“It has revolutionised the way I approach work. I am now so much more productive when I write”: this is what one of my clients said this week when I invited her to a Q&A session for my online course, for her to share the breakthroughs and accomplishments she had during our work together.
And in saying this she referred to the “Work smarter not harder” step of the 7-step Productivity Code system that I teach.
In this video, I share with you what this step is all about and how you too can learn to work smarter not harder. Watch this video and revolutionise how you work!
Now I want you to think of a situation in which you were being busy just to demonstrate your dedication or show that you are doing something but your actions were not directed at getting any results. Share with us an example in the comments below. Now think how you can turn it around and really focus on the actions that will move you closer to the result?
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In the comment below the Ellen Degeneres’ funny video (that you shared earlier): “One of the worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.” The way I made myself busy doing no/low impact on my PhD thesis include: 1) commuting to campus (return trip takes 3 hours!) when I could have just popped to a nearby Starbucks or library to work. I thought I’d read & write in the train but often I didn’t; 2) I read every single article from head to toe very slowly, and made time to type very tidy notes about each one in my Zotero (Bibliography tool), as such it took me usually over a week to work on one paper. I should prioritize my reading, think what’s relevant before reading, and put rough points and quotes directly on my thesis draft.
Hi Yvonne! Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your insights!! This is awesome! Now that you have the awareness, you can make changes too. You can just give yourself 1-2 hours per articles, read them quicker and focus on producing revelvant notes that can go directly into the thesis. You can do it!!!