• Eliminate disctractions that pull you away from your objectives for the day. Work with most of your desktop programs closed, your phone on silent, and your notifications off.
• Track your time. Tracking your time can help you work more effectively.

Now that you've decided on the productivity approach, it's time to pick your tools:

• A to-do list app: A digital task manager is great for those who are tech-savvy.
• A digital list is useful if you're not into a task-manager but still want a d...

This method is best for people who enjoy working in short, focused sprints with frequent breaks. It forces you to consider how long your work will take.

• Set a timer for 25 minutes and focus on a single task until the timer rings.
• When the se...

The Eisenhower Matrix productivity method lets you consider the urgency and importance of each task. This method breaks tasks into four quadrants and prescribes how we should deal with tasks in each block.

1. Urgent and Important tasks: should be

Make time for a weekly review to consider whether your planning process is working or could be tweaked. Consider these questions:

• Are my days calm and intentional or stressful and irregular?
• Did I complete all my daily planning sessions or skip some?

1. Break down your big goals into daily tasks. You can't add "Get in shape" to your daily to-do list, but you can add "spend 30 minutes on my bike."
2. Consider your week as a whole. You likely have multiple goals. Some goals benefit from daily activity,...

'Eat the Frog' is an excellent productivity method for putting your highlight into action early.

It is often the task we most want to avoid (therefore, eating the frog). It could be a task that feels too big or makes us uncomfortable. During your planning session, put ...