This is not an official summary of the book, rather my interpretation of the book in Productivity by Chris Bailey

1. Productivity
Chris Bailey

2. Cliché
Do More
Get Busy
Do Efficiently
Accomplish More sustainably
PRODUCTIVITY

3. Productivity is maximizing utilization
1. Time
2. Energy
3. Attention
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Energy
1. Measure your Energy ( subjectively)
level in each hour
2. Identify BPT – Biological Prime Time
where you have maximum energy
and attention naturally
3. Maintain a simple time log : what
you did each hour
Do this once for a week and do
this every 3 months

5. Get a purpose of why you want to be
productive

6. 1. You will have many tasks – ad hoc, planned, projects
etc .
2. They do not vanish if you read this presentation
3. For now , pick up 5 tasks and see if all have same
impact if you do them now .
4. They won’t

7. Pick 3 high impact tasks for the day, week
Try scheduling them when you have max
energy
Caution : Start with 3 but don’t end with them unless you want to get fired.

8. Bigthink.com
Start doing them – simple .Right ?
NO
Here comes Mr.Procastination

9. High Impact tasks are sometimes
1. Boring
2. Frustrating
3. Unstructured, ambiguous
4. Difficult
5. Sometimes lack purpose
So , we choose the inevitable – Procastinate doing the High Impactful Tasks

10. Flip the tasks to make them opposite of
reasons for procrastination – make it low
barrier to entry.
( Don’t worry , you will understand it in the next slides)

11. • Filing Income Tax – Boring
Have your auditors do it . ( Delegate)
Pair with your friend ( Shrink)
• Exercise – Difficult
Choose to do only 5 minutes for 3 times a day . Start with this ( Low Barrier)
Ask your friend to pick you up for the gym ( Social Support)
• Feedback to Team – Difficult, Ambiguous
Get Feedback for yourself first ( opens your mind )
Have it in the Cafeteria or even in a coffee shop ( Makes it interesting )
Split into 3 sessions with themes – lessens cognitive pressure
• Write Blogs – Frustrating
Write it in paper, take picture .( change in context)
Write 3 lines a day ( splits tasks )

12. A refresher
• Write down your future self – how he/she would be , as a projection
of current habits .
• Could be scary . Repeat it as and when you become productive

13. Address the big Elephant – Time Spent in
Internet
It kills all productivity measures . It has low
barrier, keeps you engaged with no purpose .
Disconnect from it frequently.
( have you tried setting a 30 letter password for
facebook and remove ‘remember Password’)
ATTENTION PLEASE

14. “HumanMindIsForThinkingAndNotStoringTasks& Ideas”
Unattended tasks clogs your mind, giving a feeling of not
achieving things and depresses you!
Take a cup of coffee, write down all tasks you have in mind. Well,
all of them !
Do that always !!
MANAGE ATTENTION

15.  Process the tasks
• Can I do it now ? If yes , do it .
• Is it actionable ? No – remove it .
• What is the next step ?
 Organize into Buckets
• Can be Delegated ( with less tracking)
• Can wait
• Schedule it
• Break into small steps
Review them often
MANAGE ATTENTION
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16. 20 second rule – Keep your
distraction at least 20 seconds
away. Create that difficulty.
DISTRACTION

17. Habits ( CUE->ACTION->REWARD)
• You open Facebook(Action) when you open the chrome in the
morning (Cue) and you are happy( Reward) seeing some notifications.
• Certain Habits have decreasing trend of rewards and you need to do
more to get the award. Frustration. Keep seeing Facebook more to
get the same happiness. Not sustainable.
• You do slow breathing (Action) when there is a traffic signal(Cue) and
feel more relaxed ( reward)

18. Multi Task
• Don’t Multi task – straight .
• Multi task keeps you happy , busy, but less accomplished
• At least , choose less cognitive tasks as candidate for Multi-tasking
• Single task – gives good fulfillment and firepower to accomplish

19. Observe Breath for 10
minutes a day. Slows down
response to impulses
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20. FOOD
• Eat less Processed foods – they release energy soon and we crash after
that.
• Eat 3/4th of your capacity, more energy to Brain than to Digestive system
• More water – 24% better metabolism, can think better
• Coffee – borrows energy from later in the day ( Adenosine
receptor).Choose the timing.
• Coffee – U need to drink more to get that same high.

21. LAST TWO – floor under you
•Exercise
•Sleep
• Create Night time ritual before sleep
• Avoid devices 30 minutes before sleep

22. Helpers
•Large number of small sacrifices required to be
productive over time
•Keep the changes small to start with

23. Final Words
• Take Breaks – even from Productivity !
• Happiness Drives Productivity
• Recount things you are grateful – Often !
• Scan for positives
• Social Support
• Divide and Conquer
• Create Happiness and Accomplishments journal

24. Buy the book here
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