Productivity : How do you get stuff done?

There's no secret, and you don't need to get up at 5am to achieve your aim.

What's important is that you have a daily schedule and work to complete that schedule.

It's far better to be productive in the sense that you've accomplished all the daily tasks you set yourself, rather than work all the hours god sent with no real direction . . . and inevitably miss something important that needed doing.

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I have my daily, weekly and monthly routine outlined.
And also add to my To-do-list any work or
stuff that needs my attention as the daily, weekly, monthly routine unfolds challenges.

This make it easy for me to follow them up,
finish them up, access myself and never leave any task undone.

If i'm not working, right there i get to know from the piles of work.

I get bored really fast and I use to give up so I try to remmember what is my goal.
I actually write my goal on a paper and stick it on the top of the computer screen.

To-do list is the answer and some daily ,weekly, monthly goals

In order to remain productive it is best to have to do lists/goals for the day, month and the year integrated with your personal life like talking the kids to the mall on Saturdays so that you have a balanced life. Ensure that you get sufficient sleep because sleep deprivation is one of the major factors that lead to low productivity.

Health experts from around the globe and research have already shown that lack of sleep adversely affect people mentally and physically. Lack of sleep can make internet marketers very tired and confused, which also increases the chances of making bad decisions and taking unreasonable risks.

I always start a working day with a list of tasks and dont stop until I've finished them, even if it means working into the early or late hours of the next morning. Then before I quit for the day/night/morning, I write out my list of things to do for the next day. There's nothing worse than unfinished work. It not only preys on your mind, it means there's more to do the next day.

I basically increased my "work" day to 16 hours. I'm getting things done, always moving forward, always pressing on. Of course I make sure to get a healthy dose of recreation in as well

It is certainly different for everyone... I have been using a countdown clock and ever since I started I seem to have been doing more. I am not saying I reached my peak, but, I am doing more since I found it. Maybe you can buy one off ebay?
Here is the one I use online Countdown to New Year 2013 in Dallas

P.S. I seem to work better at night for some reason.

One of my most effective methods for getting things done was to turn off the audible alerts of my mobile devices. Now I don't get a "ding!" for every email (just text). So I can concentrate on the task at hand. I've found that with one or two uninterrupted hours I can really accomplish a lot!

For me I used to be a big procrastinator until I bought the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen

I follow those practices religiously.

I also added in "The Pomodoro Technique" which I think is great.

My number one productivity boost came when I shut off distractions. Email, IM, forums, social sites , telephones etc. that was years ago. These days I just dont bother turning wireless on till I'm at an online portion of a project. I also use a lot of the gtd strategies.

I'm a HUGE fan of to-do lists. I find I'm more productive at night but much of what my company does cannot wait until after regular working hours, therefore,I find myself up earlier to work out and get my day going for a few hours before I sit down to work the days tasks.

Set goals both short term (daily) and long term (monthly)

Daily target, weekly target, and monthly target is important. Plan your schedule, how to achieve it, and start earlier as possible. Some people might get bored at the middle of it, but if you can achieve your target, there will be some unknown motivation to keep you going.

You have to make up your own mind whether or not you're disciplined enough to succeed.

Are you?

Give yourself mini tasks to do that are part of a big task that you want to accomplish for the day. Sometimes seeing smaller tasks that you feel you can better achieve will help you to achieve the bigger task as well... and before you know it, you would've tackled more than you realized. Commitment is key though... can't keep checking Facebook or emails and what not when you're in a work flow... easy way to dent productivity if you're too busy replying to FB posts. lol, set a 5 minute break for that in between each hour of work. Treat your tasks as though you're working for someone at an 8-5 job... so many little things that can help.

Make enough money to pay other talented people to do all the work for you..

For me to be always productive, I always create my to do list. By doing this I can avoid many distractions like checking my email from time to time, checking FB, Twitter, Linkedin, and Google Plus every now and then and chatting with other people.

For example I have a goal for a week... I will set a daily to do list to achieve my goal.

There's a button at the top right corner of your page that says "Log Out".

That's how

Here are a couple of short articles that give bulleted lists to increase productivity that you might find useful or helpful:

Increasing Productivity: Increasing Productivity

Time Management Tips: Time Management Tips

HTH

Nothing in this world may achieve easily. You need to work very hard if you really want to achieve anything in this world. I really love to work hard. I believe that if you really want to be a successful person in this world then you need to use each of every hour wisely in your life.

the best things i have apply in my productivity are TO-DO-LIST & TIMELINE.
if i failed to accomplish with my setted timeline, that's mean i failed to do my best effort on it. if you can keep these 2 elements accomplished, that mean you can focus doing your task perfectly!

#1 - Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. (Make a list of things to get done in priority order every morning, and start the list fresh every morning).

#2 - Work in 2 hour chunks and take a 30 minute break in between each chunk where you completely relax and literally step away from the work. A personal timer helps well with this.

#3 - Get rid of all distractions and interruptions.

#4 - Get plenty of sleep, eat healthy, and drink plenty of water in between each break.

#5 - Outsource, delegate, systemize and leverage yourself as much as you can.

Hope that helps!

-Brody

Nice to so many tips! I keep track of my progress by playing a game.. and I use basecamp... BEST investment ever! Because I'm a mother and in the middle of potty trainingg I can't also work like I'd want to. So I keep things flowing by knowing what my goal word count is daily and making sure I met it as soon as possible before going to be.

Most of what I do is creative work. I write. So I am either researching, or writing. If I need new ideas - I'm out in the mountains with my dog. The fresh air, scenery and exercise makes the ideas flow. At home, I have to just mess around a little online, read email, mod my forum, etc until the first few cups of coffee soak in. Then I put on a white dress shirt and I'm ready to write.

