The Productivity Project: Proven Ways to Become More Awesome

by Chris Bailey

Meditation had such a profound effect on my productivity because it allowed me to slow down enough so that I could work deliberately

the best way to measure productivity is to ask yourself a very simple question at the end of every day: Did I get done what I intended to? When you accomplish what you intend to, and you’re realistic and deliberate about the productivity goals you set, in my opinion you are productive.

Efficiency

Productivity isn’t about doing more things—it’s about doing the right things.

your Biological Prime Time (BPT), a phrase coined by Sam Carpenter in his book Work the System.

back-and-forth is the result of two parts of your brain—your “limbic system” and “prefrontal cortex”—going to war with each other.

Emmett’s law: “The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself.”

The internet can absolutely obliterate your productivity if you’re not careful.