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I developed this report as a result of a series of blog posts I wrote at http://wealthhealthself.com. My readers asked me to create a single report with the posts in it….. so here it is! It’s all about improving your personal productivity. If you take action as a result of reading this report, it may just transform your business, your health & your effectiveness.TRANSCRIPT
Improving
Productivity6 Secrets to Improve Personal Productivity that will Transform
your Business, your Health & your Effectiveness
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Background
I developed this report as a result of a series of blog posts I wrote at
http://wealthhealthself.com. My readers asked me to create a single
report with the posts in it….. so here it is! It’s all about improving your
personal productivity. If you take action as a result of reading this
report, it may just transform your business, your health & your
effectiveness.
Time management, personal productivity or whatever you want to call it
is never far from the forefront of the entrepreneurial mind. Why –
because we want to get more great work done in as shorter timeframe
as possible. That’s how entrepreneurial businesses create sustainable
and profitable growth. Your personal productivity is made all the more
difficult when we are constantly hit by those distractions around us…. I
don’t have to remind you what they are!
Here are the six posts in summary:
1. Part 1: Where Did Time Go?
2. Part 2: Your Daily Success Ritual.
3. Part 3: Spend Focused Time on the Important Projects.
4. Part 4: Eliminate Distractions.
5. Part 5: Dedicate Time for Reflection & Planning Every Day.
6. Part 6: Go Get Some Sleep.
I recommend that you read each of the 6 sections in detail. It may just
help you improve your efficiency. In fact, I guarantee it. If you don’t
agree, let me know – just email me at: [email protected].
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Improving Productivity Part 1:
Where Did Time Go?
So here’s Part 1….
Leading a life where you are constantly rushing around will lead to
health problems, burn out and poor relationships. It’s where I was not
too many years ago…
This is incredibly powerful. If you’re like I used to be (start each day with
creating new goals every morning for weight loss, project completion,
relationship building or whatever) then this article is for you.
“There’s just not enough time in the day”.
“I’m just too busy to do everything”
“I start the day with the right intentions, but always fall off the
wagon at the first hurdle”.
“If I could survive on less sleep then I could get more done in
24 hours”
I don’t know about you, but this is the kind of thing I was telling myself
EVERY – SINGLE – DAY. Everything was urgent. It needed to be
completed right now. Far removed from when I was a child when time
always appeared to be on my side. So much more seemed to be possible
in any single day.
May be it was….
Okay, as you get older commitments change (for most of us, there’s a
sharp increase in our obligations) – job, family, paperwork, etc. and
there appears to be less free time available to do those urgent things.
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For a moment though just step back in to when you were a child and
walk your way through a typical day. You’ll be amazed at what you
actually achieved. Here is mine…
• Up at 8:00am (reluctantly, of course!)
• School for 9:15am.
• 4x 70 minute lessons in the school day (that’s only 4 hours and
40 minutes work! leaving lots of social time & play time – great
for relationship building).
• Finish school at 3:30pm.
• Play soccer with local team.
• Dinner with the family (remember what that was like!)
• Television / play time with friends.
• Homework – yip, I always did it somehow.
• Bed for 10pm (reluctantly!).
Now look at a typical day when I was an employee…
• Up at 5:00am (very reluctantly, of course!)
• In the office for 6:00am (first in, last out mentality)
• Catch up on email and plan for the day until 7:00am (good
work, not great work).
• 7:00am – 6:00pm wall-to-wall meetings (errr, believe it or not,
yes… this was my daily life)
• 6:00pm catch up on email and actually do some work (good
work, not great work).
• Leave office at 7:00pm (typically without seeing daylight).
• Home for 7:30pm (not much quality time with the family).
• Read the children a story each (not much connection time).
• 8:00 – 11:00pm vegetate; too knackered to do anything else.
• Go to bed at 11:00pm or even later.
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So I spent probably 3 times longer every day doing work as an employee
than I did learning when I was at school. Quite horrifying fact!
But this is what got me….. when I actually analyzed it.
What I learned and did in those 4 hours and 40 minutes in school
lessons was far higher than my output during a typical 13 hour day at
the office.
It blew me away….. and then I started thinking about the importance of
improving productivity. How could I get from the day rather than just
get through the day (that’s another great Jim Rohn quote). My role in
the office was SURVIVAL – just make sure that I got through unscathed;
nothing about efficiency or productivity or delivering great work. There
simply wasn’t time. I was in bloody meetings all day!
