ERIC PAPP
2019 PRESENTER
APARTMENTALIZE
EDUCATION CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW 2019
The big three productivity killers
W
e live in a rapidly changing
world, and for most of us,
change is quickly happening
at work. Disruptive technology,
innovation, and increased transparency
are just some of the driving factors of
change.
We may have little control over the
future of our job or industry, but we still
have influence when it comes to getting
the right things done at the right times.
Here are the top three productivity
killers.
1. Poor Prioritizing And Planning
Placing unrealistic expectations on
oneself is the fastest way to becoming
burned out at work. We do this all the
time. We have a ‘to-do list’ where we put
anywhere from ten to fifteen items on it.
And we tell ourselves a lie.
“I can get it all done.” And we don’t.
Then we leave at the end of the day with
the unfinished items on our minds and no
sense of accomplishment or progress.
A state of constant busyness is
usually the result of lazy thinking — no
prioritization or planning.
2. Procrastination
When procrastination is an everyday
behavior, it usually are coming from a
place of fear. You may catch yourself
overanalyzing something or being scared
of making a decision.
“I believe that the chronic negative
emotions that so many people experience
in modern daily life stem from two
causes: one, from having a habitual
perfectionistic expectation of themselves
in daily situations; and, two, from
having a deeply ingrained habit of
procrastination in dealing with these
situations.” Dan Sullivan
The question to keep on a post-it
note, where you can see it throughout the
day is what I call ‘The Procrastination
Question’.
Are you inventing things to do to
avoid the important?
3. Personal Disorganization
Do you consistently ask yourself
questions about the placement of things?
How much time do you spend on
average looking for things?
Is your workspace organized in a
way that supports your productivity or
distracts you from it?
Marie Kondo is making organization
doable and popular. She is already onto
season two in her popular series on
Netflix. If organizing is not your skill, ask
for help. I hired a professional organizer
to come and help me organize my one-
room office, and it has had a significant
impact on my business. For me it solved
one of the big three productivity killers.
Solving these productivity problems
is not difficult but it does take work.
First you have to plan and prioritize and
stop procrastinating. And then organize
yourself and your space so that this better
systemized environment feeds back into
your doing more planning and prioritizing.
It is a virtuous circle with each positive
outcome feeding into and increasing the
beneficial effect of the next.
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