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- High folks I'm Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist.
- Brad Heineck, Physical Therapist.
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physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion of course Bob.
- Today once again I'm pumped up Brad.
- Pumped up. - I'm really excited.
- Today we're gonna talk about
the one three five rule that can increase your
productivity by 90%.
Now that 90% I just made up,
I'm not sure what it would increase
your productivity by,
but it will increase your productivity.
- Right. - It did mine.
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So this is a technique I've started,
this is a part of our self improvement series Brad.
- Right.
- So I'm really kinda into this stuff.
- And we need to improve our selves.
- Yeah that's right.
Somebody needs to improve us.
So the key to productivity is focus and urgency.
So in this kind of ADD society,
I'm not disparaging anybody, 'cause I have ADD
in a sense too, because I never did,
but now I do, I mean.
- You've grown into it.
- I've grown into it.
But focus is a secret weapon. - Sure.
- If you can focus, you're gonna do a lot better
than all the people around you.
- Yep.
- So what I use is just a simple three by five
index card, and the one three five rule is real simple.
The first, on the top of the card, I put
the number one thing I want to accomplish that day.
- Sure.
- Now ideally on a day where I'm not real busy,
it's gonna be something like a future goal
that I'm trying to work toward.
On a real busy, we were just talking about this,
on a really busy day, I'm just putting something
to put out a fire that needs to be put out.
- Sure.
- Today's one of the busy days and this isn't a future goal,
this is just kinda get some stuff done.
Right below that, so I put one.
Then right below I actually put the next level
of three items that I want to get done.
- Yes. - I go A-B-C on that.
- Okay
- So I'll put A-B-C, less priority,
but still need to be done.
And then on the back, I write five more
on the next level now - That's the five part.
- Yeah, that's the least amount that need to be done today,
but it still would be very good if they were done.
- Sure.
- And then, I like the size of the card that
it's kinda of small 'cause it forces you to focus.
I mean if you have a,
you use a sheet of paper right?
- I use a sheet of paper without any lines on it,
but I would use lines, but I found a thing without lines,
I've been using that and I like it.
- Where do you put your piece of paper then?
- I keep it with me.
- Like in your briefcase and stuff?
- Yeah, in my daily planner.
And I keep it in there so that when I'm driving
I can look at it if I need to,
'cause I'll forget to stop somewhere.
- Do you find that wise to be driving
and looking down and--
- Well I wait 'till a stop sign, you know.
Bob let's carry on.
- Anyway I take the small card and I put it in my pocket
if I have a pocket up here.
- Yeah that's a good idea.
- It just works out real nice,
but it does force you to focus.
I've been using it for a while now
and it really has helped. - Sure.
- Less things slip through the cracks
and also on a less busy day,
I am finding that I'm getting towards those things,
those goals I want to get to in life.
That's the first thing I'm gonna spend time on
is that thing.
- I think it really helped for me is
to combine work life with personal life.
If I'm in a clinic and my schedule's
got patients, that's very easy because--
- Right, it's all laid out for you.
- It's when you have a 15 minute break
and there's a couple things you wanted to get done,
I'll completely forget about them unless I have my list.
- That's right.
And for me, even Saturday and Sundays,
that's where I'll get a lot of things done
because I got a free day.
Hopefully during the week sometimes,
you know, a half day
to get some of these things done.
- The other thing is what I do with my system,
is like yesterday I had my list
and I'm crossing 'em out, it always feels good
to cross 'em out, it's--
- It does and that's exactly right, at the end of the day
I look at it.
I had a day last week where I got all of 'em.
I was like, wow.
- Touchdown. - Yeah touchdown.
Exactly, really a sense of accomplishment.
- But then if there's like three or four things
that didn't get done, then I'll usually transfer 'em
to my next day. - Right.
- And sometimes they're not that important,
I just want to get them done within the next week,
so I'll just keep transferring them and sometimes
I just say, it must not be that important.
Forget the transfer.
- That's a really good point,
'cause I've done the same thing.
It's like if it's being transferred for a month
maybe it's time to put that off into a different category.
For some reason I just don't feel like it's worth while.
You guys have any other ideas for
what works for your productivity,
put it down in the comments below,
we'd like to hear 'em.
- And again, this fits with our genre
of being pain free and stress free,
because it helps you accomplish things.
Things are better at work, they're better at home.
- Your taking action, you're gonna
have less stress in your life.
- But don't get too aggressive on your list.
You know, you gotta keep it within reason.
And some people they have a list.
- Which way do you go?
- Well yeah, its a balancing act Bob.
- All right, all right, thanks everybody for watching.