One more thing I tell people when they reflect on their childhood and
how children think and act. It comes down to ONE word – SIMPLICITY.
As over-burdened stressed-out adults, we tend to over-complicate life.
It starts with the simplest decisions. We just can’t make them. Take it
one step further and think about the comfort layer we put around
ourselves every day. AND then think of your childhood.
Nothing was ever too much – whether it was a new activity, new
environment, new friends, you took everything in your stride. So why is
it as adults we become so bloody anal! Think about it. It’s just so true…
Here’s an exercise I ask you to complete before the next post. It won’t
take more than 10-20 minutes. And you’ll be amazed when you find out
where the day goes….
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Exercise:
1. Spend 10 minutes writing down a typical day when you were a
child at school. Think about it vividly. You will be amazed at how
much you can remember from your school days.
2. Spend 10 minutes writing down a typical work day right now.
3. Spend 10 minutes writing down a perfect day when you do
GREAT WORK away from the distractions around you at the
office.
Check out the next article in this series over the next few days….
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Improving Productivity Part 2:
Your Daily Success Ritual
I am sure you want to end your day as you started it?
….and that means productive!
I was always in a rush. I woke up, showered, dressed and got into the
office as quickly as I could. Not because I loved what I did. BUT because I
foolishly thought that the longer I spend in the office the more work I
actually did. Doing this occasionally is OK, but doing this every day is
NOT CONDUCIVE to a long lasting happy life….
• What happened to the healthy breakfast?
• What happened to the quality time with the family before they
went to school?
• What happened to the daily exercise you committed to before
hitting the office?
• What happened to your ‘self-time’ in the morning?
If you’re struggling to answer any of the above, then don’t despair! You
can change all that starting tomorrow… but only with a bit of strategic
planning.
Before we jump into developing a daily success ritual, let me explain
why I believe it to be so important to complete it FIRST THING in the
morning.
What you do in the morning sets the context for how your day will
develop. You will judge everything else that you do against the
‘framework’ you established in the morning. If you get the morning
right, you’re likely to have a more successful and productive day. If you
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get the morning WRONG, say for example, you skip breakfast, and then
you’re likely to start eating junk by mid-morning.
I am sure that you know exactly what I mean!
By having a great morning…. and then a great day, you start building
MOMENTUM. A great day will lead to a great week, and so on…. this
really works.
You’ll start feeling good about yourself very quickly. Your morning
success ritual will really help you become stronger.
So let’s get into some specifics about my morning success ritual. Use
this as a start point for developing your own or start with a clean piece
of paper.
My daily ritual includes:
• 15 minutes exercise.
• 15 minutes shower / dressed.
• 15 minutes learning something new (article, book, etc.).
• 15 minutes healthy energizing breakfast with the family.
I comply with this routine 80% of the time. If I don’t comply, usually as a
result of my travelling or I have a special engagement, then I am NOT AS
PRODUCTIVE. I go from being pro-active and having everything
planned, into a reactive mode…. this typically means getting less done.
You should target GREATER THAN 80% compliance. It’s never going to
be perfect. You’d be fool to punish yourself if you miss a morning. Just
make sure that you quickly get back on track… don’t let any bad habits
creep back into your lifestyle.
You should start off easy with one or two items. Once these have
become habitualized, start adding other elements to your ritual. If you
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start with a ritual that’s too complicated, you’ll fail. You’ll be back at
square one again in no time at all.
Also, make sure that you plan your morning ritual in detail. If you have
exercise planned in your ritual, you don’t want to be spending 20
minutes trying to find your exercise clothing; prepare accordingly.
Exercise:
1. Spend 30 minutes developing your morning success ritual. For
the first week include only 2-3 items. Don’t over-complicate
things!
2. Next, make sure that you DO your morning ritual every day for
the next 14 consecutive days. Get it habitualized!
Don’t take these exercises lightly. It doesn’t matter if you are the
founder of your own online business, or an employee in a large
corporate. Implement a daily success ritual into your morning routine…
starting tomorrow!
Once you’ve completed the above exercises, let me know how you got
on.
