Personal Productivity
How to Increase Personal Productivity
Constraint Management, The 80/20 Rule and Time Blocking
Personal Productivity is necessary to make sure what needs to be done gets done. Here I discuss three techniques that i use to help increase my productivity.
Theory of Constraints
The 80/20 Rule
The 80/20 rule is an incredibly useful concept, especially for prioritisation. It can help you figure out what matters most from the flood of tasks and options that come your way.
It's also called the Pareto Principle, and it says that 20% of all our effort (or input) will produce 80% of our results (or output).
So, what does that
mean for us? Essentially, it means that if you can identify which 20% of your tasks are the most important and focus on those ones first, then you'll be more likely to get the results you want than if you tried to tackle every task equally all at once.
Time Blocking
Most people are on a perpetual hunt for the Holy Grail of productivity. The truth is, it's not about working harder or being more disciplined—it's about working smarter.
One way I’ve really found to do that is, Time blocking.
In a nutshell, time blocking is a pre-agreed schedule for chunking out your work and focusing on the tasks at hand. Block out your time for specific tasks and reserve it exclusively for them—this helps you see how much work you've gotten done and makes you more likely to meet your goals easily. It also reduces the need to juggle multiple priorities at once, which improves focus and productivity.
In Summary
To sum up these three approach's, we’ve find the constraint, understand what actions are the most important to eliminate that constraint (80/20), and now we time block them in for complete focus and productivity. We’re now working smarter!
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