The tendency to maximize the hours and increase productivity at work and daily life is gaining adherents and techniques. Let's talk about lifehacking.

Lifehacking refers to any tip, technique, thought or action that will help you be more productive and efficient. The name came ten years ago at a technology conference, as an alternative to the problem of software programmers who were overworked. Today, there are many who have realized that taking some simple rules can cause significant changes to the end of the day, in terms of saving time, money and improving quality of life.

Yeah. The personal productivity boom is increasing followers. Its practitioners exchange tips, books, and online chats that help improve efficiency not only at work but also in everyday life. The rise occurred in parallel with the growth of freelance work, which requires strict rules to use the time.

One of the bibles of this tribe is the book The 4 hour workweek, which has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Its author, Timothy Ferriss, devised a method to automate the unwanted tasks: check emails only once a day, eliminate low return activities and identify those goals that we can skip; reducing strenuous working hours to a minimum.

Lifehacker shortcuts - Easy ways to increase productivity

1. Focus. Stop Multitasking

You can really only do well one thing at a time (just think how hard it is to pat your head and rub your stomach), and in order to be truly effective and productive, you need to focus on the task at hand.

2. Order. Write a To-Do-List

Or use a to-do-list app. There are a lot of fancy digital options. It’s that simple. Where and how you keep one is entirely up to you. However, I think the most important thing is just to have the list. Start there.

3. Schedule blocks on your calendar

Giving yourself 90 minutes or two hours to completely focus on a project will make things go much quicker than if you’re stopping and starting again and again.

4. Complete the worst task first

There are few things better than crossing a big, stressful task off your to-do list. And there’s nothing easier than putting off those hard projects. So it makes sense that you would avoid them until last minute.

5. Stop unnecessary meetings

Between meetings with staff, customers, prospects, and several companies, a person could have hundreds of meetings. In the literature of productivity, these encounters are often considered to be low productive. To avoid this there is a simple rule I recommend: Try to assign the morning, issues requiring reflection or analysis; from noon until evening the institutional management issues, and at the end of the day, individual meetings: they are more relaxed and there is no urgency to go to another meeting.

6. Use the Pomodoro technique

It is a very simple technique and if you are someone who is easily distracted will serve long. The technique is to work 25 minutes and rest 5. You can use the 5-minute break in the way you decide (Facebook, twitter, toileting, talking on the phone). For every 4 cycles, take a long break. The long break is 20 minutes. This time you can use to read your favorite blog, take a powernap, search for destinations for your next trip, etc. Whatever comes to mind.

In conclusion, it is essential to prioritize our needs with those of others. If we know what we want and why we want it, the how is not as relevant. What matters is to connect with our goals.