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Improving Productivity Part 3:
Spend Focused Time on the
Important Projects before Doing
Anything Else
This is a big one! I hope you get this. If you do, you will transform
the QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF GREAT WORK that you deliver.
Let me start by asking you a question…
What’s the first thing you do in the morning when you start your
day’s work?
No lies. No BS. Tell me the truth!
In fact, you don’t need to tell me the answer. I already know. You
open your email client and check your inbox. And after that….
you are more than likely to check a few News websites to see
what’s going on in the world, or check the latest on your
investment portfolio.
That’s not really a great way to start things off on a positive
footing…
I’m going to start with email. Now, don’t get me wrong, email
(when used in the appropriate way) is a great communication
tool. BUT it is so often (if not always) abused. I can summarize
email in one simple sentence….
“Email allows others to set your daily agenda”
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So it doesn’t matter how well you started the day or even planned
the day, all that changes if you run off doing ‘urgent’ assignments
as a result of reading your email. Forget it. Ignore it.
Instead, I’ve got a much better proposition for you. Listen to this…
“Spend the first two hours of the day focused 100% on
your most important project that supports your long
term goals”.
I don’t propose that you work 2 hours solid without a single break
period. Your mind can’t focus for that length of time. Here’s what
I do… I work for 55 minutes, then take a 10 minute break (take a
stroll, have some water, few push-ups…. whatever, just take a
break) and then go again for 55 minutes.
It doesn’t matter whether you are an employee or the founder of
an online start-up company. Do some great work. You’ll be
amazed at the results you’ll get if you do this EVERY – SINGLE –
DAY.
I can guarantee right now that you can easily get distracted. It’s
oh so easy to open up your web browser and email client every
few minutes or take that phone call from a friend or work
colleague. That’s just not conducive to improving productivity. If
you’re going to work, DO GREAT WORK!
Results won’t happen instantaneously, but your important
projects WILL get completed quicker. The quality of the work will
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be much better because you are focused wholly on the task at
hand without being side-tracked all the time. Research has shown
time and time again that if you are diverted (to quickly read an
email, for example) it takes you ANOTHER 20 minutes before you
are fully focused again. Wow!
By now you should have kicked off your daily morning success
ritual. I’ve now provided you with another great tool to improving
productivity – focus 100% on your most important project for the
first two hours of every work day.
Here’s a great excuse I often hear…
“The office environment doesn’t allow me to focus for two hours
on one task first hand. I have meetings to go to, etc.”
Simple answer here, get to work earlier. Get a head start on your
competition by starting the day one hour before everyone else.
Oh, and by the way, the first time I check my email… not before
12:00pm. And if you’re really worried about what people will
think if you don’t respond to their email first thing in the morning,
just let them know that you don’t do email in the morning If it’s
something really important there are more efficient ways of
tracking you down. Don’t give in!
Exercise:
1. Spend 15 minutes writing down your TOP 3 PROJECTS you
are currently working on that support YOUR long term
goals (I would hope that you already know these).
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2. Spend 15 minutes planning what you will achieve this
week, and over the next month, WHEN YOU FOCUS 100%
for two hours at the start of each work day on your most
important projects.
Go do it EVERY – SINGLE – DAY.
Don’t dismiss these simple productivity tools. If you’re planning
your escape from the RAT RACE, these tools will become crucial
for you to succeed.
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Improving Productivity Part 4:
Eliminate Distractions
So you’re probably asking yourself right now, what the hell has a
picture of Steve Jobs got anything to do with improving
productivity?
The simple answer is… EVERYTHING
Just think of everything that guy delivered in his short lifetime:
• Created Apple and popularized the home desktop
computer.
• Popularized graphical user interface, different text fonts,
and the mouse.
• Created NeXT and developed the operating system which
would ultimately power every single Apple Computer.
• CEO of Pixar that went on to create the Toy Story
franchise.
• Created the most beautiful Apple computers – have you
ever used the Macbook Air? It’s phenomenal.
• Brought to us the iPod… remember ’1000 songs in your
pocket’?
• Revolutionized the mobile phone industry with the iPhone.
• …AND finally introduced the iPad tablet.
… nothing short of incredible. A genius? Undoubtedly YES! But
there’s more to it than that.
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Do you think this guy was caught up with distractions as these
product innovations were evolving? His single-mindedness in his
approach and unwavering focus are legendary. He had a vision
for his products and he eliminated all distractions to achieve that
vision.
