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Prioritize the work that excites you
Minimize the things you dread and meetings you don't want to attend as much as possible: say “no”, delegate, and automate.
This leaves you to make room on your calendar for discussions that exhilarate you.
When what you spend your time on is congruent with your interests and values, progress feels conveniently close.
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Balance is central to productivity
Be ambitious when it comes to your career, but equally so in nurturing the important relationships in your life and practicing balance in all areas of our life.
Focusing all the hours in the day squarely on your career is a fast-track to burnout. Neglecting self-care can ...
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Productivity takes planning
Rather than wondering what we need to do next, hour-to-hour or minute-to-minute, planning ahead allows us to save time on indecision and helps us execute on everything we want to get done with greater precision.
Approaching what we need to do with intention makes productivity feel li...
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Choosing purposeful work
Purposeful work involves activities that are simultaneously engaging and impactful and leads to a complete immersion in work that feels incredibly rewarding.
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Helping others
Givers, those who are other-focused, paying more attention to what people need from them, dominate the top of the success ladder.
Productivity shouldn’t only be the pursuit of self-improvement, but also a mission to improve the lives and the work of people we encounter.
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Productivity is simplicity
True productivity is putting the right things on your to-do list, exclusively answering emails that matter, and only taking meetings that will propel you forwards.
It’s less about “how” and more about “what”. When you’re focused on unimportant objectives, you feel painfu...
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Have a structured work-life balance
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The To-Done List and the To-Don’t List
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Type: Abstract
Perfect for people who: Spend too much time worrying about how much didn’t get done yesterday/have a lot of bad habits that prevent productivity.
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