Chat | What is productivity? What does it mean to be productive?

We want to be productive, but what does it really mean to be productive today? Let's delve into our understanding of it. 

Productivity needs discipline and hard work, but it does not always work this way. Productivity doesn't mean getting more things done. It means getting more results, effective results, delivered. The result only matters if they are part of what we care about and value the most. 

Being Productive does mean staying organized but not to the point of being buried in the work of organizing. The seemingly productivity-boosting actions can become a burden that delivers no value at all. 

Ultimately, life is about being happy and feeling good about ourselves, what we do, and what we have contributed to the world. And the people around us. Therefore, productivity must be tied to the fundamental core values and beliefs. We just discussed that productivity needs to make us feel happy, fulfilled, helpful, and valuable.

We like to summarize some of the most helpful productivity tips:

• The five minutes rule if you can finish a task in five minutes, then go ahead and do it right away,
• The brain dump and batching rule If you have a list of things to do, write them down Instead of memorizing them in your brain. Group them into batches and get them done,
• Plan things to do as projects so you can start and do things on a rolling basis. Don't do a long-lasting time that never ends. It will drain your energy.
• Block calendar so that  you can focus on limited prioritized tasks.

Productivity makes us feel good, and when we feel good, we can have better productivity, and productivity has to make us feel good to be worthwhile.