3 Things I Stopped Doing to 10x My Productivity

Learn about some basic things you should stop to become more productive.
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In this video, I show you some basic things that you need to stop doing to become more productive. It's not about some crazy tips and tricks but about simple strategies that everyone can implement in their daily routine and that will easily increase your productivity.

[@PatrickBijvoet]

I am so glad that you included 'Personal Well-being" as it is so often forgotten which can lead to Burnout. That is why you should as you tell seperate work and private. I even have a seperate Phonenumber, because My students sometimes try to reach me and collegues in private and sometimes nighttime. Meetings are the curse of the (Dutch) Educational system by the way. That is usefull what you say to question your presence in a meeting. The unplug I already do, as I told before. This was a very useful video again. Thank you Lea!

[@LeaDavid]

Thanks so much, Patrick! I can feel you and find it great that you have separate phone numbers. My teacher friends here have similar experiences as you, so it's even more important to try and separate your professional and personal life at least as much as possible 👍 All the best, Lea

[@scguy681]

I love your channel . Inquiry - as you question the additional to do items, the hard part is the politics hidden behind very action in the workplace. Any tips on who how to not appear resistant to being a team player. very often questioning added to dos does not sit well with the assigner..

[@poconino]

Definitely very helpful and very useful advices! Thank you so much Lea for this great videos you are sharing with us!! Glad that I've came across your channel 🙃 One more time many thanks I'll try to do my best in learning from you and I am really looking forward to applicate your great tips in organizing my time and life 😌 🙌🏻

[@LeaDavid]

Thanks for your kind words and feedback 😀 glad you liked my videos and can learn something new 👍

[@Matt-rw9py]

I work in finance and the total number of hours I spend on my job per week is 2 whole days. The other 3 days is spent on jokes and talks with colleagues, coffee, books and news. Is there any way I could be more productive? Maybe I should start my own YT channel? Thanks Lea, great job as ever! I’m your biggest fan. Looking forward to more ☺️

[@LeaDavid]

Thank you so much, Matt! And thanks for being so honest.. ;) Well, just try and follow at least some (and over time more and more) of my tips and you will become more productive :) Best of luck, Lea

[@Matt-rw9py]

@@LeaDavid Thank you Lea and you're very welcome! It's an enormous pleasure that I can support your work and your channel ☺ Yes, I will try to follow your productivity tips and tricks as much as possible and I will definitely be staying here for long, long time to learn from you and to support your project 😊 Thanks!

[@madwilliamflint]

Ooh, looking forward to this.

[@LeaDavid]

That's great 😊

[@darkstar_448]

Another great video! I had to chuckle most of the way through this and could only think, yep I'm doing (or more likely attempting) a good portion of that already. Never liked emails becoming instant messaging and when you consider it was intended to replace snail mail, it makes sense to just leave them for when you are ready to read/action. Not sure if you've noticed in your field, but I'm starting to see a trend of extra meetings being requested during 'unplugging', especially during busy periods where you wan to to focus and get a task out of the way. Basically feels like because the email/call wasn't responded to instantly, we need to schedule an urgent 30 min meeting to cover it. I'm sure at least 5-10 mins of that meeting will be ensuring everyone has joined, microphones are clear, cameras working and greetings/general chit-chat...time well spent. Certainly a balancing act isn't it!

[@LeaDavid]

Thank you so much, and thanks for sharing your view. I have noticed some "artificial sense of urgency" since remote working has become more popular over the last couple of years. Indeed, maybe because people are now more and more used to get instant replys via Teams or Slack but if that's not the case, they panic... hope this will get better again. All the best, Lea

[@syedjafarullah6986]

good

[@LeaDavid]

Thanks, Syed!

[@RakeshHingorani]

Superb Video

[@LeaDavid]

Thank you so much, Rakesh 😀

[@kath6585]

As if you can say no and not go to meetings you were invited

[@LeaDavid]

Sure, you can at least question why you should be there!