6 habits that are killing your productivity & how to break them

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Habits. -You know you have both bad ones and good ones.

In my previous post, I talked about 10 good habits that can positively change and improve your life.

But today’s focus is about which bad habits are sabotaging your productivity and taking over your life. And making you slow down when trying to get things done plus slowing down your goals and achievements.

6 Habits That Are Killing Your Productivity.

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I hate bad habits they are insidious, and they always find a way to creep back. But with self-discipline and determination, you can gain control of bad habits and take them over – and not just for productivity sake even for your health and well-being!

So, have a read at these 6 bad habits to get rid of to boost your productivity.

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1. Excess use of social media.

You want to be the first one to be in the know.

You have a fear of missing out. (Also known as FOMO)

Social media can be a killer of productivity.

Although I do agree to a certain extent, we use it for just about everything to learn about news, stay in touch with friends, and to kill off boredom.

But the excess use of social media can turn into something somewhat addictive and invaluable.
Solution

• Have self-discipline in your social media usage.
• Limit your online time-

you can even use Apps like stay focused dot Com /or freedom which will help track your online time (and you may be surprised at how many hours per week you waste just browsing around!).

• Turn off your notifications while at work.
• Figure out what your main weakness on the internet is and find software or tool to use it more effectively.

2. Bad sleeping habits.

Not getting enough sleep has many scary side effects, one of them is feeling fatigued and moody the following day. When you feel fatigued, obviously this lowers your performance, making you less productive at work.

As you will tend to take longer to finish tasks, have a slower reaction time, and make more mistakes. Not forgetting a moody person is not the best to work with!

Getting enough high-quality sleep helps your brain to function well throughout the day and stays more alert, so this makes you more productive.

Create good sleeping habits:

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3. Having no routines.

Before when I heard the word routine, I used to feel and think of a strict day with no room for fun, free time, or spontaneity. It sort of feels good to be free – you can do things spontaneously!

But over the years I have come to realize if you want to be a more consistently productive person, then having routines are a must to help you structure your days and life.

Routines are simple, start by creating a set schedule for doing your chores, work tasks, meetings, exercise, paying bills, and all the usual things you need to do.

Having these on your schedule makes you more organized (and also helps not to forget!).

Once this becomes your normal routine, it’s easier to accomplish everything, because it becomes a habit and part of you, it will begin to feel natural.

Action

So start with creating 3 types of routines:

1. One night-time routine
2. Morning routine
3. Work routine

These 3 routines will supercharge your productivity levels and your well-being.

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• 8 proven steps to become a morning person

4. Trying to be a multitasker.

Being a multitasker can be a killer of performance. Multitasking is simply doing more than one thing at the same time. So what generally happens is that you are only giving partial focus to one task then suddenly you switch to working on a completely different task.

In the end, you have devoted so much energy switching from one task to another and not completing either of them fully or to the best of your ability.  And suddenly you get overwhelmed and deflated.

You easily get overwhelmed simply because our brains are designed to focus on one thing at a time and to bombard them with information only slows them down.

Consequently, you take longer to complete tasks when multitasking and this affects your performance.

Solution:

• It is better to work on one task at a time than trying to complete many tasks at once.
• Aim at being a completionist.
• No more switch tasks with flip no matter how tempting it is.

You have gotta try it and see how your productivity will improve and so will your mental health.

5. Procrastination addict

Do it now.

Then it’s done and over with.

Sometimes it is much easier just to get something done than waiting until the very last minute to do it, and then you stress out because you’re scrambling to get it done.

From what I know, procrastination can be addictive.

6. Having no to-do lists

To-do lists help you work out what needs to be done and in what order, they help organize your tasks which makes everything so much more manageable (and enjoyable!).

They give you structure and a plan that you can stick to. They act as reminders of the exact things waiting to be done…you be able to track your progress as well.

Once you achieve an item on your list one-by-one, cross them out. While you are crossing off your to-do list items, they kinda give you a sense of accomplishment and progress.

They are proof of what you have achieved that day, week or month. Lists are a big boost to productivity; you need to start one today if you haven’t already!

We Conclude on habits that are killing your productivity 

The key here is self-control and discipline. Go through the list again and think about how each habit affects you genuinely. Start working with the worst, and make sure that you finish it before moving onto the next bad habit.

Step-by-step, and with a little bit of time, you will definitely stop them all of your bad habits and become super productive! Do you have any bad habits that I haven’t mentioned here? Comment down below I can’t wait to hear all about it.

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