Book Review — Productivity of Less
Sharing my personal notes after reading this book with the public. I feel the author has given quite a few practical tips to get your work done.
Also, feel like reading this book will take longer and in turn, will be boring or productivity killer — Think no more its just 40~ pages long book maybe you can read it in one go, or if you’re a slow reader and note-taker like me you can take a week max (obviously you can read my extract version too 😉)
Straight out of my notion & google keep notes
- Create a productivity map in excel
Track every hour, rate between 0 to 10
you’ll find some pattern at what hour you feel most energetic and you can get your work done the most.
2. Don’t multi-task, finish one task with focus!
3. Keep work hour short
work leads to burn out, overwork leads to burn out faster
4. Create a to-do list to work on in the morning
Start with your work in the morning to avoid distraction. Make a to-do list of what you want to achieve today. keep it realistic that you can achieve without overworking (check out point 3)
5. Use the Pomodoro technique to save time and reduce procrastination
This does work! try it out once. after said hour of work, you can take the rest you deserve to walk and stay mindful, and drink water!!
Jal hi Jeevan he
6. Save time by mastering tools
Things you do regularly do it efficiently
- Email template
- Editor
doesn’t matter sublime or vscode or VIM, learn your editor shortcuts because you use them regularly
- Automation
7. Don’t take too much work
obviously, because it leads to ??
8. Know when to get help
Timebound your work if it takes time, take help don’t shy out people are willing to help and it can expedite your work
• Eliminate work if not needed
• Track your day’s time. In a week you’ll realize where automation is needed
• delegation
9. Distraction is the biggest enemy
Attention is the most precious asset after Time
Write everything down in a paper to offload stuff from the mind.
• Set a timer for say 5 mins to remind yourself to get back to work
I have tried this couple of times now, and I can say this definitely is a neat trick
• remind that you’ll have a break, this gives us more power to work on the problem at hand since we know the end till when to work
• keep moving (literally)
walk a lot!
10. health
• Eat
• drink
• exercise
• meditate
• build relationships — have social interaction
• enrich your mind — watch motivational videos and feed your mind
• control stress
• sleep enough
11. Have fun — make hobies, do it time to time
My Good Reads reading list where I update my status of the books I read.
I’ll try to blog out few books into an extracted version like the current one.
If you’re still reading, let's connect I am available on the internet by username itsjwala
