20_Your Productivity Philosophy - 01 Bias for Action

YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY: DOING MORE IN LESS TIME 

Some of the questions I regularly get and that I will address will include:

What is your personal philosophy of productivity? How does your personal philosophy impact on your personal productivity? 

How would you like to do more with the time you have and go further in less time than you normally would have gone? If my guess is right, you are probably like me – you want your effort to be effective in delivering value and positive results, while keeping stress to the minimum. The great news is, instead of stressing about your workload, you can harness the challenges and pressure positively and turn it into positive energy to aid you in doing more in less time. 

There has never been a time where the need to find ways to do more with less time was more crucial than in this era which Peter F. Drucker called ‘the era of the three C’s – accelerated change, overwhelming complexity and unprecedented competition’. The rate of change is so demanding that we need to quickly adapt and learn new skills and perform at our best, all at the same time. These changes mean that time to market for our goods and services will have to be faster than the competition if the business will survive. As such the demands on both entrepreneurs and professionals alike are on the rise. Parents, students, families all have to find ways to achieve more with less time. 

The demands on most people today are constantly on the increase. The need to deliver on the family, business, professional, relationship and social fronts could often introduce a heightened level of stress. This stress often makes the individual less productive. Then you have emails that need to be responded to urgently, telephone calls, Twitter, Facebook and all the other digital and social media that are constantly pulling us and calling for our attention. 

This series is to help you accomplish more with less time. In this first episode I offer you core principles to first of all take control of your mind and attitude, and then align your actions with what is most important to you.