This is part of productivity series. You can read previous tips here and here . 1- Lazy people automate 🤖 Try to avoid repetitive tasks. Use scripts, programming, RPA, or anything suitable for you. But automate until you master the tasks. never This is procrastination monkey disguised! 🙈 2- Schedule time on your own calendar after setting goals 📆 Put auto meetings to timebox your tasks. This is especially important if your calendar is public and other people can book you meetings. 3- Schedule 50-minute or 25-minute meetings ⏱️ This way you can rest between meetings. 4- Don’t be a slave to your calendar 📅☝️ Plan but don’t over plan or micromanage yourself. The calendar is at your service. Not the way around. 5- Keep the information in a central place📑 Don’t have multiple ToDos, lists, Trellos, , bookmarks. Kanbans Use a single one. The way manages her mess. Marie Kondo 6- Sprint and pause like cycling 🚴 Sometimes you need to run a marathon, and the other time you will need to rush. Toggle tasks. 7- When browsing open a new window🌐 If you need to start a new subject (or procrastinate), do it on a new browser page, never a tab. This way if you open multiple tabs they will be related, and you will close all of them together instead of keeping polluting the original window. Don’t use Chrome’s . tab grouping You can even save the whole web page for offline browsing. 8- Use Micro-rewards 🏆 When doing short tasks, you can auto reward the completion with small games (like a Candy Crush level) or a . This will improve your focus coming back. Pomodoro short film 9- Silence the Noise 🔇 Use to avoid distractions and noise on social networks. hacks Use blockers like . Focus 10- Mind the Principles ✨ Read about how works. your mind Don’t buy fancy quick solutions. The productivity techniques that work are . Not quick hacks. Or fancy tools. built on principles 11- Repeat until you create a habit. 🔁 It takes about 21 repetition days to . create a hardwired habit Use the Savers Technique 12- Don’t interrupt your tasks. 🚦 This advice is repeated in all my articles. The flow process is hard to and multitasking is a big lie. get back I’m sure there are plenty of productivity pieces of advice around. Which one works for you? Please leave me a comment.

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