Everyday Productivity E-Book

Peter Mulraney

• Herausgeber: Peter Mulraney
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

A productivity improvement workshop in a book for increasing personal productivity.
You’ve tried the productivity apps. Now you’re looking for ways to work smarter that actually make a difference to your productivity.
Here’s some guidance from someone who’s been there before you.
In this easy to read book, author Peter Mulraney, with 40 productive years in education, banking and government behind him, shares his insights for working smarter with you.
Inside, you’ll learn about the ‘three secret productivity ingredients’ and be guided through an examination of eight areas that influence your productivity: lifestyle, attitude, work environment, habits, tools, skills, knowledge and community.
After working through the guided exercises devoted to each of those eight areas, you’ll have a set of action plans for improving your productivity, and the opportunity to put those plans into practice and make a difference.
 

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Everyday Productivity

Peter Mulraney

Copyright © 2017 Peter Mulraney

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

ISBN: 978-0-9945624-4-9

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Contents

Introduction

How to use this book

Overview

3 Secret Ingredients of Productivity

Lifestyle

Lifestyle Self-Audit

Lifestyle Action Plan

Attitude

Attitude Self-Audit

Attitude Action Plan

Work Environment

Work Environment Self-Audit

Work Environment Action Plan

Habits

Habits Self-Audit

Habits Action Plan

Tools

Tools Self-Audit

Tools Action Plan

Skills

Skills Self-Audit

Skills Action Plan

Knowledge

Knowledge Self-Audit

Knowledge Action Plan

Community

Community Self-Audit

Community Action Plan

Summary

Further Reading

A Note from Peter

Also By Peter Mulraney

Introduction

If you’re interested in productivity, you’re no doubt looking for ways to work smarter so that you’ll get more done. In fact, you’re probably looking for apps to help you get things done faster and with less effort. After all, you live in a digital world that promises streamlining and efficiency.

Surprisingly, or not so surprisingly for those of us who have been around for a while, there are steps you can take to work smarter that don’t involve apps at all. Some of the most effective ways of increasing your productivity are simple things like getting more sleep, drinking less booze, changing your diet and doing some exercise. They don’t cost much but they do require something that all productive people know about: self-discipline.

Self-discipline allows you to move from dreaming through planning to action and to persevere until you reach your goal. It’s a choice to act. It’s not restricted to champions. You choose to be self-disciplined – it doesn’t happen any other way.

I have nothing against productivity apps and use several myself but this is not a book about apps. This is a book about developing a productive mindset that you can apply to all areas of your life, not just during the hours you spend at work. In addition to self-discipline, a productive mindset requires self-awareness, that is, being aware of how your own behaviours and attitudes impact on your performance and the performance of others.

The strategy for developing a productive mindset offered in these pages involves an examination of eight areas that influence productivity, an analysis of your current position, and the construction of action plans to help you refocus your efforts and be more productive.

If you’re not interested in applying a little self-honesty to an examination of your current behaviours and attitudes or in making a commitment to yourself to become more productive, put this book back on the shelf - there are no magic tricks inside.

On the other hand, if you are ready to develop a more productive mindset and to apply it to everything you do, then turn the page and join me for a journey through your attitudes and behaviours that will set you on a path to doing more with your life.