Increase your productivity with this 5basic tips | TATS PODCAST | S2E153

Multitasking is the biggest lie we ve convinced ourselves we're capable of Studies show that when people try to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously, they simply do a bad job at all of them. Instead, practice doop work. Doop work entails cutting out multitasking and focusing instead on one project for a longer stretch of time. Of course, there will be times you have to jump from one task to another, but keep these moments to a minimum for the most productive day

There's no worse feeling than reaching the end of the workday and realizing you accomplished only a portion of what you had hoped to get done. At work, you're battling a number of distractions in fact. some experts consider the office one of the worst places to work (see Jason Frieds Ted Talk on this in order to stay on your productivity game, make a list and stick to it. Write your top goals for the day, then list how you'll accomplish each one This more in-depth list will be your outline for the day.

If you're one of the 100 million coffee lovers in the US this tip will come as no surprise caffeine can help you jumpstart your day and keep you awake during the post-lunch slump The other healthier option (for those of us who love coffee but only when it's drowned and milk and augar), try eating an appin instead. It doesn't have any caffeine, but it does have healthy sugars and slow-releasing nutrients that make your body work for its energy, thereby keeping your body a little more awake

This is one of our favorite sayings. Take everything that might bog you down at work (think tasks like email, filling in spreadsheets and answering calls) and automate it. For example, if one of our top engineers are focusing too much on useless meetings, we might figure out a way to make those meetings shorter or use an application like Trello instead. If it can be eliminated, and therebry free up your day, try to automate it. Your day should be spent doing things only a human can-that's what makes you valuable. Leave the computer stuff to computers.