In the terms of the layman, productivity refers to the amount of useful activity you complete in a given time. It is closely related to elegance, the ability to bring about the greatest results with the least amount of effort. It is the belief of the author of this article that productivity grows exponentially with the degree of elegance with which you perform tasks. So how do you increase your elegance and triple your productivity?
Many authors write about the powers of the unconscious mind. This is the subconscious mind, that part of each person that takes care of the things we consciously take for granted, from the beating of the heart, the regulation of the blood composition, the thermostatic regulation of the body’s temperature by the hypothalamus part of the brain or such processes that were once conscious then become unconscious as one develops competence e.g. driving, walking, being able to comfortably read the words of this article, etc.
Would it be fair to say that to the greater extent that you can take control of and allow the unconscious mind to get you what you want, the greater productivity and elegance with which you perform and complete tasks will be? Imagine for a moment, how often do you wake up and start the day on automatic, you get up, maybe you stretch, you go prepare breakfast, clean your teeth, or if you’re smart and enthusiastic, perhaps you go straight for a run or do some other form of exercise.
All those things are normal and fine, but if you examine this behavior it is a habit that you have formed. It happens on automatic, if it happens smoothly and you don’t really think and decide about what you’re doing, the chances are its ingrained as a habit and your unconscious mind is running the behavioral pattern. So, the rest of this article will show you how you can use this information to create more of what you want by taking control of your unconscious processes, teaching your mind who is boss, and achieving bigger and better results, small step by small step.
Try this for a week (7 days). Anyone who can do something for 7 days can do it for 21 days, and the experts say it takes only 21 days to learn a new habit. Do it for six months and the chances are you can keep it up for a lifetime it becomes so ingrained, if you choose to. To implement this simple step and triple your productivity in a week, you will need only a pen and paper plus a little willingness to take control and do something you’ve been putting off.
