How to Measure And 10X Your Productivity

Originally published and authored by earlytorise.com — Photo by Matt Ragland on Unsplash

Today let’s do something very simple that could make a big difference in the time it takes you to accomplish your goals – and in the satisfaction you experience working towards them.

First, Review Three Weeks’ Worth of Daily Task Lists

I am making the assumption that you are using some sort of daily task list, as I urged you to do in message 103. (If not, do only this today – read the message below entitled “So You Didn't’t Do It?”)

Take out and review your daily task lists for the last three weeks. Calculate how many tasks on average per day you failed to complete. Take special note of how many highlighted (priority) tasks you missed. And then figure how often you took longer than expected to complete a task.

Problem One: Not Getting Everything Done

If (on average) you are leaving more than two tasks a day uncompleted, you need to do one of three things:

1. Decide to work more hours and be happy with that.

2. Learn how to do regular tasks more efficiently.

3. Do fewer things.

If you are having this problem, you will probably favor solution #2. And that is fine. (In future messages I will talk about how to read more efficiently, how to write…