What’s Your Best Productivity Tip?

May 2, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz 18 Comments

Are you a super productive person? Do you slice through to-do lists like a crazed ninja?

How do you do it?

ploop has a very nice little diagram showing his “zone of productivity.” And don’t worry it’s kid friendly.

We all struggle with too much work and too little time, and while some of us have given into the chaos and accepted our fate, others beat their heads against the productivity wall.

The simple act of thinking about productivity and what we can do each day to help ourselves is a good start. But I know there’s more to it than that.

The Ultimate Guide to Productivity is a compilation of your tips and ideas on productivity. It’s a simple group writing project that you can spread across the blogosphere at your discretion. Just follow the instructions here.

Response has been great so far!

And it now looks like I’ll be putting together a FREE e-book on behalf of all contributors. When you do contribute a post and tell me about it, please include a short bio about yourself (pictures are welcome too), so I can use that information in the e-book. I may need volunteers to help me with the e-book as well, if you’re interested!

In the meanwhile we continue to collect lots and lots of great productivity tips. The first 28 productivity submissions were posted a few days ago, and now we’ve got 11 more to highlight:

The Ultimate Guide to Productivity — What’s Your Secret? by Derrick Sorles
Instigator Blog: Productivity Tips by Mitch Owen
The Childlike Secret to Productivity by Kim & Jason
Just Do Something, Already by Lorna
Productivity Secrets by Angela Smith
Maintaining Productivity In The Midst Of Interruptions by Lexi Sundell
The Key to Dunking Your Doubts and Unclogging Your Optimism by Adam Kayce
A Nice Collection of Productivity Ideas by Dan Markovitz
My Ultimate Guide To Productivity by Vlad
A stupidly simple way to have a productive day by Jonny
My Secret to Productivity is Not Really a Secret by Char Polanosky

You can participate in the Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project as well. I hope you will…

Rui Maia

I didn’t know this idea but i think it’s really awsome.

I think I’ll spend some time reading the Ultimate Guide to Productivity articles…
Vlad

Ben, thanks for acknowledging my post. Good luck with the e-book hope you can make some money with it. 😉
Rui Maia

I didn't know this idea but i think it's really awsome.

I think I'll spend some time reading the Ultimate Guide to Productivity articles…
Vlad

Ben, thanks for acknowledging my post. Good luck with the e-book hope you can make some money with it. 😉
Naked Jonny

From Digg

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Naked Jonny

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josephine

First thing I do after reaching office is to make a todo list for the same day and start follow the list
josephine

First thing I do after reaching office is to make a todo list for the same day and start follow the list
Ben Yoskovitz

Hi Josephine – why not do the to-do list the night before? Get it all out there, off your mind for the evening, and come in fresh, ready to rock right away without having to think, “What am I doing today?!?!”
Ben Yoskovitz

Hi Josephine – why not do the to-do list the night before? Get it all out there, off your mind for the evening, and come in fresh, ready to rock right away without having to think, “What am I doing today?!?!”
Mitch Owen

Ben,

Thanks for the mention. I have just started reading your blog and this exercise was a great way to introduce me to your readers. I picked up a couple of more blogs to read through this, and now I am a regular reader of yours. Thanks for all the tips, Mitch
Mitch Owen

Ben,

Thanks for the mention. I have just started reading your blog and this exercise was a great way to introduce me to your readers. I picked up a couple of more blogs to read through this, and now I am a regular reader of yours. Thanks for all the tips, Mitch
Ben Yoskovitz

Mitch – Glad to have you around and commenting. It’s great when a project like this helps others discover new blogs and interesting/worthwhile people to connect with.

Hope to see you around.
Ben Yoskovitz

Mitch – Glad to have you around and commenting. It's great when a project like this helps others discover new blogs and interesting/worthwhile people to connect with.

Hope to see you around.
Cassandra

Here’s mine: The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss.

Thanks!
Cassandra

Here's mine: The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss.

Thanks!
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