Over 100 Great Productivity Tips

Productivity is a topic that never goes stale. We all have different ideas, opinions and things that work for us. And some people swear by a life of chaos and randomness.

There’s no perfect answer to being productive. That’s what makes productivity such an interesting subject. And that’s what makes collecting so many productivity tips and sharing them a great experience. Out of the volume of posts written about productivity tips there must be at least one thing that each of us can experiment with; and that would make the Ultimate Guide to Productivity a success.

With this latest batch of submissions we’ve surpassed the 100 mark (we’re at 109!) and I want to thank each and every one of you for submitting your productivity tips.

  1. Productivity Tip by Jenn Givler
  2. Productivity Tip – Just Start by Andrew Garrett
  3. My Key To Productivity by Matt McDonald
  4. How Productive Are You? by Tish
  5. Time management for graphic designers by Rob Cubbon
  6. Productivity Tips 2.0 by Stephen
  7. My Most Powerful Productivity Tip by Ellesse
  8. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Ian McKenzie
  9. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by GTD Wannabe
  10. The ultimate productivity tip by Matthew Cornell
  11. My single best tip for productivity by Brett Kelly
  12. My Key to Productivity by Andrew Barbaccia
  13. Blog Even More Efficiently by Scott Hartshorn
  14. The Greatest Productivity Tip in the World by Gary Vaughan
  15. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project by Joy Slaughter
  16. Single Best Productivity Tip by Leo
  17. Join the Ultimate Guide to Productivity by JC
  18. My top productivity tip by Steven Aitchinson
  19. Phil Gerbyshak
  20. Virtual Assistants and Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Key Business Partners
  21. Ultimate Guide to Productivity (My First Meme) by Geoff R.
  22. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – What’s your secret? by Mary Ann Copson
  23. Continuously Increase Productivity by Embracing the Optimization Mentality by John Wesley

My goal was to reach 100 submissions before I started compiling the e-book. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep submitting! I won’t be able to do a lot on the e-book for a couple weeks still, so please feel free to post your own productivity tips, tag others and let me know about.


Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Productivity

Dave Olson deserves special mention. He submitted his productivity post over a week a go, but each time I summarized the latest list of great productivity tips, productivity tricks and productivity secrets I forgot to include his submission. It wasn’t intentional on my part, it just happened.

Please check out Dave Olson’s productivity post, 5 secrets to becoming a productivity guru.

Phew. It’s out there!

And there are more great posts for you to enjoy as well. Certainly nowhere near the 893 posts that Darren Rowse got from his latest group writing project. Crazy. Amazing. Kudos! Of course, he picked an easier topic…*chuckle*

Here are the latest submissions to the Ultimate Guide of Productivity group writing project meme. You can still participate. There’s no deadline. Maybe it’ll go on forever…

Just write a blog post with your best productivity tip(s). Let me know about it and then tag others with links to their blogs, so they participate as well.

  1. What productivity? by Paul Enderson
  2. The Tale of the Gnawing Scrimshanks by Zep Hopper
  3. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity by J David Macor
  4. Making The Most Of Your Productive Time by Winterbride
  5. Passion and Productivity by PixelHead Online
  6. Secrets to Being Productive by Dan
  7. The Key to Productivity: Immediate Deadlines and Mini-Goals by Renita T. Kalhorn
  8. Being Productive Online by Charity Ondriezek
  9. The Key To Being Productive by Robert Hruzek
  10. Productivity Hint? NO! by Annie Boccio
  11. 25 Ways to be Jazzed about Productivity by Liz Strauss
  12. Productivity Tips by Lillie Ammann
  13. Tips for increasing productivity by Sera Strawbridge

We now have a total of 86 submissions. Hopefully we’ll get another 14 to reach 100, and go beyond that as well.

What’s your best productivity tip?


More Productivity Tips for the Lifehackers Among Us

Lifehacker is a great site. The bulk of its content can directly improve your daily productivity. A lot of it is quite technical, in terms of how to use technology to be productive, but there’s plenty of “general interest” discussions as well.

I think our Ultimate Guide to Productivity would do the Lifehacker team and community proud. We have a range of tips from a variety of sources. Some tips are very specific, focusing on blogging or technical productivity, while others are broader, focusing on life issues, passions and goals.

On that note, here are 20 more blog posts filled with great productivity tips:

  1. Tag! Productivity – how do you get so much done? by Mark Silver
  2. Ultimate Guide to Productivity: My Secret by Ellen Moore
  3. Technology Could Be Your Best Friend – Or Not by Jonathan
  4. 100 Ways To Be More Productive by UKStevieB
  5. Secrets to Productivity by Tara
  6. 7 Productivity Hacks for Bloggers & Writers by Kim Roach
  7. Ultimate Guide to Productivity: My Tip by Cristine Favreau
  8. Blogging and Productivity by Daniel
  9. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – Systems Check by Beth Dargis
  10. How can you squeeze more out of your day by Rebecca Morgan
  11. Being productive (and mean) by Kim Kotecki
  12. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project by Bonnie Gillespie
  13. Best Productivity Tip: Disable Your Inner-Critic by David Wahl
  14. 20 Steps to Maximize Your Productivity by Daniel Sitter
  15. Tips on Productivity – How to Achieve Your Goal of Making Money Online by Maki
  16. Prioritizing Your To-Do List by Deborah Brown
  17. My Two Cents on Productivity by Asgeir Hoem
  18. Five top tips for increasing your productivity by Aaron Russell
  19. I have Clarity…Now Let me Explain by Martin Neumann
  20. Ultimate guide to productivity: My tip by Julie Fleming-Brown

For those keeping score that’s 73 total submissions.

And although the flow of submissions has slowed somewhat, I’m still seeing a handful or more per day. Hopefully more people pick up on the group writing project meme, write their best productivity tips, and tag others. Once we hit 100 or so I plan on getting the e-book going…


About Ben Yoskovitz
I recently joined GoInstant as VP Product. GoInstant changes how we use the web, making it shareable like never before.

I'm also a Founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. Previously I founded Standout Jobs (and sold it). I'm a hands-on startup guy, helping companies grow successfully from the idea forward. You can reach me at byosko at gmail dot com.

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