50 Ways To Increase Your Productivity

50 Ways To Increase Your Productivity：如果建议是几十条，你还会耐心地去阅读(倾听)吗？我个人不太喜欢这种文章，罗列的建议太多，就有可能琐碎、重复甚至矛盾、冲突，读了后茫茫然抓不住重点。幸好每条建议都很短，扫描一下，看哪些建议自己最感兴趣对自己最适用吧。

1. Take a break. You can’t always be working at optimum productivity. Instead, you should shoot for working in short bursts at your most productive times.  一张一弛，文武之道，现在我所欠缺的就是这种节奏感。貌似用在学习或工作上的时间很长，但总是疲疲沓沓，效果不佳。

2. Set a timer for each of your tasks. 从来没给自己限定过任务完成期限。:-(

4. Distractions should be avoided, but sometimes a bit of music in the background can help you focus.  长期实践者。^_^

5. Love what you do. Enjoying what you do is the ultimate way to increase your productivity. 做本职工作时尤其有用，因为不热爱本职工作者肯定众多，可惜是个悖论。

6. Complete your most dreaded tasks first thing in the morning. 我常常这样做，星期五上午需要完工的工作星期一拖着不做，星期二拖着不做，星期三拖着不做，星期四拖着不做，到了星期五，凌晨就爬起来开始赶工。:-(

7. Use JDarkRoom. This application allows you to write more efficiently by removing all distractions. You’re given an entirely blank page on which to type. This way, you’re not distracted by the web, e-mail, or IM. When you’re done, you can save your work as a text file. 简直是黑色幽默。

8. Just start. Often times, starting is the hardest part. Once you get going, you will quickly get into a rhythm that could last for hours. 深深赞同，so, just start吧。

10. Keep a notebook and pen on hand at all times. 为什么不用PDA？

11. Write a blog to chronicle your own personal development and achievements. This keeps you accountable and always working towards self improvement and personal growth. 我试着开始写的这个blog最终会有此效果吗？

12. Plan out all of your meals a week ahead and make your grocery list accordingly. This will save you quite a bit of time and money. 在发达国家大城市或许合适，别生搬硬套，我一出家门就是菜市场啊。

13. Step away from the computer. 如果工作必须通过计算机来完成呢？

15. As you go throughout your day, repeatedly ask yourself, “Am I currently making the best possible use of my time?” This one simple question can be an excellent boost to your productivity. 我本来就够焦虑了，这样做会不会让我更焦虑？*_*

16. Get plenty of sleep. 而我却总是秉烛夜游，舍不得闭眼。

17. Exercise. 戒烟已经六天，明天开始体育锻炼。

18. Organize your office. The piles of paper around your desk can be a huge barrier on your productivity. Optimize your time by organizing your office, setting up a system, and dumping the junk. !!!!!!

22. Listen to educational audio books while you’re driving to work, cleaning the house, exercising, or cooking dinner. Audio learning has the power to add hours to your day. 长期实践者。

24. Read David Allen’s best-selling book Getting Things Done. 开了个头，至今未能继续读下去。

25. Focus on result-oriented activities. Pareto’s law states that 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs. This means that 20% of our actions result in 80% of the results. We must find the 20% that is creating the 80% of our desired outcomes and focus solely on those activities. 缺乏这种意识，虽然理智上是知道的。

29. Go on an information diet. 对信息摄取的减肥必要主要是在互联网普及之后。我已经有n年没去过搜狐、网易和财经频道之外的新浪了。

32. Set some exciting goals. Without worthy goals, you will never be motivated to get things done.

50. Use Windows hibernation feature to avoid the slowdown of exiting and restarting Windows. 这能都想到？

看众人对此文的digg，好玩要超过有用，但好玩在某些时候真的比有用还要有用啊。