17 Productivity Hacks to Trick Your Mind.

Mind Map of All the Productivity Hacks

A Back Story

In 2019, I declared myself the laziest person in the world.

Why?

Here are some of the highlights of why I was like that.

• Skipped Gym
• Playing Video games
• Ignoring the important tasks
• Always getting take-out orders

I felt miserable each day. I felt like I could do a lot of things, but I never felt the motivation to do them.

I wanted to fix my life so desperately that, like any other person, I went to the internet to get answers and fix my life

And then I came across this quote that said,

“Discipline is the key to success, not motivation.”

And it all made sense to me because, most of the time, we do some of the tasks out of pure motivation.

But what if I trick my mind into being more disciplined to take action every day?

Rather than seeking motivation every single time.

and then I went to the Internet deep hole to find out what ways to trick your mind into going from

Motivation -> Disciplined

All these principles help me get into the workflow instantly. because these principles are not theoretical concepts but rather action-based principles

Here are 17 productivity principles to trick your mind

1. 2-minute rule — If any task takes 2 minutes to complete, I should do that task immediately.
2. Don’t Touch it twice. — Always complete the task and never leave it halfway.
3. Rule of 72 — Never make a decision when you are hungry, lonely, angry, or tired. Wait at least 72 hours.
4. The 5-Second Rule — Start counting backward from 5 to 1, and then immediately take action.
5. Daily Highlight — Take one important task every day that you will complete no matter what.
6. if it’s not hell yes, then it’s hello no — if it is not Hell yes to you, then for sure it is Hell No.
7. procrastination is wisdom —anything you feel procrastinate to do, needs to get the most attention to solve.
8. 90/90/1 Rule — For the next 90 days, spend the first 90 days of the day taking action towards the goal.
9. 80/20 rule — 80% of success comes from 20% of the hard work.
10. Eat the Frog First — Do the most difficult task first thing in the morning.
11. Parkinson’s law — work expands if you give more time to the task.
12. Warren buffet strategy — The 25/5 Rule, focus on 5 tasks and then move on to the rest of the 25 list.
13. The Feynman effect — Study things and then teach the other person.
14. Plan Your Week — Plan all of your 168 hours every week.
15. say no often— say no often to save time for yourself and your goals.
16. Five Why’s Technique — Ask yourself why 5 times to get to the root of the problem.