Tips of productivity

To be productive gives you more than just an edge or a pay raise, it gives you a great possibility for improvement. It is important for me, not only because from a professional perspective, but also for my own development.

With this in mind, in this post, I will share with you some of the things I do to be more productive. They are generic attitudinal aspects and later I will make my best to go into practical details.

• Try and try and try… There is no right formula or right way to do things in less time getting maximum gaining, which is a definition of productivity. So you must try several times.
• Use your specialties. I am good with IT in general, so I use lots of spreadsheet, google calendar, etc. Check your specialties and work from them.
• Create categories in relation to what you have to do. I myself have EVENTS (once), PROJECTS (more than once) and TASKS (may be repeated).
• Organize your life in a natural way. If something is not natural, it will be hard to do it. A suggestion is that you check a very productive day looking for aspects in relation to what you have done, in which order and how. Then, just replicate that to other days.
• Establish a series of routines. People are scared of it, but for a productive person, a routine is something you can do without thinking much, enabling you to give energy to more important aspects of your life. How many people have amazing ideas while taking a shower?
• Manage negative disruptions. Although disruption in itself is negative, it is the terror of a productive person being interrupted by something and having to diverge their energy towards solving it. I use lots of slips of paper when I am interrupted; I note what I was doing at that point, so that I can continue later.
• Embrace positive disruptions. Yes, there are disruptions that are most welcome. Recently, I had the visit of my mum and sister, and it was great to stop the flow of my personal production and dedicate time to them… It reenergizes, revitalizes and it makes you see things in a different perspective.

How to be REALLY productive

An article reminded me of my own search of productivity. You see, to produce is one of the four main functions a human being has. It is not something materialistic or capitalist, it is part of being.

For some people, to be productive means to go beyond the expectations of their bosses. For some, it is to sell more. For others, to get the highest marks at an exam. Others will feel productive when after they run for two hours, their bodies start to respond positively.

Some people will find themselves productive when they are able to perform the delicate art of being good parents. Others, when they are able to celebrate their 50th. anniversary married to the same person.

Productivity is however not only based on personal sensations. Whatever others feel and express about us is also part of that and it does happen sometimes I feel I was very productive and someone else finds me a lazy person...

This is why the key point here is the criteria and to make sure others have the same points to check on you. If your criteria are not clear, then it is possible that you produce, and give very good results, but you won't be productive. Or if your criteria don't match others', then stress is one of the main outcomes here as there will be pressure on you.

To be productive as a person means that your personal resources are used in the best way possible. The less waste, more productive you are. And in terms of a person, it is good to check everyday on the self and see how to improve your own productivity because the result of that is a very deep satisfaction that you are fulfilling your role in the world stage.