Learn how to "optimize your productivity" in this presentation. ***Includes a free productivity worksheet bundle.*** This presentation defines productivity, and breaks down how we can apply simple engineering principles to ourselves to improve our productivity. It presents a unique approach, in that a framework is presented, as opposed to dictums for you to follow. This framework enables you to customize and work with your individual traits. By working with your individuality, you improve your chances for making actual change in the area of productivity. For more info, please visit http://optimizebooks.com/productivity.

1. OPTIMIZE YOUR
PRODUCTIVITY
LISA KARDOS, PH.D.
O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
The Counterintuitive Approach to
Get More Done in Less Time
(Today)

2. WHAT
IS
PRODUCTIVITY?

3. O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
Productivity is personally
accomplishing required
(or desired) tasks

4. O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
or ensuring that
identified tasks get
accomplished, even
if not done
personally

5. O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
L I S A K A R D O S , P H . D .
in the least amount of time possible

6. The idea is not simply to
get more done

7. The idea is to increase the
rate or efficiency that we
can get things done

8. Want to learn more?
Download a free
productivity worksheet
bundle
(and check out the
Optimize Your
Productivity book on
Amazon)
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9. Why?
so we can have
more time
for the things we
love

10. things like...
family
friends
hobbies
leisure
(or more work, if
desired!)

11. HOW EXACTLY
CAN WE
INCREASE THE
RATE
OR
EFFICIENCY
OF GETTING THINGS DONE?
The question is...

12. Let's take a unique
approach,
from this book

13. YOU
ARE YOUR
PRODUCTIVITY
SYSTEM

14. Since you are a system,
we can engineer or
optimize that system to
be more productive

15. (the concept of applying engineering
principles to life was introduced in Optimize
for Victory and optimizebooks.com)

16. O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
L I S A K A R D O S , P H . D .
As we learn to optimize your productivity
approach, your specific preferences, traits,
and who you are – all important facts and
attributes of the system we are optimizing –
will be accounted for in the process.

17. Unrealistic Realistic
provide a
framework you
can work with
and customize
quickly
“Live your
life exactly
this way and
you’ll be
more
productive”

18. O P T I M I Z E B O O K S . C O M
L I S A K A R D O S , P H . D .
Considering your person – your
attributes – and working with
your individuality is exactly what
makes this approach to
productivity counterintuitive,
instead of commanding you to
follow a specific sequence to get
things done.

19. HOW
DO
WE
OPTIMIZE?
The next question is ...

20. First, view yourself as a
system inside a box.

21. Now, we need to focus on the things
that go into the box - the inputs
(causal factors) of productivity.
Input: what goes into the
system

22. Because what goes in to the system affects
what comes out of the system - your
productivity!
Input: what goes into the
system
Output:
what comes
out of the
system =
Your
Productivity

23. Therefore, optimizing
the inputs going into the
system will increase our
productivity.

24. And, once we
understand the inputs,
we can customize and
work with them to suit
our individuality.

25. WHAT
ARE THE
INPUTS (CAUSAL
FACTORS)
OF
PRODUCTIVITY?
The next question is ...

26. Input #1 Definition
foundation
motivation
purpose
sustaining force
Driving
Factor

27. Input #2 Definition
required to
function;
more energy =
increased capacity
to get more done
Energy

28. Input #3 Definition
our brains affect
our productivity;
know these to work
with your brain
(not against it!)
Neuroscience
Factors

29. Input #4 Definition
Anticipatory
Thinking
strategic
approach to
time
implement this
approach to make
exponential
progress

30. Input #5 Definition
Time and
Efficiency
Management
time / efficiency
management is
really self-
management
focus on how to
best manage
yourself to improve
your productivity

31. Input #6 Definition
Goal Setting
set the target
know specifically
what you
want/need to
achieve

32. Input #7 Definition
Prioritization
prioritize in
accordance with
the other inputs
leverage your
unique traits,
neuroscience
considerations and
more

33. The System, with all the inputs

34. The Result:
Productivity, Optimized

35. Want to learn more?
Download a free
productivity worksheet
bundle
(and check out the
Optimize Your
Productivity book on
Amazon)
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36. Slides by
Lisa Kardos, Ph.D.
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