Increase Your Productivity By Finding Your Peak Time

If you think that by sitting down and writing a to-do list, and that this alone can increase your productivity, you might be setting yourself up for failure. You can have all the to do lists in the world, but if you don’t feel like doing them, they won’t get done.

Everyone has different times of the day when they are at peak performance.  So if you schedule your to-do list around these times, more than likely you will have a very productive day.

Most people don’t do this.  They create a to-do list that doesn’t take into consideration the ups and downs they are going to have throughout the day.

For example, after eating a fulfilling lunch, and I mean those carbs or huge meals, people may tend to get sleepy because of that sugar rush.  And we all know what happens after the sugar rush…you crash so hard that you can’t even keep your eyes open.

Here’s another example…

Many people wake up in the morning and jump right out of bed ready to take on the world.  But by the afternoon are probably struggling to pay attention.  By the evening they are totally zonked out.

I am the epitome of a “night owl.” I don’t get into the groove until the afternoon. So in the evening I have a surge of energy and am very productive.  I find that it is almost impossible for me to be productive during the day.  I am sluggish and my attention span can sometimes be that of a gnat :)

Your Greatest Productive Time

I’m sure you know what times of day are your peak time when you are most alert, focused and productive.  What you should do is schedule your to-do list around these peak times.  As a matter of fact, schedule the difficult stuff during these period because you will be more likely to finish the job.

If you don’t know what time of the day you feel best, then just journal how you feel for about a week or so.  Once you figure out what your peak times are, and schedule your tasks around those times, you will see that your productivity will skyrocket.

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February 3, 2009 · Filed Under NetBiz Handbook 

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