Now is a good time to make sure all these tips stick and you can benefit from them next year. Because being productive is not a lifehack to be done once. Staying productive is a lifestyle choice, a mission to yourself. A goal for the next year that shouldn’t be abandoned as fast as January-made gym membership card. Here are all of Derrek’s advice summarized in one slideshow. The 15 tips you can refer to when feeling that you can’t get anything done. A feeling, all of us feel from time to time.

1. 15 Days of Productivity
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2. Postponing is easy
(and stressful). By doing
uncomfortable things first,
you can increase your
confidence and decrease
stress.
And so the squirrels started their work,
lifting big acorns and doing hard tasks first.
The squirrels were quite busy with so many tasks,
but which ones to do first, one may ask?
Day 1 — Do the things you hate doing first

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mange their goals in and OKR view.
With so many goals the squirrels were led astray,
how were they to know what progress they made from day to day.
Day 2 — Share and track goals

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Postponing is easy
(and stressful). By doing
uncomfortable things first,
you can increase your
confidence and decrease
stress.
They filled up a calendar with all of their plans,
and now soon success would be in their hands.
The squirrels had their goals, but organization was needed.
The advice of the owl would surely be heeded.
Day 3 — Block your time

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Your quality of work, and
concentration decline by
30% when you’re sleepy.
You’ll get a lot less done
when you don’t sleep
enough.
By getting some sleep the squirrels felt much better,
and were able to go about their work unfettered.
Using a coffee IV the squirrells tried to survive,
but it was not good for their health and no way to thrive.
Day 4 — Get enough sleep

6. Plans
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Before taking action
make plans on how you
will get things done. Keep
a to-do list of your daily
and weekly plans.
For sharing their plans, they set up weekly reporting.
With that settled they could get back to acorn sorting.
With the month figured out, the squirrels needed help with their week.
Surely the owl could get that on fleek.
Day 5 — Plan Ahead

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Organize your plans by
importance. Mark which
ones you need to get
done and do those first.
The squirrels sat down and reviewed their most pressing matters,
and marked off which tasks needed done faster.
There was so much to do with the squirrels were busy working away,
but some important tasks were being left at bay.
Day 6 — Prioritize your plans

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Mark your accomplishments
and progress as you go.
Crossing items off a to-do
list feels great and
motivates you to get more
done.
With tasks being done they crossed off their lists.
Now surely, none of their success would be missed.
The squirrels were confused about what they had done.
The owl had the perfect advice for this one.
Day 7 — Mark your Progress

9. + Add a new key result
+ Add a quarterly objecetive
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40% of all the unproductive
work time goes to internet
surfing. Don't get distracted by
social media/e-mail/coworkers
while focusing on important
tasks.
The squirrels closed their apps and got back to work,
knowing that SquirrelFeed quizzes should never come first.
On Squirrelbook the squirrels were scrolling away,
the owl saw the problem and stepped in to say “HEY!”
Day 8 — Stay Focused

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First thing to do is to figure
out, what's important to get
results. Do tasks you need to
do, only do tasks that would
be nice to do if you have
extra time.
After doing big tasks based on the owl’s advice,
they managed to find time for a few smaller things that were nice.
The squirrels were quite lost with so many things to do,
but which ones to do first was something they wish they knew.
Day 9 —Do only important tasks

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The highest-performing
10% of workers tend to
work for 52 minutes
followed by a 17-minute
break.
The squirrels had their coffee, and some had their tea,
they realized rested and refocused was the way to be.
With no time to rest their work had bebadgan to suffer,
they need a way to stop things from getting rougher.
Day 10 —Take regular breaks

13. Multitasking can drop
productivity as much as
40%. Try and focus on one
task at a time.
Learning that multitasking is a crime,
the squirrels buckled down and only did one task at a time.
With emails, reports, and acorns the squirrels were quite busy,
but doing so much at once had put their heads in a tizzy.
Day 11 —Don’t multitask. Ever

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Review your plans and
goals. See what you still
have to do and come up
with an action plan to get
it done.
The squirrels met up to have a meeting,
with an action plan morale was up and soon their fears were fleeting.
The squirrels had done a lot, but the holidays were near.
Now it was crunch time and their anxiety turned to fear.
Day 12 —Set Yourself Up for Success

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Create filters to automatically
prioritize your emails. Use
templates for repeated tasks.
Use automated status reports
instead of long status update
meetings.
The squirrels were sick of filing repetitive reports,
the owl spoke up and shared a solution of sorts.
The squirrels were sick of filing repetitive reports,
the owl spoke up and shared a solution of sorts.
Day 13 —Automate the boring stuff

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Give your brain a rest after
a period of heavy mental
focus. If you just spent 2-3h
on a high focus task,
recharge by taking on a
low-focus task.
By switching between tasks, both high and low,
the squirrels now could get back in the flow.
Having focused so hard the squirrels thought their heads might explode,
so the owl shared some advice to lighten the load.
Day 14 —Switch between high- and low-focus tasks

17. Complete acorn storage for winter
SQUIRRELDONE
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KR Secure 100 acorns
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Create filters to automatically
prioritize your emails. Use
templates for repeated tasks.
Use automated status reports
instead of long status update
meetings.
The squirrels discussed their success with a quick OKR chatter.
Now it was time for the holidays and to spend it with people who matter.
With all their task completed there was little left to do,
the owl shouted out “It’s time for the quarterly review!”
Day 15 —Reflect on your productivity

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