Dorie Clark from Havard Business Review shows us 3 secrets to productivity that you can start immediately that make productivity habitual and lasting:
- Productivity means optimizing your entire life, not just work
- Match the task to the amount of focus necessary to accomplish it
- Use short bursts of time well
For instance, instead of reading about personal finance alone, if you share what you learn about saving and investing with friends and coworkers, you are simultaneously benefiting your personal finance knowledge, your sense of community and your professional life. Clark explains, “the secret to productivity is sustaining your commitment and keeping up your discipline over time. By understanding what productivity really means to you, matching your energy to the task at hand, and leveraging even short amounts of free time, you can make serious progress on the most important goals.” (hbr.org)