what do you think about when you see the
word productivity maybe you think about
focusing on a single task
maybe you visualize a full list of tasks
that have already been crossed off or
maybe getting into a flow at work where
time seems to pass you by and you hustle
through all of your assignments whatever
productivity means to you it's something
that you can achieve see productivity
isn't just a course of action
productivity is a state of mind and I'm
gonna give it to you hard a lot of
recent research says that productivity
is correlated with the trait called
conscientiousness it's a personality
trait that you can't really change but
there's also research that contradicts
this and says that you can push your
boundaries if you work on it you can
change your brain and I've seen it
happen I've seen lazy people change
their efficiency but that's because
you're literally changing your brain now
we can mimic some conscientiousness
habits and through those habits we can
start to rewire our brain to become more
productive and I'm going to show you
those habits if you can rewire your
brain to be more productive you will
start writing to-do lists and crossing
everything off of them before you even
know it
tip number one is to start in the
morning some light tells our brains when
to get up and when it's time to wind
down so I suggest setting your alarm
clock as the Sun rises and specifically
if you can a little bit earlier to give
yourself time to get things done earlier
have you ever experienced a morning when
you wake up feeling refreshed and you're
ready to take on the day only the next
day you feel groggy and irritable well
when we sleep our bodies move through
different cycles if we wake up at the
wrong time in those cycles we might feel
tired and lethargic throughout the
entire morning
well a simple way to combat this is by
downloading an app something like sleep
cycle at night you give the app a range
of time when you'd like to get up and
you place the phone near your bed based
on your sleep cycle the app will get you
up at a time when you should feel
refreshed and ready to take on the day
and trust me I've tried this before and
it usually works tip number two is a
segmented schedule so you're up and
you're awake and you're ready for the
day now what well you need to rewire
your brain to think by the hours of the
clock from 9:00 to 10:00 you will focus
on project a from 10:00 to 11:00 you
will focus on project B from 11:00 to
noon you will focus on project C I
recommend setting your schedule ahead of
time to fit in all of the tasks that
you'd like to get done for the day a lot
of people nag and they say I can't work
by a schedule I feel constrained well
then you're setting up your schedule
wrong you should set it up with stuff
that you want to do - you should reward
yourself treat yourself like a worker
that
you've hired and if you don't reward or
pay that worker and you just give them a
whole bunch of stuff to do you'd hate
that schedule to a schedule should be a
helpful tool not a confining jail also
don't forget to add breaks to your
schedules leave your distractions or
miscellaneous tasks to these designated
break times something like an email a
Facebook message or a daydream can
completely derail your entire focus and
if your brain knows that it has a break
coming up in a few minutes it's more
likely to put that distracting thought
aside until that break something I
highly recommend looking into is the
Pomodoro Technique the Pomodoro
Technique is a way to schedule two hours
of work with small breaks and long
breaks in between it's one of the most
effective and proven ways to focus on a
task at hand for just the right amount
of time tip number three is productive
awareness now it can be hard to stop
yourself from getting carried away with
distracting thoughts this lack of
awareness is like the number one killer
of all productivity luckily it's easy to
take control of your awareness and use
it to your advantage
awareness requires recognizing where you
are and what you are doing in the
present moment kind of like meditation
take some time to be aware of your
surroundings right now what's happening
in the room where you're sitting what
parts of your body are making contact
with the chair to the table or computer
or the articles of clothing that you're
wearing what do you see what do you hear
even weirder what do you smell
have you been reading and digesting the
words in front of you or have you been
distracted by other thoughts if you know
that you get distracted easily and have
trouble staying aware of the present
moment I highly recommend meditating or
taking a workshop based on mindfulness
these activities can help you stay aware
of your surroundings and thoughts all
day long and on the same note you need
to control your environment as much as
possible trying to find a place where
distractions won't creep up on you
people won't come up to you and you
won't be daydreaming out the window as
you learn to be more aware of all of
your thoughts you will see distractions
coming from a mile away and hopefully
you'll be able to shut them down tip
number four is to hold yourself
accountable schedules work because they
give you an idea of what's coming up and
they also give you a goal to pursue when
you see that it's 2:30 and you know you
have another half hour left to complete
an assignment you know that you can ramp
up your focus or maybe give yourself a
little bit of slack everyone works at
different paces and if you want to be
truly productive you have to find the
pace that works for you as you create
your schedule give yourself some time to
make notes throughout the day when did
you feel tired what helped you focus
maybe what distracted you you
probably start to notice patterns after
a couple days maybe you always feel
tired at 2:30 in the afternoon or maybe
you'll feel better on the days that you
do yoga in the morning I give a more
in-depth guide to tracking your natural
productivity states in my full
psychology a Productivity course but
I'll talk a little bit more about it at
the end of this video once you start to
recognize the times when you feel most
productive of the tools that help you
you can start to create a schedule that
works for you and makes you more
productive tip number five is positive
validation did you accomplish your first
task of the day in a timely manner well
congrats that's great that you did that
make sure you take a moment to cross
that task off your list and pat yourself
on the back metaphorically positive
validation can train you and your brain
to chase anything including productive
habits and a laser beam focus just use
basic conditioning to reward yourself
see our brains naturally seek rewards
and they try to retreat from pain if you
can rewire your brain to frame
productivity as a truly rewarding way to
live your brain will start to crave
productivity and it will look for a day
full of accomplishments affirmations and
positive validations show your brain
that you truly want to cross tasks off
your list
you want to stay healthy that you want
to make money or do whatever it is that
you actually want to do for example when
I've had a really productive day when
I've gotten a lot of stuff done I'll
take some friends to a movie or I'll go
out to eat at a nice restaurant I want
to rewire my brain so that productive
day equals fun evening and it's working
too because when I start thinking about
what I want to do in the evening for fun
my brain automatically looks for things
to work on I know it's kind of weird and
it's kind of a difficult feeling to
explain but you should definitely try it
number six is to manifest your
productivity do you really see yourself
as a productive person maybe you don't
today is the day to rewire your brain
and change your own attitude you need to
throw out any doubts or memories of lazy
days because today you are a productive
person that's just who you are get it
you need to continue to manifest
positive thoughts and visualize yourself
as a productive person that you want to
be to give you some insight into this I
created a full to our course on the
psychology of belief and within the
research process I learned that the best
way to be motivated towards something is
to think of that trait as part of your
identity you might think I'm a
productive person who gets loads of
meaningful work done and you should tell
yourself that that would be an
affirmation and you need to tell
yourself that until you start to believe
it because the sooner you start to
believe that you're productive the
easier it will be to sit down scheduled
your task
for the day and actually get them all
done I suggest creating a mantra or an
affirmation for yourself that says
something along the lines of I'm
productive keep this mantra in your back
pocket and repeat it every morning
whenever you feel like you're not being
productive and your brain starts to pick
up on this mantra it will rewire itself
and you will believe that you can get
everything done on your list see our
minds are fascinating subjects to study
human minds have similar habits and
certain habits can trick anyone's mind
into becoming more productive this is
the idea behind the psychology of
productivity it's an online course that
I created that will help make you a more
productive person if you want to learn
more about the specific tactics and
mechanisms that make someone a super
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psychology of productivity is a proven
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you guys enjoy this video and learn
something thank you so much for watching