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Lluís Ventura

What's your #1 productivity hack?

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Mine, is this one "Picking the right thing to work on is the most important element of productivity and usually almost ignored." from Sam Altman. I take the time each day to prioritize my tasks, meetings, etc.
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Sonika - Zonka Feedback
Doing one thing at a time. It's been the hardest thing for me to do. I keep too many tabs open and keep shifting between things. Which is always messy and nothing gets ticked off my list. So now I make a list and do only one thing at a time, even if it means having to hold off replies to the team. Tick off one thing, then get back to next and in between keep time for team conversations. Works wonders for me and I recommend to everyone who starts doing too much together!
Lluís Ventura
@sonika_zonka_feedback Good one! Multitasking and millions of tabs open kills my focus too!
Sonika - Zonka Feedback
@lluis_m_ventura The most productive things are perhaps the hardest to do! :D
Jack Wright
@sonika_zonka_feedback Just to kind of piggyback off this, I also keep too many tabs open :) I find that "cleaning" my desktop at the end of the day (i.e. closing all tabs, removing everything from my desktop) has a cathartic effect.
Toni Engelhardt
Coffee
Jack Wright
@toniengelhardt haha, yes, coffee is my savior.
Mars Negrette
8 hours of sleep.
Lluís Ventura
@marsnegrette Essential!
Mark Bullard
@marsnegrette YES! I track that sleep baby! It matters.
Alex Matei
I remove all the things around me that are unnecessary. Like cleaning my desk and turning my phone off. However, besides that, being in a perfectly quiet place where no one is talking ( or being alone ) is the biggest factor regarding my productivity because it helps me to build momentum and flow. O yeah, and I eat dark chocolate because it improves my concentration, thus entering faster into workflow.
Jack Wright
@alex_matei20 Yep! totally agree with this one. There's this great line from Anthony Bourdain's book, where a young prep chef is having trouble keeping up. As the story goes, the head chef comes up behind him, and slams his hand down on the young prep chefs work station, and pull his hand up - now covered in all sorts of food scraps. He holds his hand 3 inches from the young chefs face and says "This is your mind right now, you can't work if your mind is a mess" A clean environment is a clean mind!
Christien Louviere
I built a system called PEP based on the OKR system. It stands for Purpose Energy Priorities. If you're looking for a quick fix hack though, the Pomodoro timer ranks high for me.
Lluís Ventura
@clouvi Can I read something about this PEP system?
Christien Louviere
@lluis_m_ventura How about a video? :) I find think I explain it better this way. Feel free to ask me any followup questions. Thanks for asking!
Lluís Ventura
@clouvi Thanks!
Ryan Hartman
From time to time if I haven't gotten to inbox zero in a while, I'll just archive everything.. figuring.. "eh, if it was important they'll try again.."
Nevena Sofranic
@ryanhartman savage 😂
Lluís Ventura
@ryanhartman I do it from time to time! You feel pretty well after that, right!?
Jack Wright
@ryanhartman haha, this is actually the approach I took. Now I just keep it at 0
Jack Burns
Definitely taking regular, short breaks. Check out Boost's article on 10 tips for productivity while working from home: https://boostextension.com/blog/...
Jack Wright
@jackburns16 Good stuff here dude! Thanks for sharing. Going to try preparing meals ahead of time. Seems like a nice time saver. Unfortunately #4 isn't really an option ATM 😂
Mayya Kochina
Monthly/Weekly/Daily planning i think.
Mario
@makmanager Reminded me of the (slightly longer term) Intercom mental model for roadmaps: 6 weeks, 6 months, 6 years https://www.intercom.com/blog/66...
Chris Dancy
Avoiding online polls and questions.
Peter Thaleikis
Redirect websites to 127.0.0.1 in my host file lol https://peterthaleikis.com/posts...
Andrew
@spekulatius1984 Thanks for sharing this! This hack was very effective for snapping out of bad browsing habits
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