You don’t have to have an unproductive day — just because you find it difficult to wake up early. — Waking up early is a proven hack to buy extra hours in a day. When we wake up dictates whether we will have a couple of hours for ourselves before work or not. However, it’s not an easy task for everyone. What if you miss your alarm in the morning…

Like drops of water creating an ocean, small stressful situations constitute a heavy burden on you. — In a video, A professor was seen coming to a class with a glass of water. He asked his students — “What’s the weight of this glass?” Students shared multiple answers — 8–12–16 ounces. The professor said, “The absolute weight of the glass doesn’t matter. It depends on how long…

Reading a book is one of the smartest ways to save time. And if that book is on productivity, you’re getting double the benefit. — When you read a good book, you acquire the knowledge in that book in a much faster time than it took to accumulate that information. Years of research and experiments usually concisely present themselves in that book. And if that book is on productivity, you’re not only acquiring information fast…

And what you can do instead. — The president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ed Catmull, meditates every single day in the morning. Ed uses a form of focusing on his breath. This practice not only helps him focus but also lets him plan the day with purpose. “I have received a great deal of…

On Average, a user spends 2 hours 25 minutes on social media every day. — Every year, an average user spends ~820+ hours on social media. That’s roughly 34 days — or over a month. Imagine what you can achieve in an extra month. In today’s world, the concept of land reclamation is quite familiar. Many countries create new lands by filling water bodies. …

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion — Elon Musk reportedly said — “If you give yourself 30 days to clean your home, it will take you 30 days. But if you give yourself 3 hours, it will take 3 hours. The same applies to your goals, ambitions, and potential.” An investment banker once took over a department…

And drastically reduce stress in the process — In 2008, Sam Carpenter coined a seemingly simple yet extremely useful concept. A concept called “Biological Prime Time” that’s key to understanding and hacking your productivity rhythm. Maybe regular productivity tricks don’t work on you. This concept can explain why and how you can change that. Because this concept can…

Stop juggling tasks, appointments, thoughts by using a productivity planner — You need to stay fit & healthy — both physically and mentally. Your work requires a large amount of your time and mental capacity. At the same time, you must manage your finances and knowledge so that you can create a future for yourself. And what about social interactions? Keeping…

The two-minute rule is a productivity trick popularized by productivity consultant David Allen — “If it takes less than two minutes, then do it now.” David Allen, through his bestseller Getting Things Done, popularized the two-minute rule. The rule is simple and keeps smaller tasks from piling up. For example, answering a mail is easy. Calling one client is easy. Reading a document is…

Become a better leader with the Rule of Three — I know a massively successful guy who runs a group of companies, works closely with political leaders for the development of the city, manages a social-improvement organization, and organizes a council of CEOs. Whenever I’d meet him, he’d give me so much time that it’d seem like he doesn’t have…

A workday can have multiple meetings on different topics, strategizing, deep work, and handling dozens of emails. It’s easy to get overwhelmed if you are not careful — In 2019, Emma Keyes, a strategy consultant, was in a short-term assignment to work with a startup. Emma always thought she was very productive (and she was right). But the startup kept asking for way more than she could have imagined. …

Productive procrastination can be an opportunity or a trap — depending on how you tweak it — Head of Sales John Silva was having an extremely productive day. From the morning till 4 PM, he had attended 6 internal meetings discussing overall company strategy & optimization and completed one report for the region. John is now going to sit with his analytics team to discuss a dashboard…

These 7 proven steps will take you closer to your goals — There was a time when I used to wake up at 5, exercise for an hour, have breakfast at 7, play sports for an hour in the afternoon, study two hours in the evening, have dinner at 8.30 and go to sleep at 11. I followed this routine for 6…

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter & Square, has an effective way of running both companies successfully — In 2020, Jack Dorsey’s Square made $9.49 Billion in revenue. Twitter earned $3.716 Billion during the same year. There aren’t many people on earth who can manage a single one billion dollar revenue-generating company. Most of us struggle with one job. …

100% control and predictability are never possible. But you can take some cues from my story to feel in control — There was a time when my life was predictable. I used to wake up at 5 in the morning, jog & exercise for 40 minutes, have breakfast sharp at 7.30, and play basketball or volleyball for 50 minutes in the evening. I had to do all these because I was…

I function best when I wake up between 5 to 6.30 AM. I also like to sleep late and longer than 6 hours.

My early productive morning —

Welcome back to a road full of 3-wheelers, bikes, cars, buses, rickshaws, and pedestrians — That bike just scratched my car. I was sitting in Dhaka traffic in my car. On my left, more drivers were waiting impatiently in traffic jams. Some of them were honking their cars’ horns. There was almost no space on my right. Maybe 3 feet at best. But I could…

When life becomes too fast-paced, slow it down to bring back balance — “Good morning passengers. This is your captain speaking. We are going to start our descent towards Changi Airport in Singapore. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 10,000 feet…” I woke up to the captain’s voice. It was an overnight flight from Berlin — via Dubai. …

What is this life, if full of care? We have no time to stand and stare — Are we all participating in the Olympics? Can you remember any Tom Cruise movie where he doesn’t run? Maybe in Tropic Thunder. Similarly, during David Tennant’s era as the Doctor, he used to run in all the episodes. I don’t mind if the greatest action star on…