My Ultimate Guide To Productivity

Do I have one? Maybe. I never thought of writing it down, but good opportunity came along with Ben Yoskovitz meme on productivity secrets. And since I have been tagged by Deborah Petersen, after she wrote a Guide to Productivity for Adult ADD Sufferers, I will start off my guide by writing about things I do to manage my own ADD moments.

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  1. Taking time off helps me to put under control ADD moments. I am not sure I even believe in ADD as diagnosis (but this is completely separate issue). Nevertheless I think we all have gone through a kind of ADD moments in our life, which in my opinion are the most counter-productive. Looking for your glasses for an hour just to look in the mirror and realize you are wearing them, or trying to find that pencil you used to write down few thoughts just to find out an hour later you have stacked it behind your ear. I find out that taking time off helps me greatly to cope with these moments.
  2. Finding Positive Aspects In Your Own Failure. This is one of the hardest things for me personally. Failing at one particular thing does not necessarily mean you have failed in general. Did you know that Babe Ruth in his career struck out 1,360 times? Yet he is remembered for hitting 714 home runs. If he said to himself after striking out for 500th time “this sport is not for me” America would never had the greatest baseball player who’s record would hold for nearly 39 years. Don’t let a failure overwhelm you. Don’t give up! Success without failure isn’t really a success.
  3. Prioritize Prioritize Prioritize. Waking up in the morning is the best time for me to set up some priorities on variety of things. Unfortunately it is to late to do so after I open my mail box or Google Feedreader.
  4. Live And Love Like There Is No Tomorrow. Thinking of my own mortality albeit at 32, helps greatly in step #3. The truth is there is one thing that no one has ever managed or ever will manage to escape- death. One day all that will be left is of memory of me. How will people remember me? There is nothing in the world I would love to achieve more than being remembered by those who will survive me as some one who lived his life to the fullest, who loved his family and friends to the point of being ready to give his own life for them.

So this is my ultimate guide to productivity. What about you? I really am supposed to tag other people for this meme, but from participating in memes in the past I always find that people whom I tag have been tagged already. So if this post have inspired you in some way consider yourself tagged. Just let me know so I can place a link to you your post.

Since writing this post there were 77 bloggers taking part in this meme. I believe this should be compiled into a book (after some one corrects my grammar). Anyway, every single post is worth reading :

  1. Productivity Tip by Jenn Givler
  2. Productivity Tip – Just Start by Andrew Garrett
  3. My Key To Productivity by Matt McDonald
  4. How Productive Are You? by Tish
  5. Time management for graphic designers by Rob Cubbon
  6. Productivity Tips 2.0 by Stephen
  7. My Most Powerful Productivity Tip by Ellesse
  8. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Ian McKenzie
  9. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by GTD Wannabe
  10. The ultimate productivity tip by Matthew Cornell
  11. My single best tip for productivity by Brett Kelly
  12. My Key to Productivity by Andrew Barbaccia
  13. Blog Even More Efficiently by Scott Hartshorn
  14. The Greatest Productivity Tip in the World by Gary Vaughan
  15. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project by Joy Slaughter
  16. Single Best Productivity Tip by Leo
  17. Join the Ultimate Guide to Productivity by JC
  18. My top productivity tip by Steven Aitchinson
  19. Phil Gerbyshak
  20. Virtual Assistants and Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Key Business Partners
  21. Ultimate Guide to Productivity (My First Meme) by Geoff R.
  22. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – What’s your secret? by Mary Ann Copson
  23. Continuously Increase Productivity by Embracing the Optimization Mentality by John Wesley
  24. Increase Productivity by Conquering Procrastination by Gia Combs-Ramirez
  25. Ultimate Tip To Reach GTD Nirvana by Andrew Flusche
  26. Productivity Secrets Project by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
  27. Maximizing Productivity by Ah Pek
  28. Thoughts on Productivity by Rowan Manahan
  29. Being more Productive with your Marketing Efforts by Chris Brown
  30. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Don The Idea Guy
  31. 5 Productivity Tips That Help by Brett Evans
  32. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Sue Olson
  33. Productivity Tip for Students (From the Other Side of the Fence) by ispf
  34. There’s only one secret to increased productivity by Colleen Wainwright
  35. 8 Productivity Tips to Take Control of Your Life by Krista
  36. Choices Are Made Long Before You Decide – Productivity Tips by Jonathan
  37. Secrets to Productivity by Randa Clay
  38. Up Your Productivity and Profits too! by Andrew Wee
  39. Meme Tagged, Meme Slayer…I Give In by Wayne Porter
  40. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Janet Barclay
  41. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Lorraine Pirihi
  42. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Kathie Thomas
  43. 14 Tips to Get More Done in Less Time by engtech
  44. Work-Life Balance and Productivity by David Bohl
  45. My Contribution to the Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Harrison
  46. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Wendy Piersall
  47. How Productivity Comes From Clarity by Adam Kayce
  48. How To Stay Focused For Greater Productivity by Dawud Miracle
  49. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – Wanna Share One Big Secret? by Ponn Sabra
  50. My Productivity Secret – The Joy of Flow State by Chris Garrett
  51. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – MomGadget Style by Gayla McCord
  52. If you don’t have passion and purpose, greater productivity won’t help you! by Alister Cameron
  53. Building a Home Business One Weekend At a Time by Tony Clark
  54. Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project by Jennifer Louden
  55. Be Aware, Make Choices by Alex Fayle
  56. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Digging into the Blogpond
  57. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity meme by Doris
  58. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by KM
  59. Ultimate Guide to Productivity for Adult ADD Sufferers by Deborah Petersen
  60. How to become a Productivity Super Hero who Rights Wrongs, Saves the Environment, and Rescues Cats from Trees by Aaron Potts
  61. Zugunruhe Ultimate Guide to Productivity: Time Budgets by Tara Robinson
  62. Are Your Secrets For Personal Productivity by Lisa Mills
  63. Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals by Andy Beard
  64. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity – what’s your secret? by The Kiss Business
  65. Secrets to Personal Productivity by The Practical Chick
  66. The Ultimate Guide to Productivity — What’s Your Secret? by Derrick Sorles
  67. Instigator Blog: Productivity Tips by Mitch Owen
  68. The Childlike Secret to Productivity by Kim & Jason
  69. Just Do Something, Already by Lorna
  70. Productivity Secrets by Angela Smith
  71. Maintaining Productivity In The Midst Of Interruptions by Lexi Sundell
  72. The Key to Dunking Your Doubts and Unclogging Your Optimism by Adam Kayce
  73. A Nice Collection of Productivity Ideas by Dan Markovitz
  74. My Ultimate Guide To Productivity by Vlad
  75. A stupidly simple way to have a productive day by Jonny
  76. My Secret to Productivity is Not Really a Secret by Char Polanosky

