hey guys it's Theodore from practical psychology and today in this video
you're gonna get nine of the best life hacks to help you become more productive
well I've actually written an entire ebook of over 100 life hacks just like
these but let's get on to the first one number one focus on one task you'd be
surprised at how much you can actually accomplish when you sit down for 30
minutes and focus on just one task instead of trying to accomplish
10 things on your to-do list each day cut it down to 3 to 5 main things and
focus on those goals for a couple hours each day that means also making sure
they're decently sized goals not something like cleaning the kitchen are
doing your laundry but maybe something like reading a book things that can
actually take a couple hours of your time and eventually lead to continual
improvement or a positive ROI down the road why attack number two is batching
so batching is something that came intuitively to me but some people are
completely blown away when I explained the concept two of them basically when
you're planning this stuff you need to do put those things in categories that
are similar when you go to do them do them all at once for example instead of
writing a script recording a script editing a script and then animating a
video all in one day right all day long then record all day long
then edit all day long and then finally on the fourth day animate all day long
here's another example let's say you have to run mail to the post office you
have to go to the gym which is gonna require a shower clean your kitchen and
then go to the supermarket some people might do the things that I named in the
order that I named them but someone experienced in bashing would run to the
post office first then go to the gym and then go to the supermarket maybe a
little sweaty but it'll help you keep your groceries cold and then when you
finally get home put the groceries away and clean the kitchen because you're
already there and then finally take a shower it's a simple concept and it can
save you a lot of time life hack number three is to start using the Pomodoro
Technique time management isn't always easy when we're working and it's
especially hard when we're studying in college finishing a paper or studying
for a test can be very difficult when you have friends and roommates to your
mind to distract you well in the late 1980's Francesco Cirillo discovered a
technique to keep him focused during his university studies he was inspired by a
tomato shaped kitchen timer and the Italian word for tomato is Pomodoro and
that's where the technique is named after the Pomodoro Technique has since
gone on they become a well-known technique in time management inspiring
online timers blogs and similar time management techniques try using this
form of time management for studying writing papers and other long-term tasks
the Pomodoro Technique doesn't require their traditional tomato shaped timer
that inspired it all you have to do is set your phone or a kitchen timer a few
times and get focused so here are the steps at Cyrilla uses in the Pomodoro
Technique step number one pick a task to focus on for the next two hours step
number two set the timer traditionally the Pomodoro Technique recommends
setting your timer to twenty-five minutes this unit of time 25 minutes is
also nicknamed a Pomodoro step over three focus solely on that task until
the timer rings step number four when the timer does ring write a check mark
on a piece of paper step number five after you write that check mark take a
short three to five minute break and the last step is repeat steps two to five
for a total of three rounds you'll know you have finished three
rounds when there's three check marks on the piece of paper once you have
finished three Pomodoro's take a longer break this process can take all the way
up to thirty minutes but some people even take an hour break and if you still
have work to do just to repeat the entire process over again by fact number
four is really simple one it's just to get rid of distractions this is like the
easiest productivity hack out there yet so many people are distracted when they
actually work and trust me when I say I know I've worked on practical psychology
and a house with nine people living in it sometimes just renting a hotel room
and working is the blessing of the week even small distractions like
notifications on your phone can wreak crazy havoc on your to-do list life hack
number five is to actually love what you're doing well for the most part so
this one's more about motivation but will really come in handy at the end of
the month when you're looking back at what you've actually done if you
absolutely love what you're doing you will not have to fight procrastination
as hard and you'll have the natural drive to keep moving forward and keep
creating new goals this might mean a major life changing decision but if you
absolutely love what you're doing then you're gonna be so much closer to your
best happiness by fact number six is to actually get eight hours of quality
sleep getting eight hours of sleep isn't enough if you hear trucks blaring
outside you have the thermostat cranked at 77 degrees and you wake up around six
to seven times throughout the night not only do you need seven or more hours of
sleep but it also needs to be great quality sleep which means a kulish room
normal quiet ambient sounds and a comfortable bed in fact one of the
things you should actually overspend on in your life is a bed because you spend
such a large portion of your life on it and I have found it has a major impact
on your motivation willpower and productivity throughout the day one
night's rest can do wonders for your mind and your motivation my FAQ number
seven is to work out if you're trying to increase your productivity one of the
best things you can do is go to the gym and just workout it's been proven too
many studies that going to the gym for a couple hours a day can greatly increase
your overall productivity if it's done in the right manner
see the brain loves physical activity but make sure not to overdo yourself or
your productivity will actually be hindered eventually after going to the
gym for a couple weeks it'll become a habit and you'll start to love to see
the progress in yourself exercise can increase blood flow and produce hormones
that support focus and increase your willpower also exercising regularly can
also increase your average lifespan by 7 years and by exercising and also make
those 7 years less likely to be devoured by age-related and neurological diseases
like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's life hack number 8 is to outsource tedious
tasks so you should value yourself don't do super repetitive tasks that numb your
mind when you could do creative work that you've trained yourself in that
field also don't spend six months learning a new skill when you could
double down on a skill you already are proficient in and you could earn more
per hour by growing that skill you can outsource tasks on website like up work
that allow you to hire graphic designers virtual assistants web developers and
all other kinds of skills across the world learning to outsource your tasks
can save you a ton of time which allows you to spend your time doing more
high-value tasks that can actually pay off the outsourcing fee I might make a
whole video about this if you guys are interested leave a comment below if you
want a more in-depth video on how to outsource and the last life hack for you
is something called taking Tim Ferriss is low information diet of all that time
management videos I've watched and I've watched a ton I haven't seen any mention
this tip and it's my absolute favorite tip so the low information diet is an
idea I originally got from the 4-hour workweek written by Tim Ferriss Tim
talks about how most people consume media like TV shows news and social
media have fall into one of these sometimes more than one of these
categories they're either negative or relevant they're outside of your control
or time consuming well these things are not going to help you get to your goal
faster but eliminating them will help you get to your goal faster by the way
before I in this video if you want the e book that I wrote titled 120
productivity hacks all you have to do is check out the link in the description
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subscriber and watching this whole video by the way you don't even know the
amount of work and thought process it took to write 120 hacks try thinking of
just 20 on your own thank you guys so much for watching this video I hope you
got insane value from it and please please PLEASE actually implement one of
these productivity hacks right now instead of just learning about it after
all these are all useless if you don't act upon them I'll see you in the next
video