This Bizarre Method Helped Me Crash My Work Flow

Your boss will ask how you do it and your co-workers will envy you.

Let these marbles in the jar helped you in being smooth and efficient

I heard of a co-worker who would start his day by putting an empty jar on his left desk and another jar to his right, full of colorful marbles, around 120 marbles.

He would then start calling prospective customers. Every time he finishes one call, he would then transfer a marble to the jar on his right.

In the morning, the jar to his right is empty. But by the end of the day, the jar on the left is empty (or almost empty).

I heard people using paper pins to track their progress but it doesn’t matter how you do it. But I made my own system.

I hacked this method but used a Pomodoro App to track my progress, and it elevated my game.

I’m sure you’ve heard this a million times, but being productive is important. In fact, it’s one of the most important things in life. And yet we all seem to struggle with balancing our work and personal lives while also meeting deadlines.

I know because I do too.

Productivity is a critical factor in how successful you are as a person or an entrepreneur. In order to be productive, you need to have the right mindset and know what tools work best for your brain.

It can be hard to stay on task with all of the distractions, but it’s not impossible. In this blog post we will discuss four tips that can help you become more productive in your work.

Here are four ways to be more productive:

  • Set specific goals each day and list out tasks that need completed under those goals.
  • Find the time of day when you’re most productive and do high priority tasks then.
  • Don’t multitask because it takes twice as much energy without producing any additional output.
  • Forgo distractions by turning off notifications on social media apps, etc., or use them strategically like checking email at certain times of the day when there’s less traffic to avoid distraction from colleagues or other people in your office space who

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Emilio Cagmat, MS Exercise Physiology

Ex-Exercise scientist, ‘used to crunch numbers more than potato chips. What changed? My mind. Used psychology instead to weight loss and never looked back