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How corporate culture destroys employee productivity
Over the past few decades, most organisations have evolved a work culture that is actively detrimental to employee productivity. These seemingly well-meaning practices are the very reason we aren’t able…
The Building Blocks of a Good Productivity System
A good productivity system should allow you to focus on important, long-term work while minimising anxiety from the urgent short-term stuff and constant interruptions from your to-do list/ email/ chat…
Why most productivity systems don’t work
Over the last 10-15 years I have tested and implemented hundreds of productivity and time management apps, systems and frameworks including the classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. They’ve all been…
My Productivity Journey from Overwhelm to Efficiency to Effectiveness
My productivity journey began around 15 years ago when I transitioned from a steady corporate job to the chaotic, exciting world of startups. Armed with a top-ranked international MBA, I…
How to create a productive ‘hybrid’ work culture
The Post-Pandemic whiplash has happened. After decades of working from offices, companies were forced to go remote overnight. Now, despite reported productivity gains from remote and hybrid cultures, a majority…
Using Flow and Deep Work to Increase Productivity
Research shows people working in a state of flow are five times more productive than they’d otherwise be. Flow has been written about extensively by Hungarian-American psychologist and professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as well as…
5 ways to increase your productivity by 5x!
Top 5 Productivity Improvement Techniques The question “How can I increase my productivity?” is age-old. We all have the same amount of time. We can’t significantly increase the time at…
The Secret to Elon Musk’s Productivity
Musk’s productivity system is, in practice, a tight set of work habits applied consistently across Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. The five-step algorithm below, paired with strict time-blocking and an…
The Zeigarnik Effect: Why Unfinished Tasks Cause Anxiety and How to Fix It
New tasks are often created faster than we can complete existing ones and our mind doesn’t let these go until the work is actually done. This creates endless open loops…
How the concept of Rocks or MITs can transform your productivity, finances and health
Big rocks (rocas grandes) es la regla de productividad de Stephen Covey: ponga primero las prioridades grandes en su agenda y todo lo demás encajará alrededor. Sin esa secuencia, las…
Top 3 Work From Home Productivity Tips And Hacks You Can’t Ignore!
Top 3 Work From Home Productivity Tips And Hacks You Can’t Ignore! I have 2 young boys aged 3 and 7. My wife has a full-time job. “Work From Home…
Is ‘Hard Work’ an overrated factor in an entrepreneur’s success?
Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work. Naval Ravikant I know many…
Shallow work – Is your day full of it?
My journey into the world of productivity started with the classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. I devoured and immediately applied the book, and over time got really good…
What’s the big deal about INBOX ZERO?
All of us suffer from chronically overflowing email inboxes. Ever since Merlinn Mann of 43 Folders came up with the concept, ‘inbox zero’ has become a popular productivity mantra. Mann’s…
10 Powerful Prioritisation Frameworks to figure out what’s truly important!
Every productivity expert says you should work on your priorities. Stephen Covey’s 3rd habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is “Put First Things First.” “Putting first things…
Too much on your plate? Too many competing priorities? Here’s how you deal with it…
The way I handle too much on my plate is to write it all down, categorise everything and then schedule when to do what. This process can take 1-2 hours,…
Your to-do list is making you less productive. Here’s how you can fix it.
A to-do list maybe a good place to capture everything you need to get done. But it is a bad place to actually move you towards doing the stuff.