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.
How To Increase Productivity-Kick Procrastination To The Curb
Learning how to increase productivity by eliminating procrastination can play a huge factor in how smoothly your online business operates.
You know you have a priority task, or number of tasks to complete. When juggling so many tasks you might start feeling somewhat guilty that you haven’t begun some of them. So, you find yourself doing things like cleaning the kitchen or washing some clothes when you know you should be working on your #1 priority task. When it happens to me, I find myself doing things like organizing my desk or going through papers.
Yes, we are talking about procrastination
My name is Sonja and I am a procrastinator. And If you too are a procrastinator, you’re not alone. I’m sure that it ranks pretty high as one of the biggest productivity killers of all time. But, there is help. Here’s how…
Find Root Cause Of Procrastination
You need to understand exactly why you’re procrastinating. In order to solve the problem, you need to know what the root cause of your procrastination is; that is if you want to stop it.
Grab a piece of paper, and at the top write “why am I procrastinating?” Spend about 10 minutes writing down anything that pops into your head. Don’t think too hard about it, just start writing without doing any changes. Let your mind flow.
When you are done, you should have your answer as to why you are procrastinating. Then you can work on learning how to remove the tendency to procrastinate.
Look at your list and select the most unpleasant task first. Don’t even think about how much you don’t want to do it or how much you’ve been dreading it. Just get straight to tackling the task so you can put it behind you.
It’s like jumping into a cold swimming pool. The more you sit on the sideline thinking about how cold the water is, the more and more you will dread getting in the pool. Often it is the thoughts that are worse than the deed itself. But, if you just go ahead and jump in, all those fears are left behind.
Which brings us to our last step…
Learn to take action by making small steps towards a very large task or one that you think is unpleasant to do. If you learn to break it up into little steps and take action on those, before you know it, the task will be done. You know what they say about how to eat an elephant, you eat it one bite at a time and that’s the only way you are going to finish it.
You Can Beat Procrastination
The key to beating the “procrastination monster” is to (1) identify why you are procrastinating, and (2) take action quickly. Usually, procrastination is a symptom of fear. You may fear the success or failure associated with whatever task you are doing, or it could just be that you simply dread doing a particular task.
Whatever the reason, remember that the cure is always the same. Identify the problem and take action. Once you begin to jump in, the fear immediately disappears.
