What's your best productivity tip?

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I find that time blocking has helped me a lot. How about yours?

Ikenna Paschal · Accepted Answer

Stay away from your phone. Don't visit Twitter or YouTube while waiting for the compilers to finish.

This is the most impactful productivity tips I have useful.

Rashmi Gupta · Answer

Box your time

Eddie H. · Answer

Block social media. Drink lots of water and get some sleep.

Richard Fang · Answer

@ikennaobieze True -  I think your phones are one of the biggest distractions

Jide Lambo · Answer

Apply deep work for straight 45 mins to 1 hour. Take short break to do silly things. Get back at deep work for another 45 mins to 1 hour.

Tanoy Chowdhury · Answer

Use a pomodoro timer and website blocker. It will help you to stay away from distractions.

Audrey Rampon · Answer

Calendar blocking! 💯  🙌  Tested and approved! (I wrote a blog post on this if you're interested in the topic: https://bit.ly/3uQeuW0)

Eugenia Russell · Answer

@eddieaich Agree. Thank you.

Eugenia Russell · Answer

@ikennaobieze These are all great.

Antonio Ufano · Answer

Plan and review your weeks. I started doing it five years ago and it really help you work smarter and don't jump to work on random things. In addition it helps you have a list of things to do every morning so you don't have to think about what to do.
I even built a product out of it (theLIFEBOARD)

John McD · Answer

With the help of some remote work software (for instance Awesun remote desktop for sharing screens and files) to keep the team productive while working from home

Farshid Humayun · Answer

Pomodoro method works best for me.

What's your best productivity tip?

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