Simple Productivity Hacks That Actually Work

There is no doubt that multitasking reduces the quality of your work.

If you have more than one passion, distribute them over seven days instead of 24 hours.

For example, you can do writing from Mon to Wed, graphic designing from Thu to Sat, and on Sun you can learn to play guitar.

4. Stop Social Media

If you know social media is interfering with your productivity, you should definitely give it a break.

Try a seven-day social-media-free challenge.

If you use special media, just for entertainment, then there are other less-distractive ways to get entertainment.

You know you can keep in touch with your friends and family outside of social media too.

5. Get a Note-Taking app

The importance of note-taking cannot be overstated.

To paraphrase David Allen, our mind is for creating ideas, not for storing them.

You need some sort of storage where all your ideas/notes will sit, so you don’t have to start from a blank page.

You can take notes in a paper notebook or a digital one. Although, a digital notebook offers more functionality and convenience because you can access your notes on any device anywhere in the world.

This is how this method works:

1. At the end of each day, write down the six most important tasks you need to accomplish tomorrow. tasks. Prioritize them in order of their importance.
2. The next day, concentrate only on the first task. Only move to the second task when you have finished the first one.
3. Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day.

7. Morning vs Afternoon

Do your most important tasks in the morning. Do less important things in the afternoon.

Tasks that require high mental energy, for example, creating a new spreadsheet, writing an article, etc should be done in the morning when your mind is fresh.

Set your afternoons for less important and trivial tasks, like reading news, sending emails, etc.

In the end, hope you liked these hacks. Got something on your mind, write it down in the comments.