The Productivity Science

Summary of the blog: Limit your Knowledge Use Social Media Carefully Don't Multitask Collect few relevant sources only Balance your time Start There would be barely any person on the face of this planet who doesn’t want to become successful. Humans are the dignified form of species which is why they control this planet. We, humans, make the policies, infrastructure and norms, governments, and justice systems. Then how is this possible that some people get ahead in their life while many still struggle to find their real-life goals? What’s the real difference between success and failure? Well, there is none. When we work hard - we either get successful or learn from the experience and do it again in a much better way. The shock of not achieving the desired results in the first attempt often brings lots of misery to the human heart. And it's absolutely fine to feel nervous and anxious. However, it is on us (humans) to take this opportunity as a lesson and convert it into success t...

Intellect is your Super Power First of all, let me tell you this, there is nothing on this planet that you cannot achieve no matter how difficult it is. Man is destined to reach his goal eventually. Those who reach the summit earlier while others get stranded know the correct direction from early on as the journey starts. This journey is not about physical travel even though that is not much different from the skill I’m going to talk about. This skill is about navigating your way through the correct intellectual capacity to reach your goals. People often miscalculate the relationship between success and intellectual capacity. One can find lots of people who are great at certain things while at the same time they don’t know how to communicate effectively and influence others. It might not hinder their way up to a great job but it can certainly cut off their chances of reaching the highest level in any organization that only lay after great communication skills. To gain maximum benefit...

When we think about success, we think about money, Lamborghini, a mansion with an indoor swimming pool, popularity, and recognition, just to name a few. Every human dream and wants to achieve something meaningful in his life. No one wants to be left behind. But unfortunately, many don’t make it to their dream mansion ever. Remember, you have the same 24 hours as Elon Musk. Failure is detrimental when it can’t be your teacher. To avoid chances of getting failed, I present to you 7 proven tips that will help you get started with a productive life: Start with simple Morning is the best time to begin your work. It is also the time when you either feel motivated or not. Take a simple task that is easier to finish. Psychology says, when you have accomplished your first target as small as making the bed, you will experience your remaining day as most productive. You can also have other small tasks as you start your day: Read a single page from your routine book. Clean your table and chair...

To know how to learn, you must learn how to unlearn first. Overview Un-learning means quickly adapting to a new world by getting rid of old concepts. It is more relevant to your professional career and personal growth. The older beliefs about the world are no longer useful as we can distinguish millennials from the 70s and 80s have different definitions of interpersonal skills and communication than the z and x gen of today’s time.   If one were to apply old theories and principles in today’s innovative time, it is doomed to fail. Unlearning is leaning towards futuristic thinking by getting rid of old and redundant concepts. Success is based on modern-day information and not what lies behind in history. History is a great place to introspect our moral wisdom but not the perfect time to go back and start living in it. Main Body Learning is a life-long process. Each event in life has something to teach us. It is the real process of human intellectual evolution from the dee...

  Here are a few big question marks? Why should one believe in storytelling when there’s little space for the question? Is it reliable what you're listening to? What is the truth? What makes a person qualified for any opinion? “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” – Carl Sagan The human thinking pattern relies on storytelling. As Yuval Noah Harari in his book “Sapiens” calls humans the social beings with close proximity to story beings. Humans communicate with each other through storytelling. It is an easier and more fun method to continue the conversation for a longer time. Sometimes, stories get to a certain level where the fine line between truth and false gets thinner. It becomes a hell sort of challenge to distinguish the words as true or false especially when it’s coming out of a person close to one in relations. Most of us grew up in an environment where many people could express their thoughts without any fear of being questioned. Age was considered ...

Be honest Be consistent Respect Freedom Follow discipline Have dedication Hard work Find your passion Be Enthusiast Find interest Be generous Aspire productivity Be a Time-Nerd Here is my technique that helps me execute everyday tasks effectively:   Set a fixed time to go to bed and waking up in the morning. Take a breakfast and start working on small tasks. It will give you the motivation to start off with success. Allocate specific times for each task. Do not give extra time if it’s not completed within the allocated time limit. If it’s not complete, leave it for the next day. Jump to your next task. Allow yourself to have joy. Listen to podcasts every day. When procrastination hits hard on you, remind yourself about why you started this all and what will you achieve eventually? “Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.” - Leo Babauta ------------------------ Author: Waqar Ahmed Share & comment  ...

From the cave to the information age, humanity has prevailed and progressed. The human transformation was inevitable; therefore, it rightly begs us a question. How have we changed our behavior? What made us leave behind old traditions and build a world that is fast and automatic? What makes us unique from the animal kingdom? The answer to all these questions is simple, it's called thinking. Human has this unique trait that no other species possess. Maybe it also gives us reason to call ourselves the most intelligent beings. Even though many scientists like a renowned physicist Brian Greene from the String theory argues for the existence of Aliens; if it's true then we might not be the only intelligent being in this observable Universe. Let's assume for the sake of understanding that we are the only ones for now. Do all humans think smartly and also correctly? The answer is no! Every human is capable of thinking, but not everyone uses his unique thinking trait for thinking...

There can be various aspects to this question. However, I will stick to a few points to convey to your mind why reading is an important exercise. Human is social being and to understand the world we need to learn new information constantly.  The learning must be slow and fast. No one can learn all the information available out there at once. For Humans to learn and that too authentic, a companion/teacher is required. Books can be trustworthy teachers in our lives. As we know, the human brain is a unique engineering tool. We can see things and make a judgment about them. We can hear the voice and make a particular opinion about it. We can walk on the ground and make an analogy of how it’s different from other parts of the world. We continuously improvise our ideas as we get updated information passing through our heads. This trait is unique and makes us better than Chimpanzee. Our minds require a continuous flow of information, and this information can be about anything, even the co...

Lesson #1:- Humans are tested with calamities and challenges to build a stronger intellectual ground where they can protect their lives and become able to create a better world for future generations.  Those who risked their lives and followed their dreams, they have got the victory. And those who did not risk, and played it safe,  merely stopped where they needed to start. Lesson #2:- Santiago in the search of his legend (true inner self) encountered challenges and a few close calls to death. In the search for treasure, he fearlessly bids on his life by selling his sheep to an old King joins a crystal shop in an unknown part of Africa, and finally embarks on the longest journey towards the Pyramids of Egypt.  His passion to find the unknown treasure based on his audacious belief in omens led him to overpower all the negative forces that could have stopped him from achieving his legend. Quote “If you believe in yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, t...

  Book Cover (Source: Tapan Desai) Summary (informal) Everyone wants to become something in his life.  There’s no single formula to achieve one’s desired destination.  In this rapidly changing information climate, everything has become more competitive and less rewarding for those who do not pay more attention to details.  It is healthy to settle one’s mind to steal ideas productively from those who have experimented with them successfully.  There’s no harm in stealing ideas as there’s nothing as new to the world today given the scale of information exchange around the globe due to the Internet.  Since everything is already available on Google, one must go there and copy from authentic sources.  Make changes in it and sell it to the world. While you are working on the project, keep an eye on wrongs that might discredit the efforts.  Copying from a single person is plagiarism, but doing the same thing from more than one is research.  A good ar...