On the next section, we’ll look at productivity beyond its usual definition and see how some of the most productive and successful people take control of it.
To truly understand what makes us tick and what doesn’t. To know and be aware of the stuff that can help us trigger that productive mode. It’s the “sense of motivation and buoyancy (buoyancy being defined as an optimistic, cheerful disposition)” that was mentioned earlier.Īs humans, that’s where our focus on the topic of productivity should be. And while it’s not exactly productivity per se, it’s one critical element for achieving a productive state. Some people might recognize this state as “Flow” (made popular by the book of the same name by Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi). The feeling afterward? Absolute satisfaction. We felt that surge of energy and motivation and it sustained us to plow through all tasks. We’ve all had days when we were a “machine” in terms of output. These 4 factors (mental energy, motivation, alertness, buoyancy) play an important role in achieving peak productivity. “Productivity hinges on mental energy, a sense of motivation, alertness, and buoyancy.” Psychology Today has this to say about productivity:
In concept, productivity really is that simple. If Robert was able to finish two reports in an hour while John only completed one, we can say that Robert was more productive (assuming all other factors were equal). In other words, it’s a way of measuring efficiency and effectiveness in terms of how much output (results) you got from your input (work). In this article, we’ll take a deeper look at what productivity really is all about and what we can do to achieve peak performance as regularly as possible. In the last few years, I’ve come across several interesting studies on the subject. On most days this is fine and all, though I genuinely wished to improve to squeeze out “more productivity” from each minute. No matter how much I try, I can’t recreate that same level of intensity and focus I produce during my peak hours. A couple of ones stuck but I generally slipped back to old habits. I tried numerous tips and techniques over the years. To be as productive as I can possibly be. I’ll be honest, I really wanted to get the most out of my days. Was it really because they were more “ masipag” than me? More disciplined? Were they really impervious to good old, “ siesta time”? I wondered why some colleagues don’t seem to experience the same kind of struggle. Sometimes, I felt guilty not being able to sustain my productivity at work. Productivity will only start to pick up again around the last two hours of my shift depending on the amount of work I had to finish. More often than I’d like to admit, I’m pretty much on doze mode around this time.