17 habits that’ll make you 2x more productive than 95% of people:

1) Write down your thoughts.

Our brains are great for coming up with ideas, not storing them.

Free mental capacity by capturing what’s on your mind.

2) Review your thoughts.

Your brain won’t let go of thoughts unless it can trust your system.

Have daily and weekly review sessions.

3) Connect with your Why.

Make the link between your tasks and your bigger mission.

This will drown your urge to procrastinate.

4) Build in non-thinking time.

Being always switched on and busy destroys your creativity.

Give your mind time to relax.

5) Follow the 2-min rule.

If a to-do item takes less than 2min to get done, do it right away.

This will prevent your to-do lists from growing too big.

6) Micro-tasks.

When a task is too big, you won’t know how to start.

Break out the smallest next step. Do that.

7) Identify your One Thing.

We end days feeling deflated, nothing meaningful was achieved.

Always plan in one thing that makes each day a win.

8) Time-blocking.

Your calendar is filled with meetings. But not your deep work.

Block out time for your most important tasks.

9) Use Do-dates instead of Due-dates.

Finishing a task when the deadline is close, causes stress.

Instead finish it before, at a time you choose.

10) Build in time to work on your system.

Your life is always evolving, more tasks, more responsibilities.

Ensure your system evolves with you.

11) Notifications off.

No matter which device, notifications are a productivity killer.

Get rid of them.

12) Connect your actions to a bigger reason.

Motivation can lack at times. Procrastination will seep in.

Connect your actions to something bigger than you.

13) Reward yourself.

Establish a positive link in your brain with finishing off tasks on your to-do list.

You will start enjoying attacking your to-dos.

14) Set deadlines.

Some tasks can be done whenever. But you will keep putting them off.

Set a deadline to get them done.

15) Build in accountability.

Setting deadlines is great, but are you going to stick to them?

Tell people what you’re doing and when by.

16) Build discipline.

Motivation might get you going. But it won’t last.

Only discipline will see it through.

17) Know your chronotype.

Your body and brain reach peak performance at a certain time in the day.

Plan your big tasks for then.

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