50 Productivity Skills

August 10, 2020

SKILLS FOR BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR WORK

Self-awareness and self-exploration to choose the right life goals for yourself

Figuring out and deciding on your life purpose and direction

Goal setting to set large, achievable goals that will excite and motivate you
Intense drive or excitement about achieving your goals

Planning how you will achieve your goals and outlining a strategy (not to be confused with business planning)

Focusing your projects by eliminating ones that don’t bring you closer to your goals (not to be confused with ability to focus on an immediate task)

SKILLS NEEDED TO DO DAILY WORK

Discipline—forcing yourself to work
Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
Building “healthy” productive habits that make work natural
Identifying procrastination triggers and reversing procrastination
Boosting your ability to focus on a single immediate task
Eliminating interruptions
Organizing your work environment to be more productive
Time management and realistic scheduling
Consistent daily work

SKILLS TO BOOST INTELLIGENCE AND BRAIN FUNCTION

Boosting IQ (small improvements possible)
Boosting EQ (emotional intelligence)
Boosting creativity
Learning problem solving
Logical reasoning, thinking ahead, planning strategically, being aware of logical fallacies
Boosting memory (memory is underrated in how much it boosts intelligence)

KNOWING HOW AND WHEN TO GET HELP

Getting coaching
Joining mastermind groups
Partaking in peer networking and learning
Taking advantage of tools like apps, planners, and calendars to improve efficiency

MAINTAINING YOUR HEALTH FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES

Getting enough sleep and rest
Maintaining a proper diet, preferably one that boosts brain function and gives you energy
Exercising regularly for peak mental health and alertness
Fostering a supportive relationship environment

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Leadership of yourself first and foremost
Leadership of others and building leaders within your organization
Finding the right business partners and co-founders
Outsourcing
Hiring
Team building
Meeting productivity and collaboration
Team productivity and project management
Process automation, building business systems, and optimizing your business systems to function most efficiently and be replicable
Decision making and prioritization
Conflict management and resolution

PSYCHOLOGY / PHILOSOPHY / MINDSET

Dealing with pressure
Stress management
Building confidence and self-esteem, starting with affirmations (sometimes using overconfidence as a tool)
Questioning existing methods and finding better ones

FASTER LEARNING AND SKILL ACQUISITION

Retention skills
Speed reading
Note taking
Brainstorming skills
Application and practice of skills
Focus on continuing education