It is key for improving productivity.
You need to do the same if you are to succeed on your
entrepreneurial journey.
Unfortunately, the incredible technological advances over recent
years have led to an exponential growth in the number of
potential distractions that are put in front of us. They are all
seeking to grab our attention at any time and take us away from
completing our most important project.
When I was (much) younger I didn’t have to worry about email. It
didn’t exist. Neither did the internet for that matter. I just had the
television to deal with. Oh, if only life were that simple right now!
If only…
Dealing with the television is relatively easy. Just don’t switch it
on! Avoid the tendency to watch garbage soap opera programs
that provide as much intellectual value as a typical tabloid English
newspaper. I just quit watching television when I was setting up
my own business. Did I miss out on life? I don’t think so… and I
feel all the better for it. Even now, I only watch the odd game of
English soccer on the box once or twice a week.
OK, so that was the easy one.
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Perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome is having ‘the need’ to
always be connected… This is a difficult one that I only managed
to cure myself once I quit my job. In the corporate world I was
constantly worried about any emails, calls or messages that were
coming my way. As a result my ‘Crackberry’ never left my side.
First thing I did after I switched my alarm clock off in the morning
(I used my Blackberry as my alarm clock) was to check my
overnight emails!
What a great way to start the day!
So instead of spending quality time in the shower thinking about
how cool the day was going to be, I was worrying about the
consequences of what had just arrived in my inbox. TALK ABOUT
STRESS!
They were great days!?!?!?
But eliminating distractions can have positive benefits for
everyone, not just for the worried employee.
Here are the two areas I’m going to be focusing in this post:
• Eliminating distractions for 2 hours every day whilst you
are focusing on your most important project; and
• Creating a POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT around you that is
conducive to improving productivity.
100% Focus for 2 Hours Every Day
The number of opportunities for distraction is endless. The mind
is constantly looking for them. It’s your job to eliminate them. To
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do that you need to go through an admission phase (openly admit
what easily distracts you) and then assess how you can eliminate
them one-by-one. Here are some examples:
• Email.
• Surfing the internet.
• See what your buddies are doing on Facebook.
• Instant messaging.
• Telephone.
• Colleagues in the office.
The cutthroat way of dealing with the first four items is to work
offline on your computer (i.e. remove any network connection) or
don’t work on a computer at all. Trust me; this is difficult to do at
first. It’s like giving up any bad habit. It takes time and a lot of self-
control!
Okay so some of you may have to do some internet research as
part of your most important project. If you do, then you MUST
close down Outlook (or any other email client), Skype and any
other internet messaging service and other online distractions
such as Facebook. And once you’ve switched them off, keep them
switched off! No excuses. You have priority work to focus on.
You’re going to MISS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN LIFE DURING
THOSE 2 HOURS.
So what do you do about the telephone? Unplug it or switch it off.
Simple! Alternatively go to an area or room where there is not a
telephone to distract you. If you’re serious about improving
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productivity, then GET SERIOUS about eliminating these
distractions.
And finally… your work colleagues. If you don’t have your own
office, this can be troublesome. One way is to get into the office
earlier than anyone else (a trait of some of the most successful
entrepreneurs) and really dive into your project. Alternatively,
find a room or office where you have the agreement that you will
NOT be distracted. Be firm with people, including your boss.
Creating a Productive Environment around You
Productivity killers are all around you from the moment you wake
up to the moment you finally hit the sack. We’re all given 24
hours in a single day. Your ‘job’ is to make the most out of each
day and to be successful in that, you need to MANAGE YOURSELF
BETTER than you are doing today.
Have a think about some of these examples and how they are
impacting your productivity:
• How much television are you watching?
• Do you have friends and colleagues around you that are
supportive in your endeavors?
• Are you constantly living in a grey zone? (i.e. when you are
with the family you are thinking about the next steps on
your big project AND when you are focusing on your big
project you are feeling guilty about not spending quality
time with the family).
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• How much time do you spend each day surfing the
internet aimlessly.
• Do you spend quality time with friends and family?
• Do you protect 30 minutes every day for YOURSELF
(reflection and planning time)?
I could go on and on. It’s so important for you to assess your
environment at home and in the office to assess where
opportunities appear to eliminate distractions in your life. Once
you’ve done this, the opportunities in improving productivity AND
other aspects of your life are endless.