23 thoughts on “My Ultimate Guide To Productivity”

  1. Well said Vlad.

    Many successful enterpreneurs have a history of failures for which they've learned from.

    Failures help us to learn and grow, so they aren't actually failures when we have learned from the experience.

  2. Well said Vlad.

    Many successful enterpreneurs have a history of failures for which they’ve learned from.

    Failures help us to learn and grow, so they aren’t actually failures when we have learned from the experience.

  3. Thanks Deborah.

    I think with that comes along the fact that we might over criticize our own and other peoples failure, and some time grossly overlook their/our achievements.

  4. Thanks Deborah.

    I think with that comes along the fact that we might over criticize our own and other peoples failure, and some time grossly overlook their/our achievements.

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  7. Number 3 definitely resonates with me. It is quite fascinating exactly how much a simple prioritized list can boost productivity. Although I like to do mine in the evening before bed.

    And yet it is so tempting to wake up and just get a quick forum/blog/email fix 🙂 Ah the struggle against innate laziness…

    Caroline

  8. Number 3 definitely resonates with me. It is quite fascinating exactly how much a simple prioritized list can boost productivity. Although I like to do mine in the evening before bed.

    And yet it is so tempting to wake up and just get a quick forum/blog/email fix 🙂 Ah the struggle against innate laziness…

    Caroline

  9. Hi Vlad,

    Greetings from Istanbul, a city where east meets west. Having said that, i hate generalizing but people in the eastern part of the world mostly live a more spiritual life than the western. A few years ago i read a book called “to be or to have” written by Erich Fromm, a German psychologist. I support “to be” side, and i feel that when you have so many things in your life, it means you have so many things to lose. If you have a minimalist mindset and then prioritize your life i am sure this will give you better satisfaction.

    I am at 32, too. And i believe that one day scientists and doctors will find a solution to death 🙂

    Have a nice day and please don't forget to link to my blog.
    Mert

  10. Hi Vlad,

    Greetings from Istanbul, a city where east meets west. Having said that, i hate generalizing but people in the eastern part of the world mostly live a more spiritual life than the western. A few years ago i read a book called “to be or to have” written by Erich Fromm, a German psychologist. I support “to be” side, and i feel that when you have so many things in your life, it means you have so many things to lose. If you have a minimalist mindset and then prioritize your life i am sure this will give you better satisfaction.

    I am at 32, too. And i believe that one day scientists and doctors will find a solution to death 🙂

    Have a nice day and please don’t forget to link to my blog.
    Mert

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