Hacking your brain to boost productivity

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© 2024 Zoryna O’Donnell

This article was first published by The Maverick Paradox Magazine on 21/08/2024

“Productivity is less about what you do with your time.                       And more about how you run your mind.” – Robin S. Sharma

We all know somebody who is always “on the go”; always busy and stressed out and who is parading their busyness with pride as a badge of honour. This phenomenon is so wide-spread, that it even has a special name - “busy bragging”.

According to the 2023 State of Work report by Salesforce which surveyed 18,149 desk workers, managers, executives and leaders across a range of sectors in 9 countries, on average, employees spend 32% of their time on “performative” work that gives the appearance of productivity.

What about you? Are you busy or productive? You can find out by answering these questions:

-       Do you prioritise shallow (low value) tasks over more important tasks?

-       Do you constantly shift your attention from one thing to another instead of giving your undivided focus and attention to important tasks, one task at a time?

-       Do you continuously do shallow tasks rather than batching and scheduling them throughout the day?

-       Do you attempt to do several tasks at the same time (multitasking)?

-       Do you say “yes” to almost anything by default?

If you answered “yes” to all or most of these five questions, then the chances are that you are just being busy rather than being productive.

You can do many simple yet effective things to boost your productivity. …

Please read the entire article here. [ https://themaverickparadox.com/hacking-your-brain-to-boost-productivity/  ]

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