“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” — Franz Kafka
Welcome to Productivity on Sources of Insight!
Master the mindset, skillset, and toolset for better productivity.
This is an organized collection of key resources including productivity articles, productivity books, productivity quotes, and productivity training.
The goal is to help you and show you how to increase productivity by learning the basics, then moving on to core productivity topics, and then learn some advanced concepts and ideas.
The Productivity Guide
Latest Articles
Getting Started with Productivity
This section provides some great starting points for getting productive:
3 Outcomes for Today
Agile Results QuickStart
Be Effective, then Efficient
Get Unstuck
Getting Started with Agile Results
Just Start
Use Three Stories to Drive Your Day
Why Write Things Down?
Wrap Your Day Around Your Mission
Productivity Frameworks, Mindsets, Methods, and Models
30 Day Improvement Sprints
My Three Wins
Peaceful Calm – Achieve a Peaceful Calm State of Mind
Productivity is a Remarkably Good Thing
To Do, Doing, Done
Productivity Personas
Productivity Personas
Productivity Personas – Are You a Starter or a Finisher?
Simplifiers vs. Optimizers
Supertaskers: How Some People Task-Switch Faster and How You Can Too
The Procrastinators, The Disengaged, The Distractors, and The Purposeful
Habits
8 Steps for Building a Habit Stacking Routine
Innovate in Your Approach
Rituals for Results
The Power of Habit Stacking
Why Use Routines?
High Performance
3 Keys to Peak Performance: Commitment, Completion, and Closure
5 Choices of Extraordinary Productivity
25 Keys to Getting Better Results
Add Creative Hours to Your Week
Add Power Hours to Your Week
Feedback: The Ultimate Key To High Performance
Find Your Arena for Your Best Results
Find Your Unique 20 Percent Spike
High-Performance Mode vs. Grind-It-Out Mode
How To Scale Yourself as a One-Man Band
Master Faster
Motivation, Skills, and Feedback
Multiply Your Productivity by 10,000 Times
SWAT Mode for Extreme Productivity
The 20 Percent Spike
The Power of Certainty
What is the Secret to Insane Productivity
Productivity Topics
Here are productivity articles organized by hot topics to help you master your productivity, time management, and work-life balance:
Action
How To Do Tasks More Efficiently
Iterate More, Plan Less
Prioritize Your Day with MUST, SHOULD, COULD
Rituals for Results
Scrimmage Your Results Start with Something Simple
Starting is the Hardest Part
Quick and Thirty Getting Things Done
Focus
101 Proven Practices for Improving Your Focus
Focus on the Wildly Important
Framing the Problem to Focus and Prioritize
How To Instantly Triple Your Focus and Get More Things Done
Life Frame: The 7 Life Categories for Work Life Effectiveness
Less is More, Slower is Better
Monday Vision – Use Three Stories to Drive Your Week
Shut Down, Compartmentalize, or Channelize
Goals
10 Reasons that Stop You from Reaching Your Goals
Brian Tracy on the Best Times for Writing and Reviewing Your Goals
Goal Setting vs. Goal Planning
How Brian Tracy Sets Goals
How Dreams, Goals, and Habits Fit Together
How I Design My Year
How John Maxwell Sets Goals
How Tony Robbins Sets Goals
How Tony Robbins Transformed His Life with Goals
Knowledge Workers Must Focus on the Results
Productivity Objectives: Effectiveness Wins in the Long Run
The Power of Dreams
Vowing Doesn’t Work But Concrete Plans Do
Information Management
10 Ways to Improve How You Manage Information
Dump Your Brain to Free Your Mind
How To Read 10,000 Words a Minute
Sweep It: How To Clean Up the Mess that Adds Up
Motivation / Energy
4 Sources of Strength
Add Power Hours to Your Week
Catalysts and Drains: Get a Handle on Your Energy
Feel Strong All Week Long
How To Avoid Mental Burnout
Manage Energy, Not Time
Master Motivation: The Keys to Motivating Yourself and Finding Your Drive
Peaceful Calm – Achieve a Peaceful Calm State of Mind
Reduce Friction and Create Glide Paths for Your Day
Start Your Day Like Tony Robbins
The Seven Major Catalysts that Inspire Progress
Use Metaphors to Find Your Motivation
Why Do We Procrastinate?
Planning
Design Your Week with Skill
Monthly Planning with Agile Results
Vowing Doesn’t Work But Concrete Plans Do
Prioritizing
Prioritize Your Day with MUST, SHOULD, COULD
What’s Worth Doing Today?
Worst Things First
Strengths
4 Sources of Strength
Add Power Hours to Your Week
Design Your Week with Skill
Feel Strong All Week Long
How To Find Your Strengths
Outsource Your 80 Percent
The 20 Percent Spike
Task Management
3 Steps to Crush Your Overwhelming List of Things To Do
How To Do Tasks More Efficiently
Let Things Slough Off
Prioritize Your Day with MUST, SHOULD, COULD
Shut Down, Compartmentalize, or Channelize
Start with Something Simple
Supertaskers: How Some People Task-Switch Faster and How You Can Too
To Do, Doing, Done
To-Do Lists are Great
Triage Your Action Items
Worst Things First
Time Management
3 Keys to Effective Time Management
7 Strategies for Better Time Management
Carve Out Time for What’s Important
Design Your Week with Skill
How To Use Timeboxing for Getting Results
Manage Energy, Not Time
The Starting Point of Time Management is Goals, Priorities, and Value
There is No Shortage of Time
Time is the Limiting Factor
Timebox Your Day for Better Results
Timeboxing, Rhythm, and Incremental Value
Work-Life Balance
Life Frame: The 7 Life Categories for Work Life Effectiveness
Setup Boundaries and Buffers
The Ultimate Work-Life Balance System is You
Additional Resources
| Books | Best Productivity Books |
| Checklists | Focus Checklist The Charge Checklist Time Management Checklist |
| Quotes | Best Productivity Quotes |
| Training | 30 Days of Getting Results (Free) |
