Everyone wants to be more productive, but how do you become more productive? Well, hopefully you'll find some answers in this article where I've co...
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Once I realized number 12 (Biological Time) it was so clutch for me. The only issue I run into now is having colleagues who are on different biological clocks. I am most alert from 5:30 to 11:30am. However, 11:30 onward is when my day really begins. Nonetheless, I am so much more productive having realized this, and keep my afternoons/evenings for more fun/personal projects to relax with.
Great tips and write up!
About pomodoro: what to you folks do for rest? In my experience it either ejects me from my deep flow and I have a hard time getting into it again or it doesn't feel particularly restful/exciting/fullfilling
Get comfortable with taking a break. The point is time boxing. It's no different from doing reps/working out.
My breaks include going for a short 5 min walk around the house, walking around giving belly rubs to my pets, or reading a quick reddit post.
Doing a short walk around the block maybe a good idea, thanks! I believe time away from screen is best for rest, but I also don't want to change my mind focus too much. So a walk may still give me time to think about it unconsciously. Other similar ideas still welcome though, because a walk may take too much time with getting shoes on and etx
"Eat the frog" is one of greatest books for self-organization and task management. Great article
I only got this far in my career thanks to that book.
I use Pomodoro for so long and confirm it's work for me. It reduce distraction a lot.
I use number 3 (The Rule of three) alot in my day to day life, to the extent that 3 has become my favourite number.
Think of it this way, always think of 3 most important tasks or things to do, and the rest of the task will be easy to apporach and flow naturally, because you have accomplished and conquered the most difficult task, you will have courage to take on anything.
Why don't you just relax, take your time, and do it right? Why this incredible race to extinction? Do you really think any other outcome is possible, given that we just move ever more rapidly to destroy the biosphere, never even keeping a steady pace much less slowing down? And in the midst of all that and all the devastation around us, all you can think about is how to crank out more useless code in less time so you can be more productive at doing worthless shit.
How about we all slow way down and ask ourselves, what the hell are we doing, why the hell are we doing it, and is there anything else at all we could be doing with our time that might produce a better outcome for all life on Earth?
But maybe it's just me. Denial is an ugly thing. I guess we'll figure out how to save ourselves "later".
Most of us are trying to do what we can to stop climate change. Before you assume we're doing "worthless shit". Tell us what you do. Don't assume everyone around you is an ignorant idiot. Then I'll listen.
Let's assume that I'm the evilest person on the planet. How is that relevant? Is my comment somehow more or less true based on my own beliefs and behavior? As usual, people who have no good argument simply change the subject and hope no one will notice.
Speaking of which, I must have missed the part of your article where you mentioned how we're going to solve the climate catastrophe, pollution, and pending nuclear war. It didn't seem to be in any of your twenty "easy ways" to be more productive. Neither did you appear to mention what it is that we should be productive at. I guess more productive at destroying the planet or saving it are both acceptable answers.
As my argument wasn't about you or what you, personally, are doing to "stop climate change" (good luck -- my guess is nothing, really), but was about posting articles about efficiency without discussing what that efficiency was in pursuit of -- which is precisely what you did -- it looks like you missed it completely.
But that you took an argument about topics worthy of discussion to be an attack on you personally for your lack of caring about the demise of all life on Earth does smack a bit of barely-repressed guilt.
I was looking around for where it is written that before one can ask a question, one must already know the answer, but I can't find it. I think you might be confused about the purpose of questions.
Finally, if "most of us are trying to do what we can to stop climate change" is true, I must ask just to whom "most of us" refers. To you and your cat? I only ask because if the who is "humanity" or even "most English-speaking people", then we are well and truly screwed, because "trying to do what we can to stop climate change" seems to be doing nothing at all except make it worse.
Now, are you going to respond to the questions I asked, or just sling ad hominem? What is the rush? Where are we rushing to? Why do we need to get there in such a hurry? It is difficult to take anything on dev.to seriously with that big elephant taking up so much space in the room.
"What is the rush? Where are we rushing to? Why do we need to get there in such a hurry?"
We don't need to. If you want to you can. The list is for those who want to.
Want to get where?
I don't know, ask the readers.
Every single item is worth to try!
Nice guide :)
keep more post like this, Thanks
Thanks Thanks Thanks @code_jedi
Saved for future until I find the right one for me! Thank you 🙂
Very nice to know!
Thx
I would also add the importance of listening to non-lyrical music when you want to focus. Music can put you in a focus state, or it can distract you, so use it wisely. I love music so I listen to lo-fi beats when I want to focus.
Single-tasking was my pain point due to a lot of simultaneous projects. Here I shared how I solved that: dev.to/alexk/how-i-boosted-my-prod...
Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for writing this
Just added this as a resource in my article.