I have several to do lists: a long-term list, a short-term list, and a daily list. This sounds like an obvious tip, yet to do lists are an invaluable tool for prioritizing work. My friend Jason has an excellent talk on "How I Cut My Working Hours In Half & Managed To Get More Done." I highly recommend you go watch it he's extremely entertaining and the talk is filled with riveting information and tips! I have also permanently disabled real-time notifications to my phone (either turned off completely or in DND mode) which prevents context-switching. We multitask and it's bad.īefore starting a task, I set my computer and phone to "Do Not Disturb" (DND) mode and quit Slack, iMessage, and WhatsApp. That's a lot of wasted time and effort!īut we live in a day and age where multitasking is almost ingrained into our workflows text notifications, Slack messages, new email alerts, you name it. When you try to focus on more than one task at a time, you can lose about 40% of your productivity. We don't realize how damaging multitasking can be to our workflows, because it seems harmless but it can have adverse effects. So unless you're one of the 2%, it's probably a good idea to cut that bad habit. Only 2% of humans can multitask effectively. But practicing these tips will help you to maximize the quality of effort you put into your tasks and ultimately improve productivity. Just because you practice productivity in your life doesn't mean everything will be rainbows and butterflies from day one. Below are some of the tips & tricks I use to prioritize my commitments and tasks.Īs a general note, I still have days where I break down and realize I have too much to do and too many commitments to honor. Productivity is a skill that can be learned and while it may appear easy, it's much more difficult to practice than one might think. Ironically along the subject of time, the past several weeks I have been analyzing where my time is fleeing off to! I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite time management apps that I narrowed down to five, being either super functional and/or well-designed.I'm often asked how I am able to juggle so many tasks at once, and get a lot of things done. Have you ever stopped to wonder what happened to the last seven months? It is almost August and I don’t know where the time has gone! Is it the same way for you? Coupled with baby numero duo, (babies can seriously mess up your time reference) I am amazed at how we are in the midst of a serious fast-paced information evolution that is unfolding before our eyes! Exciting, but maybe a little frightening too? What do you think about this digital and social media heavy span that may be distorting our perception and reality of time? What do you think it will unfold for the future? We were so intrigued by this topic that we actually got to our destination and sat while continually listening nodding our heads to the fact that what Douglas Coupland mentioned referring to this topic was spot on, " Hi, I'm your cell phone and I'm messing with your sense of time." But instead, we were instantly transfixed by another segment discussing media theorist Marshall McLuhan and how digital media is shaping not only our lives, but also our perception of time. This past weekend as my husband Mac and I went off to bike in the beautiful canyon, Mac turned the radio on to NPR in search of one of his favorite Saturday radio shows " Wait Wait Don't Tell Me".
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