1. Life Hacks: The improved you
14 tips and techniques to increase
your productivity, health, and
happiness

2. Are you aware of your breathe?
+Breathe and heart rate work together
+Slow breathe, slow thoughts
+Slow heart rate (breathe in 7 seconds, hold for 2, release for 6)

3. Complete routine tasks differently
+ Brain creates new pathways by doing something new
+ Example: brush teeth with non-dominant hand, while balancing on one
leg

4. Stand Up
+ More time spent sitting linked to higher risk of death; Risk found to be
independent of physical activity level

5. Productivity
+Focus intently on one task for 25 minutes, then take 5 minute break
+focusboosterapp.com

6. What are my highest value priorities?
+End each day planning for the next day
+Determine your two highest priorities and do them first thing in the
morning

7. RescueTime
+Find out when you are most/least productive
+Learn how much time you spend on any website

8. This is what an empty email inbox looks like.
+Check your email three times throughout the day.
+9:30am, 1:00pm, 4:30pm
*if you are expecting an important email, look only for that one

9. Block out office noise
+ rainymood.com
+ search “white noise” on music players

10. Intermittent Fasting
+Let your body heal itself instead of digesting food
+Eat from 2pm to 8pm, 18 hours of fasting

11. f.lux
+ Automatically monitors screen to outside daylight settings
+ Helps with melatonin release
+ http://stereopsis.com/flux/

12. Speed up your learning
+Listen to audio books or presentations up to 400% speed
+Audio speed changer - App

13. Finance 101
+ You are always trading your life energy for something
+ Financialintegrity.org
+ Mint.com

14. Written Goals
+ Do you have written goals?
+ Do you view them everyday?
+ Do you write them down everyday?

15. Don’t think about a Pink Elephant
+ What are you thinking about?
+ Can you also choose to create the thoughts you want to?

16. Thank you for listening!
+ Tell someone of your appreciation for them today.

17. References
• Rescue Time: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3434/3232721767_a6b2ab3a69.jpg
• F.lux http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2012/05/19/00/55/sun-49143_640.jpg