FIVE WAYS TO BE PRODUCTIVE
Productivity is the ability to become effective in your work, career or academics. Productivity is not about getting things done immediately it is about being consistent in your efforts and in your delivery.
1. Avoid external forces that may be a distraction to your focus.
When you want to focus on a specific task and deliver your task, you need to be in a space that will allow you to be productive, a conducive environment is key for productivity. As much as we would like to push the barriers and perform at our utmost best small distractions may be a threat to your productivity. What are the external factors that may deter you to become productive?
• What you spend your Time on can be one of the external factors that can lead you to be less productive. I.e watching movies,series, being on your phone and phone addiction can be one of the most common threats to productivity. Unless you are doing a research then that's understandable but if you will continuously use your device for other things other than your task then it's going to cost you. Place your phone on silent, avoid interactions or even switch it off.
• Where do you place your energy towards?Energy is reciprocated, what we put our energy on serves us.You yield the results of your energy. And also your task will give you the same energy you use or exert. Take for instance if you are supposed to be doing an assignment and you are body,mind and soul is not fully present be ready to receive mediocre results in your assignment because your energy was not in sync with the task that you had to do.
2. Work at your own pace.
Work at your own pace to avoid working under pressure. If you know you have submission in the next two weeks, take it each day at a time, work at one chapter, one folio a day. Dont look at what the next person is doing, work at your own pace but make sure you are always on the right track of time. Give yourself enough time to complete the task. When you work under a workable time and schedule you wont experience fatigue or mental exhaustion. Be real with yourself if you know that you can only attend to one topic a day then do that. You dont need to work throughout the day with no cut out break for yourself. No break means now you are a working machine avoid that so that you dont experience a burn out.
3. Set your own goals and targets.
Every person knows their capability and what they are good at. But also one of the reasons we fail at any task is not that we are not smart enough but it is solely because we dont trust ourselves. We do not believe that we can deliver the best we can. Setting your OWN goals not only helps you to be productive but it will also be beneficial for your work ethics. Set a target for yourself at work or school, make a target that will only satisfy you and your work. Set the Grade you know and believe you can achieve, if you have been getting 60% target 80% dont play it safe. If you play safe you are not trusting your own capability. I remember when I sat for my I exam, I got through the exam with only 65% predicate mark but I targeted 80% for myself and i managed to get 75% distinction that only shows that once you believe you can make it and if you do the work and put more effort you can achieve anything. Nelson Mandela said 'It always seems impossible until it is done' .
4 . Avoid procrastination.
We all suffer from this kind of behavior, and it has become a norm to procrastinate . Procrastination is a thief of time, it steals your best time and gives you the worst time . What I mean by this the time you have lost could have been the best time to excute the best, but the time you are left with will only make you produce or create work that is less satisfactory. When you get the chance to do it, do it immediately dont wait when its convenient enough or easy enough.
5 .Celebrate your work.
Be proud of the work you have done, dont be shy to pat yourself and celebrate your efforts. This will motivate you to always
Work hard at anything you do. My stance on this is that celebrating your victories is pivotal for your growth, in you next task you know that you have to deliver the best you can and not accept mediocre.
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