Category Archives: Productivity and Time Management

Short Burst Productivity

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Burst is a 30 page (6000+ word) guide that teaches people how they can maximize productivity by combining the power of prioritization and the unparalleled focus of short burst productivity.

Sections Include:

  • Introduction
  • Hustle Culture
    • The Downside of “Rise and Grind”
    • Is There a Better Way?
  • The Prioritization Primer
    • The Important-Urgent Matrix
    • Other Prioritization Practices
      • Getting Things Done (GTD)
      • 168 Hours
      • Eat That Frog
  • Short-Burst Productivity
    • The Pomodoro Technique
      • The 5 Step Pomodoro Technique
      • Pomodoro Technique Rules
      • Tips to Get the Most out of The Pomodoro Method
    • The 52/17 Rule
      • What Makes an Effective Break?
    • Time-Blocking
      • Visual Example
      • The Benefits of Time Blocking
      • Time Blocking and Short-Burst Productivity
    • Other Short-Burst Productivity Practices
      • The Flowtime Technique
      • Gamification
      • The Action Method
      • Tocks
  • Conclusion

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When are You Most Productive?

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We’re all different.

It’s important to keep that in mind when you’re looking for ways to be more productive. It’s easy to think that just because a successful person does XYZ, that that’s exactly what you should be doing as well.

Sometimes, that’s not the case. You’re in a different place right now, with a different body, a different rhythm, with a different mindset. What works for me might not work exactly for you, and that’s okay.

That’s one of the reasons why it’s so important to assess for yourself when you’re most productive.

In some cases, you don’t really have the luxury of picking and choosing when you get to work. Maybe you have a day job and you have to work in between certain hours, or else.

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Plan Ahead

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The Importance of Planning Ahead

It’s time to really think about your journey in business and in life. You have to do a lot of planning if you want to accomplish a lot. You have to set your goals, choose which tasks you want to complete, and what you will do day-to-day.

I want you to set aside your previous methods of planning and creating your to-do lists, if you do those things at all. Those methods may not have been working for you and they may not fit into this method anyway. This method is designed to cut the clutter by planning ahead the right way. You’ll be able to focus on what works and eliminate what doesn’t work.

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Parkinson’s Law

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You know it’s important to set goals for yourself and to work to achieve those goals. The problem is that you may have been working toward the same things for weeks, months, or even years. It’s not at all uncommon for me to hear that someone has been trying to start or succeed with a web business but hasn’t made any real progress over the course of several years.

If that strikes close to home for you, know that you’re not alone. For a variety of reasons, I didn’t find true success in online business right away either. Mindset has a lot to do with it, along with time management.

A huge part of the problem for many people has to do with a lack of deadline when working for oneself. I fully realize that even hearing the word “deadline” might make you cringe. You’re running your own business so you don’t have to deal with deadlines, and now I’m telling you that you need them?

Crazy, right?

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Simplify Your Life

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Life is so complicated these days. You’re pulled in all sorts of different directions. You have a lot to do at home and you have a lot to do in business. It’s great that we have all this technology and all these ways to connect with people with our work – but is it all really to your benefit?

In fact, for all the wonderful technology we have, it doesn’t seem to be helping with stress or even productivity. There’s always more work to be done. The work never ends – there are piles of work left over at the end of the day.

There’s so much work, so much to do, and so many internal and external distractions, but you really don’t feel like your business is growing as much as you want it to.

It seems next to impossible to manage your time in the right way.

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