The Productivity Project

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The Productivity Project by Mind Map: The Productivity Project

1. Three productivity factors

1.1. Budhist monk vs wall street trader

1.1.1. Energy

1.1.2. Time

1.1.3. Attention

2. Rule of three

2.1. 3 tasks to accomplish today

2.2. 3 things to accomplish this week

3. Working more does not make you more effective

3.1. By controlling how much time you spend on a task, you control how much energy and attention you spend on it.

3.2. Learn to invest more energy and attention into your work, so you can get the same amount done in a fraction of the time.

3.3. After 35-40 hours your productivity begins to plummet

4. Biological Prime Time

4.1. Find out during which periods on the day you are most productive and use that optimally

4.2. Work on your most important and meaningful tasks when you have the most energy, not when you have the most time!

5. Outsourcing/delegating

5.1. Don't waste time on trivial things

5.2. Let others do the less important stuff

6. 6 Procrastination triggers

6.1. Boring

6.2. Difficult

6.3. Frustrating

6.4. Unstructured or Ambiguous

6.5. Lacking in personal meaning

6.6. Lacking in intrinsic rewards

7. Internet

7.1. Internet kills your productivity

7.2. Turn it off when you need to be productive

8. Maintenance day

8.1. Use one day for all your maintenance tasks

8.1.1. Grocery shopping

8.1.2. Clean house

8.1.3. Do laundry

8.1.4. Review lists

8.1.5. Clear inbox

8.1.6. Read articles gathered throughout the week

8.1.7. Define three outcomes for the week ahead

8.1.8. Review projects

9. Quiet your mind

9.1. Brain dump

9.1.1. Wating For list

9.1.2. Worry list

9.1.3. Inbox review

9.1.4. Hot spots list

9.2. Making room

9.2.1. two brain modes

9.2.1.1. Wandering mode

9.2.1.2. Central executive mode

9.2.2. Use the wandering mode

9.2.2.1. Exercising

9.2.2.2. Reading

9.2.2.3. Meditation

9.2.2.4. Listening music

9.2.2.5. Praying

9.2.2.6. Going for a nature walk

9.2.2.7. Spending time with friends

9.2.2.8. Going for a massage

10. Your attention muscle

10.1. Three parts

10.1.1. Central Executive

10.1.1.1. This is your thinking and planning brain that lives in your prefrontal cortex. So far, particularly in the procrastination section, I’ve done my best to write this book in a way that will fire up this part of your brain. It’s mostly the other two parts of your attention muscle that I’ll focus on in this section.

10.1.2. Focus

10.1.2.1. This involves narrowing your attentional spotlight to focus on the task at hand, which helps you work more efficiently.

10.1.3. Awareness

10.1.3.1. This means becoming aware of what’s going on in your internal and external environments, which helps you work more mindfully and deliberately.

10.2. Train your attention muscle

10.3. Kill distractions

10.4. Single tasking, no multitasking

10.5. Practice mindfulness and meditation

11. Next level

11.1. Eat healthy

11.2. Drinking for energy

11.3. Exercise

11.4. Sleep

12. Taking it easy

12.1. Disconnect from productivity more often

12.2. Recall three things you're grateful for

12.3. Journal about a positive experience you had

12.4. brak tasks down

12.5. Ask yourself for advice

12.6. Reward yourself

12.7. Know you can grow

12.8. Create an Accomplishments list

12.9. Look at pictures of cute baby animals