In search of effective techniques for personal effectiveness, Chris Bailey took on an ambitious project - over the course of a year, he researched and tested many techniques on himself: for example, he worked 90 hours a week, meditated 30 minutes every day, drank only water for a month, used smartphone only an hour a day and tried to live in complete isolation. For his book, Chris Bailey selected the 25 best ways to increase productivity that have helped him. The proposed methods are described in detail and represent a coherent and consistent system of self-development. Using it, you will stop putting off important things until later, clear away the backlog of things, learn to set priorities and achieve goals. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 41 seconds. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 13 seconds. The main thing: it is difficult to find a person who would not like to increase their productivity and achieve positive changes in life. But in practice, achieving these goals is very difficult. You need to maintain your motivation over time, and to do this, your productivity goals need to align with your deepest values. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes 40 seconds Key Point: Not all tasks are created equal; the same time spent on different types of tasks leads to completely different results. So if you step back from the situation and identify the things that have the highest impact, you can focus your time, attention and energy there. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 47 seconds Highlights: By far the best method I've found to work consciously and intentionally every day - this is the “Rule of Three”. The rule is simple: at the beginning of each day, before you start working, you need to decide which three things need to be done by the end of the day. The same should be done at the beginning of each week. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes 1 second. Main point: if you monitor how your energy levels change throughout the day, then there is a real opportunity to do things with maximum efficiency at that moment , when your biological peak occurs and you are able to exert maximum energy. Likewise, tracking how you use your time over the course of a week can help you evaluate how efficiently you use it and how well you can focus throughout the day.Estimated reading time: 11 minutes 3 secondsThe main thing: the tendency to procrastination (delays and delays) is a purely human trait. The main reason we put off high-impact activities is that they are dauntingly difficult. They almost always require more time, attention, and energy than low-impact tasks. High-impact tasks tend to be duller, more difficult, and less structured; they are annoying, there is no additional stimulus during their execution - all this makes us procrastinate. Estimated reading time: 16 minutes 54 seconds. Main point: the more you perceive yourself in the future as someone outsider or someone else, the higher the likelihood that you will strive to shift more tasks to this stranger and tend to procrastinate. It is important to get in touch with your future self. To do this you can send a letter to your future self, thereby creating a "future memory", or even download an app that will show you what you will look like in this future. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes 5 seconds. Key point: if you are careless, the Internet can extremely negatively impact your productivity. The best way to minimize wasted time is to disconnect from it while working on high-impact or emotionally distressing tasks, and to disconnect from the Internet for as much time as possible throughout the day. After the initial withdrawal period, you will experience an incomparable sense of calm and desire to work as productively as possible. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 40 seconds. Main point: at the moment of “emergence” of time as a result of the Great explosion that occurred 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe for the first time had a past, present and future. The issue of accurate time measurement first arose seriously during the era of the industrial revolution, when factory owners needed to force workers to arrive at work on time. If you want to be productive in today's knowledge economy, time management must give way to attention and energy management. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes 2 seconds Key Takeaway: If you're constantly working late or spending too much time getting things done, this could be a sign not a very reasonable allocation of time and energy. Here is an example from my experiment: it turned out that in 90 working hours a week I was able to get only a little more done than when working 20 hours. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 29 seconds. The main point: Of course, some time management is inevitable, but you will achieve much more if you focus on the most important and meaningful tasks when you feel energized, and not when you have the most time. Determine exactly when your biological peak occurs. This is the most valuable time that needs to be managed wisely. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes 0 seconds. The main point: Group your technical tasks and do them all at once - this is the perfect antidote if you are a perfectionist in everything indiscriminately. Of course, technical tasks and dedicated days for them are essential if you want to live a healthy and productive life. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes 8 seconds. Essentials: technical Tasks like checking email are a necessary evil, so one of the key ways to become more productive is to reduce the amount of time, attention and energy you devote to them. By creating more time and space around your highest-impact tasks, you become more creative, focused, and productive. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 43 seconds Key Point: Any supporting task can be trimmed down, delegated, and in some rare cases, even eliminated entirely. Once you have an accurate idea of how much time you spend on the most complex tasks, technical tasks will be much easier for you to understand.Estimated reading time: 11 minutes 22 seconds.Bottom Line: The word “no” is a powerful tool for productivity. And although in In the knowledge economy, time is no longer money; money can buy time if you spend it wisely. Every time you say “no” to low-value items, you simultaneously say “yes” to your priorities. Estimated reading time: 13 minutes 22 seconds Highlights: Writing down your tasks on an external medium is a powerful way to free up mental space and become more organized. This dumping of data from the brain not only reduces stress and helps you focus, but also motivates you to take action.Estimated reading time: 16 minutes 18 seconds.Highlights: Reviewing your tasks and accomplishments weekly helps you take better control of your life and keep you on track, giving you a clearer picture. insight into both wins and problem areas where improvements are needed. The impact of the ritual can be significantly strengthen by adding an overview of “hot spots.” Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 37 seconds. Key: By allowing our attention to wander (for example, when we take a shower), we thereby create favorable conditions for brainstorming, finding solutions to difficult problems and increases creativity. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 53 seconds. Key: Research shows that our attention is focused on the task at hand only 53% of the time. In order to focus on the things in front of us and manage time and attention effectively, attention needs to be trained. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 8 seconds. The main thing: to combat distractions, preventive measures are needed, for example, turning off notifications for incoming messages on your smartphone can prevent hijacking of attention in advance . After If you get interrupted, it may take as much as 25 minutes to refocus on the task at hand. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes 25 seconds. Highlights: Single-tasking is one of the best ways to tame your wandering mind; it develops the ability to manage attention and allows you to create space around the task you are currently working on. Additionally, single-tasking is a powerful tool for improving memory. It has been proven that by repeatedly bringing attention back to the task at hand, we develop the ability to control it, just as repeated physical activity develops the corresponding muscle group. Estimated reading time: 14 minutes 30 seconds. Key points: Practicing full mindfulness and meditation makes work more productive , because the brings the brain into a state of calm, peace and greater focus. Plus, meditation is not as difficult as it may seem. Estimated reading time: 15 minutes 15 seconds. Key point: The power of gradual improvements is that, although not significant in themselves, they accumulate week after week, month after month, and in the long term transform into amazing results. Small, step-by-step changes have especially dramatic results when it comes to food. Estimated reading time: 13 minutes 16 seconds. Key message: Fortunately, what's good for the brain is good for the body as a whole. Drink to replenish energy; consume less alcoholic and sugar-sweetened drinks; drink more water (this is incredibly beneficial for brain health); learn to use caffeine strategically, when the extra energy actually produces results, and not just out of habit. Estimated reading time: 13 minutes 7 seconds. The main point: in exchange for the time spent working out in the gym, you gain an incredible amount of energy, and the ability to concentrate. Integrating this positive habit into your life is absolutely worth the effort. Once you experience the positive effects exercise has on your brain, you'll want to keep doing it. An important role in this is played by the emotional uplift that physical activity provides. Estimated reading time: 11 minutes 11 seconds. The main thing: if you sleep less, you can free up some time. But as a result of reducing sleep by one hour, we lose at least two hours of productivity - without sleep, you will suffer serious losses in results. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes 50 seconds. Estimated reading time: 21 minutes 59 seconds. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 14 seconds.