You don’t just become more productive because you wake up one day with a desire to be.

And hoping you become so is not a great strategy.

But neither do you need to spend your precious time researching the habits that will help you be a more productive person.

Here are eight habits that will improve your productivity immediately.

If you’re not doing any of these or if you’re doing just a few, good for you for acknowledging that.

But let this list make you feel overwhelmed.

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In August 2017, I spoke to APICS Houston. One of the attendees asked a great question, and in this episode, you get to listen in. Also included: don't trust your brain, get stuff out of your head, the psychology of productivity, taking responsibility for your productivity, and more!

No one I have ever met has said, “I hope that I have an unproductive day today.”

And yet I’ve met more than a few people who have no idea how to have a tremendously productive day.

There are several reasons why this is so:

1. not knowing how which is something this article will help with
2. complacency
3. lack of motivation
4. not feeling well mentally or physically
5. fatigue

Not only is it possible to have a productive day every day but it’s simple to do once you know how.

The...

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Recently, J. Scott Christianson invited Mark to participate in a Q&A session with his Business Process and Technologies class at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Mark gave tips to help the students be productive.

How fast is life going for you?

I bet pretty fast.

I’m 55 years young. And in July 1997, I moved from Rochester, NY down to Houston, TX. Recently, I was thinking, “Holy cow, I’ve lived here over 23 years already!”

Time keeps marching on and it keeps speeding up. I don’t care how old you are.

You live in a society where everything is on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Except for leap years, in which case it’s 366 days.

I wanted to share with...

When I googled “how to get stuff done when you’re stuck”, Google presented me with 706 million results.

Yikes!

That’s a lot of information.

But there are two things you can do that will help you get unstuck quickly.

Think about a time when you wanted to do something but weren’t successful at it.

While there may be plenty of reasons, one could be you kept it to yourself.

For the past several years, I’ve had this yearning to be a writer.

I would read books or...

Do you want to know what the secret for being the most productive version of you is?

Are you ready for this?

Can you handle the truth?

Yes, you can.

The secret to being the most productive version of you is to do what you love to do where you love to do it.

Let me say that again so you don't miss it.

If you want to be the most productive version of you, do what you love where you love to do it.

Now you may love what you do but not love where you're doing it.

So change jobs or, here's an...

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Recently I listened to a podcast that inspired me, a 5-5-5-5 wealth plan. What is your relationship to money like?

Have you thought about setting expectations for you, for your team, for your vendors, for your clients?

Not just setting expectations, but actually writing them down.

See, a lot of us are so busy at our job as entrepreneurs that we don't stop and think
about setting expectations.

One expectation you can set is, how long is it going to be before you reply to a customer email.

Is it four hours? Is it 24 hours? Is it a week?

You can't expect your customers to know your expectations that you...

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In this episode (the 25th of 365 new episodes in 2021), I share some interesting statistics around sleep and sleep deprivation, along with some tips to optimize your sleep.

One of the reasons why I love wearing an Apple Watch is it helps me stay healthy.

Now, if you're not familiar with the Apple Watch, I'm going to tell you about the Apple Watch rings and why Apple Watch users are obsessed with closing their rings, but you don't have to have an Apple Watch to do what I'm going to teach you on this video.

Now the Apple Watch has three rings that you are encouraged to close every day.

One is the Move ring, one is the Stand ring, and one is the Exercise...

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In this episode (the 24th of 365 new episodes in 2021), I share why you should seek boredom and practical tips for how to achieve it.