Exercise:
1. Identify all of the opportunities for distraction that can
hit you during your 2 hour major project time. Next, write
down next to each item, how you are going to eliminate
that distraction once and for all.
2. Identify all the areas in your life that create a disruptive
or destructive environment. Next, write down next to each
item, how you are going to eliminate these elements from
your life.
That was a much longer section than I was first anticipating, but
understanding, and then eliminating, distractions are key to
improving productivity.
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Improving Productivity Part 5:
Dedicate Time for Reflection &
Planning Every Day
Today is about personal reflection time, grading your daily
performance, & planning for the following day. It’s very powerful
stuff. Most ‘average’ think all this self-time is all a bit ‘woo-woo’.
Don’t listen to people like that, they only pull you down.
All I can tell you right now, before we get into the meat of this
article is that by using the techniques that I am going to show you
EVERY – SINGLE –DAY, you will be improving your daily
productivity. It’s guaranteed!
By the way, I hope you’re enjoying this special report on
Improving Productivity. My daily goal is to apply these tools and
techniques with 100% compliance, but typically achieve around
80%.
Trust me even at this level, you are 80% better than the everyone
else, so don’t punish yourself and seek perfection; that only leads
to a life of misery.
So here goes, no pre-amble, just great content…
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Daily Personal Reflection Time
You should dedicate 15 minutes every day to reflect… on today
[once a week you should spend a longer period of time reflecting
on the week and the month, but I’ll talk about that elsewhere on
this W H-S blog].
Here are the questions I ask myself and my thoughts on how you
should reflect on the day:
• Did you complete your daily success ritual? Are there any
areas you could improve?
• Did you complete the task of focusing 2 hours on your
most important project? Were there any distractions that
you could help improve your performance tomorrow?
• Out of your other daily priorities, which did you achieve
and which did you fail to achieve? If there were certain
tasks that you failed to deliver, UNDERSTAND WHY and
put the corrective actions in place for tomorrow.
• How do you feel? Do you feel energized and alert? Or do
you feel sluggish because you didn’t sleep well or you have
something bothering you or you have eaten garbage?
What can you learn from this to implement immediately
tomorrow?
• If today was a day for doing some exercise, did you do it
and did you do it well? Remember the principles for
getting active…
o Walk every day (15 minutes).
o Do some body resistance training 2-3 times per
week (15 minutes).
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o ‘Hit your max’ by sprinting once per week (15
minutes)
Grade Your Daily Performance
Reflecting on how you perform every day is excellent. But do be
successful, and I mean really successful, you need to grade your
performance. Measure yourself.
I’ve written about this in detail at Wealth – Health – Self… You can
find out more here: http://wealthhealthself.com/personal-
philosophy-performance/
To make improvements in your life and in others, you need to
perform at your best consistently. AND I KNOW NO BETTER WAY
to know how well I am performing than measuring and tracking
my performance. Here’s how I do it using the 10 Rules I Live By…
For each of the 10 personal rules, you should grade yourself as
follows:
2 = Delivered.
1 = Made the effort but didn’t quite get the end result.
0 = Failed miserably.
Your maximum score is 20. You need to target a score of 16 or
higher consistently to be performing well. Between 8 and 15, you
are still learning and improving. Anything less than 8 and you
don’t need me to tell you that some improvements in how you
live your life are required.
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Planning your Day Daily
So now you’ve reflected on your day and graded your
performance. Now it’s time to implement what you’ve learnt AND
integrate them with tomorrow’s priorities to ensure you have a
really effective day.
95% of people don’t plan their day AND as a result, their major
goal of the day becomes surviving the day rather than GETTING
FROM THE DAY.
You need to get from the day consistently to learn, to grow, and
become successful.
You want to be different right? Well just spend those quality 15
minutes at the END OF THE WORK DAY planning what you want to
achieve tomorrow. These could be your ‘top 5′ work tasks or ‘how
you’re going to live by your 10 personal rules’.
It’s up to you as to how you plan. Find out what works for you.
If you don’t do this, the inevitable will happen. Your day will
become reactive and I guarantee that the first thing you will do to
assess what you need to get done that day…
You’ll switch on your email… and we all know what happens next!
