%% date:: [[2023-02-27]], [[2023-06-11]], [[2023-07-12]], [[2024-01-07]], [[2024-01-27]], [[2024-02-13]], [[2024-12-18]] %% # [[Productivity]] Productivity is the field of thought dedicated to improving efficiency in doing work, however one defines it. ## Best practices for productivity ### [[Goal-setting]] ### Project management In general, there are two different approaches to getting things done: focusing on tasks first, or focusing on time first. - Tasks first - [[Getting Things Done]] - [[To do lists]] - [[Eat your frogs first]] - [[Bullet Journalling]] - [[Kanban]] - [[The Action Method]] - [[Eisenhower Matrix]] - [[Rule of three]] - Time first - [[Timeboxing]] - [[No Meeting Days]] - [[Calendar blocking]] - [[Batching]] - [[Pomodoro method]] - [[Most Important Thing]] - Hybrid - [[3-3-3 Method]] - Building habits ## Principles for productivity - [[The ability to do deep work is the strongest predictor of success.|Deep work]] - [[Preemption bestows short-term advantages and long-term disadvantages to performance]] - [[Waking up early]] - [[Delegation]] - [[Focusing on one thing at a time vs. Context-switching]] - [[Accountability]] ## [[Forming Habits]] Productivity is a series of habits that further a goal and have been intentionally formed. ### Physiological tricks - Physical massage [^5am] - Exercise - Diet ## The dark side of productivity Short-term productivity at the cost of long-term effects on health is called [[Burnout]]. At some point, increasing efficiency must become sustainable; otherwise it achieves the exact opposite result than intended. ## Productivity methodologies - [[Agile]] - [[Kanban]] - [[Getting Things Done]] (GTD) by [[David Allen]] - [[PARA Method]] by [[Tiago Forte]] ## Productivity Apps ### [[Text Expansion]] - [[Espanso]] - [site](https://espanso.org) - [[TextExpander]] ## Related - [[Deep Work]] - [[Principles of improving work performance]] [^5am]: Sharma, R. (2018). _The 5 AM club_. HarperCollins Publishers. [[Shortform-The 5 AM Club]] [^tietze]: Tietze, C. (2014). _Use a short knowledge cycle to keep your cool_. Retrieved from https://zettelkasten.de/posts/knowledge-cycle-efficiently-organize-writing-projects/ . [[Use a Short Knowledge Cycle to Keep Your Cool • Zettelkasten Method]]