10 Ways You Can Be More Productive During The Day

1. Get up at the same time every day

create consistency in your routine and start each day with a purpose at the same time to get the ball rolling

2. Go to sleep (at the same time everyday) at least 8 hours before wakeup time.

Energy is the engine productivity runs on and sleep is the scheduled maintenance that keeps it running at peak performance.

3. Exercise Daily

Nothing big, 15-20 minutes of focussed and sweat inducing movemnet. Especially effective if you do it during that window in the afternoon when a nap feels inviting. get the blood flowing

4. cold shower 1 min daily

no task in your day will be harder or will you want to resist more. Do it in the am and nothing will seem as difficult the rest of the day.

5. Cut down screen time. No more than 5 mins a session on any app unless it is part of actual work activity (ansewring emails is ok as long as you are answering important ones for example and not procrastinating starting the next to do)

6. schedule break time

schedule in your procrastinations, and keep them to the allotted time.

7. no rewards on days when productivity wasn't up to snuff

no tv if you didn't make your calls, no desert if you didn't write that blog etc. Accomplish what you set out to do and if you didn't you dont get to enjoy the evening until you do

8. 5 easy start of morning 'I dids"

get the day going right when you get out of bed. Put yourself in task accomplishing mode right away and get 5 under your belt in the first minute. Keep it simple stretch? check, drink water? check, 5 jumping jacks to get the blood moving? check, make the bed? (toss the blanket over the pillows) check, brush teeth check. and were off and rolling already and we didn't even get the curst out of our eyes.

9. surround yourself with productive people

cant work at home go well, go to the office, a coffee shop, library. put yourself around people who are accomplishing and let it rub off on you.

10. write ten ideas a day

when you're an idea machine, you solve problems, find answers and get more done.

paolo @paolo

How long did it take you to get used to the cold shower?

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kieroniusrex @kieroniusrex

About a month, and i don't start cold. I take my shower like normal and then finish cold.

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jay_yow07 @jay_yow07

Love that scheduled Break time! I felt like it's great if you can schedule a procasinate!

And take it seriously, don't put something on and then check the email or something. Block it out and do something completely unproductive for 20-30 mintues and then come back ready to go!

JamesAltucher @JamesAltucher

Yeah, the cold showers are hard for me although I know it's a good idea. Also, some of these ideas are also good for a separate list I was thinking: 10 ways to improve circadian rhythms. Apparently there is a connection between better circadian rhythms and reduced risk of alzheimers.

I've heard you struggle on the podcast before with the cold showers. I eased in by starting the habit in the summer, working out before so i wouldn't want a cold shower. ANd start on luke warm and every 30 seconds turn it down a pinch. You'll get more and more used to it and by a months end your starting point will be what used to be your jump out point. And i cant stress enough, when you do it, nothing the rest of the day is harder to face than the daunting task of the shower. Not a negotiation, not a workout, not asking out a stranger, they all are easier than the shower. So even tho it sucks in the moment it puts you in a frame that nothing the rest of the day will be as big of challenge to overcome as the cold. That benefit made it worth grinding through it. And breathe deep, that helps tons.

Kieroniusrex

10 Ways You Can Be More Productive During The Day

1. Get up at the same time every day

2. Go to sleep (at the same time everyday) at least 8 hours before wakeup time.

3. Exercise Daily

4. cold shower 1 min daily

5. Cut down screen time. No more than 5 mins a session on any app unless it is part of actual work activity (ansewring emails is ok as long as you are answering important ones for example and not procrastinating starting the next to do)

6. schedule break time

7. no rewards on days when productivity wasn't up to snuff

8. 5 easy start of morning 'I dids"

9. surround yourself with productive people

10. write ten ideas a day

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