So in summary, at the end of each work day, commit to doing
each of the following to improve your productivity:
1. Daily personal reflection time.
2. Grade your daily performance.
3. Planning your day daily.
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Don’t forget, I’d love to think what you think of this report; send
me an email at: [email protected]
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Improving Productivity Part 6: Go
Get Some Sleep
This section is the final one of this ‘IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY’
series. I hope you’ve been following all the tools, techniques and
advice? If not, you’re clearly not serious about your life as an
entrepreneur and how you can make each day more productive.
Today I’m going to be talking about SLEEP, and why you seriously
need to get more of it. If you are anything like I used to be, you’re
probably thinking right now that that’s the last thing you want to
hear.
I used to try and train my body to get as little sleep as possible.
Could I get away with 5 hours or even less? The answer is ‘of
course’, but my bottom line productivity diminished at an
incredible rate. Rather than spending quality time focusing on the
priority projects, my mind was in a constant fuzzy state with a
tendency to be wishing about the next time I could hit the sack.
Not an ideal mental state for innovation or doing great work.
And that’s the point. If your job is transactional in nature
(basically doing repetitive tasks), stretching the mind is not
required. But that’s not you.
The conclusion to my ‘sleep experiments’ were pretty definitive.
The amount of great work completed the day after less than 6
hours sleep was on average a whopping ZERO. Not only was I
completely shattered, but I was short tempered, unsociable….
and after a while, felt pretty god-damned burnt out. I felt like
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crap, ate like crap and couldn’t really be bothered to do any
exercise.
Note: 40% of people in the USA get less than 5 hours sleep per
night!
Anything more than 6 hours (at least) stopped the yawning during
the day and allowed a better level of focus. But to do great work
– work that was going to make a difference – I needed a minimum
of 7 hours sleep….. but to operate at my best between 8 – 9 hours
was my optimum.
Now this took a bit of shift in my thinking & my lifestyle. But the
change in my productivity AND MY OVERALL HEALTH was
incredible. I can only recommend that you do the same.
I know that may be this isn’t what you want to hear, especially if
you’re trying to restrict your number of hours sleep. I’ve just
learned to live with it AND ENJOY IT. Sleeping is great and so is
doing great work. So it’s a bit of a win – win all around!
But there’s more to this than just my own experiences. Here’s the
science….
Just think of your ancestors – their life was governed by the daily
rising & the setting of the sun. That’s how we evolved and that’s
how our sleeping & eating patterns evolved congruent with
hormone secretions, brain wave patterns, & cellular repair &
regeneration. Remember this was all based on a 24‑hour cycle.
The introduction of artificial light interfered this, & as a result
disrupts some of the processes for which we are dependent to be
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healthy, happy, focused & PRODUCTIVE. Now I’m not suggesting
that you hit the sack as soon as the sun sets to be operating at
your optimum, especially since the level of activity we get vs. our
ancestors thousands of years ago, is significantly less.
AND it’s not just about the quantity of sleep. Perhaps more
important is the quality of sleep (uninterrupted and not
medication or alcohol induced). During sleep, the recovery of
muscles, organs and bodily systems are accelerated. This is driven
by the sleep hormone called melatonin which increases in its
production later in the day. As natural light increases in the
morning, melatonin production is suppressed and serotonin
production increases (your very own feel good hormone). The
result – you wake up feeling great and refreshed.
Some Ideas for you to get a Great Night’s Sleep
• Create the ideal sleeping environment: Avoid any level of
stimulation in the bedroom (apart from you know what…)
– this includes televisions, computers, etc.
• Go to bed and get up at consistent times: This will
optimize hormone flow and ensure you have great sleep
cycles. If you can, try and align your sleep time with
natural darkness.
• Start to relax before you hit the sack: Don’t watch the
news or do any kind of work. If you are going to read,
avoid anything heavy going and instead read a fictional
novel.
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• Eat & drink the right things: Avoid anything caffeine or
alcohol-related for 4-5 hours before bedtime. Don’t listen
to those that tell you that alcohol helps them sleep.
Instead, it severely disrupts the quality of sleep and you
wake up feeling knackered.
So that’s it….. you now have my complete set of tools to
improving productivity. Implement them starting today. They
won’t cost you a cent. I can guarantee that they WILL help you to
reach your goals quicker than you thought possible.
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