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Productivity Hacks

Practical Tools to Get More from Your Day

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Productivity blockers can make it hard to consistently give your best at work. The 30 Productivity Hacks in this book are practical tools to boost your productivity and overcome the challenges.
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Modern workplaces combine pressure to perform with increasing blockers to productivity. Emails and other notifications, changing locations and patterns of work, and natural human tendencies can make it tough to focus on what’s important.

Productivity Hacks can help you boost your productivity and overcome the challenges that get in your way. Designed to be practical, and adaptable to a wide range of work situations, the 30 proven hacks in this book will give you the tools you need to get started straightaway in switching away from unproductive behaviours towards productive ones.

About the Author

Terry Pearce is a learning and development professional with 20 years of experience in facilitating, designing and managing learning.

He works with clients to improve management, leadership, effectiveness and productivity, and has got results for employees from around the world and from warehouse to C-suite. He’s won multiple awards for programme design, has been published in Training Zone magazine and Ludogogy magazine, and has spoken at a range of international conferences.

In his spare time he creates games and stories, and has an insatiable appetite for games and stories created by others.

  • About the author
  • Introduction
  1. A Productive Mindset
    1. Mindset as a Multiplier
    2. Finding a Mindset
    3. Chapter Summary: A Productive Mindset
  2. Prioritising Your Workload
    1. The Art of Triage
    2. The Right Strategy for Each Task
    3. Chapter Summary: Prioritising Your Workload
  3. Dealing with Distractions
    1. Seeing Distractions as Time Thieves
    2. Chapter Summary: Dealing with Distractions
  4. Staying Focused
    1. Procrastination and our Brains
    2. Use Emotional Energy in a Positive Way
    3. Make it Harder for Emotion to Cause Problems
    4. Boost Your Rational Brain to Put it in Charge
    5. Chapter Summary: Staying Focused
  5. Managing Expectations
    1. Assertiveness: Finding a Balance
    2. Pushing Back Respectfully
    3. Chapter Summary: Managing Expectations
  6. A Box of Tricks
    1. Technology and Productivity
    2. Artificial Intelligence
    3. Chapter Summary: A Box of Tricks
  7. Conclusion
    1. Start Now
    2. Thirty Hacks
  • Table of figures
  • References/End Notes

Identify and apply a mindset that increases your productivity. Determine the importance and urgency of tasks to better prioritize your work. Use effective techniques to minimize distractions and maintain focus on high priority work.

About the Author
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Terry Pearce