
• agile-results
• outcome-output
• 30-days-challenges

Notes

• Productivity is for people who don't have leverage."

Sources

• https://lengstorf.com/scheduling-maximum-productivity/
• https://fortelabs.co/blog/para
• https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/g0iqk0/tips_for_those_who_want_to_do_so_much_but_end_up/
• https://www.nateliason.com/blog/roam
• https://www.swyx.io/time-management-randy-pausch/
• https://www.productivitygame.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-steps-become-millionaire-5-years-less-benjamin-hardy-phd/
• https://medium.com/swlh/decisiveness-is-a-muscle-7cbf95efa3b3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qnWMJjgPc
• https://www.productivitygame.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC02x9yG9ZFF_VZp1VnMoptg/videos
• https://www.asianefficiency.com/productivity/
• https://gettingresults.com/
• https://gettingresults.com/cheat-sheet-25-keys-to-results/
• https://jamesclear.com/ivy-lee
• https://rudra124.substack.com/
• The magic of doing $10,000 per hour work
  • The $10,000/hr Work Template
• Productivity is a Phase: The Four Stages of Personal Growth
• Big Rocks
• 100+ Resources for Optimizing Productivity & Performance: 2022 Edition
• The Time Trap of Productivity
• The Religion of Productivity, Oliver Burkeman
• Best 50 productivity hacks chosen by the internet - 50 Hacks
• Intention not productivity
• devex
  • A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE
  • DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity - ACM Queue
• https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/what-maximum-productivity-looks-like?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email