Got to have the dress shirt on. And have to have the coffee first. Those are the rituals that tell my head that it's time to get in frame for doing what I do - write. I've found that when many people have a problem with motivation it's just that they don't indulge in any rituals. Their mind is on "cold" whenever they start up that way and they just lose it right there.

I think the secret for doing much in a day is by doing the hardest tasks first. I also think starting early in the day also help.

One must have a target for the day and also place a deadline on all tasks.

I always work slowly. I focus on the quality of my work and not on being productive and doing many things at the same time. This is my style. Wish I could be more elastic.

I agree that you have to work hard. I work many hours.

WORK SMART - NOT HARD

Can do a lot when you do you do you the work smart way

Working out keeps me focused/motivated. It keeps my emotions stable throughout the day so I have clear goals and the energy to accomplish them everyday.

Eating healthy keeps me focused. It keeps my emotions stable throughout the day (lol), and gives me energy to accomplish my goals everyday.

Sound repetitive? Yeh well imo, disciplined habits rub off and create more disciplined habits. Thats how life works. If you have a lot of good habits, chances are the next habit you create, will be a good one too.

Here's a bad example of that. Many years ago I use to love smoking pot (and yes I'd work out and eat right too). But I could not get ANYTHING done. I always felt so bad about myself, and what I was doing, that I felt like any good change would be pointless. I'd work out, eat right, but the minute I smoked pot the day was over.

My life was fine for the most part but if I ever decided to become self employeed back then, it would have been a mess. The point is, just **1** bad habit is enough to distract a person and bring them down.

So my real honest belief on this is, don't focus on discipline or motivation. Focus on ALL your other habits. The little ones too. Bad habits have this very weird way of creating MORE bad habits. Good habits will create MORE good habits.

If you have more bad habits than good, chances are you'll lack direction, ambition and focus. I have actually taken this to quite the extreme too. Like when I decided pot wasn't doing anything for my life, I also decided to disconnect the cable.

I didn't think I could make it for as long as I have, but its been 2 years now and I do not give a damn about having tv. At night, rather than turn the tube on, I open a book and read. Or I'll take a bath and read with classical music on (its effn gay I know).

In the morning I always have a specific ritual I follow. And I actually stole this ritual from Eban Pagan. I squirt lemon into water, then down 1 liter of water. Drinking a lot of water always wakes me up for some reason in the morning. Then I go shave and let the bathroom get steamy. Eben actually has a steamer that he puts his face into. But I don't do that. Afterwards I immediately try to leave the house and go for a bike ride or run. Just to get the blood flowing. Then directly aftewards I eat a HEALTHY breakfast.

Its the BEST WAY to get your day started. If you START your day making good decisions, you WILL finish the day making good decisions. Theres been days I've skipped shaving, didn't feel like running, skipped breakfast, and the rest of the day was a total waste. I'll just feel like "well I started my day off like shit.. so whats the big deal? Might as well end my day like shit too".

Once again, its that 6 letter word, h-a-b-i-t-s.

-Red

It is interesting yes.

Let me just say this though. I wasn't always like this. In highschool I ate like shit, never worked out, and didn't really care nor believe it effected me in anyway.

Problem was, I had no frame of reference to base that on.
In college, I started eating healthy and working out. All I know is I felt a thousand times better than I did when I was eating like crap in highscool and not working out.

Also, I'm pretty sure we have thousands of case studies on nutrition and exercise and most of them talk about the postive effects they have on health. The key is to stick with it long term. Any change you make will make you feel worse at first. Or I know thats what happened to me.

The longer I stuck with it, the better I felt. Then eventually it felt about 100xs better than my old lifestyle of eating shit and not working out.

Maybe its all psychosomatic. But I severely doubt it. I did do 2 years of chemistry in college, along with a few biology and nutrition courses, so I know how bad foods effect your biology, which in turn effects your mood... and overall health. A person can always say "x doesn't effect me", but my research class told me to never assume things based on personal experience. I've seen many disturbing statistics on how fast foods and too much sugar causes high blood pressure, stress, anxiety and depression. I do NOT think drinking is bad at all unless you do it too much. But the wrong foods imo can wreak havoc on your health.

When people say something doesn't effect them. I'm always cautious to buy into it. Bad food doesn't effect you, because you're not use to anything else. Untill you eat healthy for 1 year, feel lighter, more energetic, more positive, less anxiety, less oscillation in blood sugar, less ups and downs, etc etc. Or maybe I'm just real sensitive to food. I honestly don't know (its possible as my dad got diabetes young which is another reason I eat healthy). What I do know is I read a ton about nutrition, so maybe I've brainwashed myself into thinking healthy foods are actually good for you.

Damn what an idiot I must be lol.

-Red

As far as projects go, I'm productive in a maddening fashion. I write nothing down. Constantly thinking, thinking....then whooosh! I get everything done all at once.

As far as daily online duties, I just get things done as soon as possible so I can crawl back into my mental cave.

From a Productivity Expert, using a timer is an excellent tool for focus, especially when your on the computer all day.

I personally use an online timer works great for me.

Schedule in your calendar; min/1/2 hr/or hour increments your daily tasks, projects, etc. including your down time.....an excellent way to GTD.

Ask me any questions, would love to help out!

Mark Joyner's Simpleology program has helped me to focus on task at hand.

It's still a continuing learning process though as I still tend to lose focus once in a while

Get rid of distractions.
Stop procrastinating.
Make a to-do list and...
use a productivity software.

(although sometimes it's hard but at least it can help you boost productivity)