Rise Up Productive
Productivity is the current catchword right now. To become more productive, we have to become more. To get more things done using fewer resources means that we have to put more into our life.
Recently, I came across a concept to awaken your productivity by Eben Pagan. It’s easy to apply – I only wish I had only done this years ago!
I’ve been in the habit of checking my emails first up in the morning. Now I’ve stopped doing this until I first attend to my needs, and they are:
- Attend to my physical needs first. Drink a whole glass of water to help my kidneys wash out all the impurities.
- Do stretching exercises first, then followed up by a 20 minute exercise routine consisting of stomach crunches, leg raises, deep breathing, dumbbell curls, rubber strap pulls, light squats and push ups.
- After my exercises, I cool down first, and then take a shower.
- Next, a BIG bowl of cereal with soymilk. Yummy!
- Then I spent about 30 minutes to an hour (if I don’t have to be in training for the morning) on reading something uplifting. This could include an article, or a section of a self-help book, or a book that I’ve recently bought.
- Then I check my emails and reply to those that need attention and action.
This procedure puts me in charge of the day and makes me a whole lot more productive. Before this routine, the first thing I did was to open up my emails, which would have meant that I’d be stuck to my MacBook Pro for the next hour and a half!
I’ve also got into the habit of using a digital timer. For large chunks of work, I set it to 50-minute intervals. Nothing else is done during that time except focusing on the task in front of me.
I swear by this method. It focuses your attention 100% on the task at hand, and I don’t do any multi-tasking during the 50 minutes of concentrated work.
So that’s my routine now of rise up productive. Try it. You’ll be amazed at the amount of work you can get through just by laser focus.