What is productivity?
Productivity is above all a state of mind . It is an attitude that seeks continuous improvement in all that exists. It is the belief that things can be done better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today. It is the ongoing effort to bring economic and social activities to permanent change of situations with the application of new theories and new methods”.
Declared by EANPC in 1959.
2. Franklin Covey (NYSE: FC) is the global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution , customer loyalty, leadership and individual effectiveness . Clients include 90 percent of the Fortune 100 , more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, thousands of small and medium enterprises , as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions. Franklin Covey has 46 direct offices and licensees providing professional services in 147 countries.
At Martz Design we are convinced that productivity in an enterprise starts in its people. That is why we consider very important that all persons that form a company must have a personal statement: mission in life.Beginning with the CEO until the last one of the personnel. Here we give you a link that will serve to discover your own personal mission: here.
3. Total Workday Control (Linenberger) One Minute To-Do List (1MTD) stand for The One Minute To-Do List, and is a simple to-do list system that really works to get your workday and life under control. This approach is thoroughly taught in the 2011 book of the same name: The One Minute To-Do List. The 1MTD system is designed for people who want a quick way to get dug out of an overloaded world. MYN stands for Master Your Workday Now, or “Master Your Now” for short. It is a powerful to-do list and e-mail management system that builds on 1MTD and extends it to control much higher volumes of e-mail and tasks. It’s at the heart of Michael Linenberger’s book Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook (2011, 2008, 2006).
4. Take Back Your Life (Sally McGhee) Unrelenting e-mail. Conflicting commitments. Endless interruptions. In Take Back Your Life!, productivity expert Sally McGhee shows you how to take control and reclaim something you thought you’d lost forever — your work-life balance. Now you can benefit from Sally’s popular and highly regarded corporate education programs, learning simple but powerful techniques for rebalancing your personal and professional commitments using the productivity features in Microsoft Outlook.Learn the proven methods that will empower you to:Clear away distractions and loose ends and focus on what’s really important to you and your business.Take charge of your productivity using techniques and processes designed by McGhee Productivity Solutions and implemented in numerous Fortune 500 companies.Customize and exploit the productivity features in Microsoft Outlook to help you create balance at home and on the job.When you change your approach, you can change your results. So learn what thousands of Sally’s clients worldwide have discovered about taking control of their everyday productivity — and start transforming your own life today!
5. Total, Relaxed Organization (Priacta Inc) Life-Changing Time Management TrainingTotal, Relaxed Organization is a powerful workflow and time management system. It fuses the best concepts from David Allen’sGetting Things Done, Covey’s Seven Habits and other respected methods into a balanced, flexible, and easier-to-live approach.Stop Stress, Get an Extra 600 Hours/YearTRO really works! 21 days later, the typical TRO trainee reports60% less stress from all sources combined and an extra 1.6 hours per day of productive time. (That’s nearly 600 hours per year! What would you do with an extra 600 hours? Live stats.)Beyond Feel-Good Books and SeminarsTRO coaching and training is a refreshing change. We don’t just teach you about time management,we lead you through the process step-by-step, with no guesswork. You learn by doing as you get actual work done, in your workspace, using your favorite tools. Then we hold you accountable to your new system until it’s second-nature.Instant Relief, Long-Term HabitsWithin an hour, you feel hope and relief. Within a day you feel power as you gain order and control. In 21 working days you have comfortable new habits. You relax. You do more. Stress plummets. Creativity soars. Procrastination stops. Your office stays clean. You find anything in an instant. You feel better about your entire life. Guaranteed.
6. Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.[1] The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are known as “pomodori”, from the Italian word pomodoro for “tomato”.[2] The method is based on the idea that frequent breaks can improve mental agility. There are five basic steps to implementing the technique:Decide on the task to be doneSet the pomodoro timer to n minutes (traditionally 25)[1]Work on the task until the timer rings; record with an xTake a short break (3–5 minutes)Every four “pomodori” take a longer break (15–30 minutes).
7. Wunderlist y Asana two online applications that are accessible from mobile devices with a productivity methodology aimed at individual professionals (wunderlist) and organizations (asana). Both feature group collaboration, if personal use is desired, Wunderlist is best suited.
8. Don´t Brake The Chain (Jerry Seinfeld)
9. Kanban
10. Zen Habits (Leo Babauta) an indispensable tool.
To be productive and creative you can also paint your wall and turn it into a dryerase massive board. There are many paint brands in the market that offer this solution, it will make your walls a place to organize ideas, express, communicate, plan and sketch.
