The document outlines seven scientifically backed productivity tips, including procrastinating on complex tasks, remembering the purpose behind your work, and trusting your instincts in decision-making. It emphasizes the importance of prioritizing happiness for improved performance, creating quick task lists to combat procrastination, and combining enjoyable activities with necessary tasks. Additionally, it encourages being mindful of energy levels to enhance cognitive function and productivity.

1. 7 Productivity Tips,
Backed by Science

2. 1. Procrastinate

3. Complex tasks are often better
handled in the back of our
minds
Adam Grant - Organizational Psychologist
Why?

4. 2. Remember Why
You’re Doing What
You’re Doing

5. Once we start asking why (we’re
doing something), small tasks
become a larger constellation of
meaningful projects, goals, and
values.
Charles Duhigg - Author of Smarter, Better, Faster
Why?

6. 3. Go With Your Instincts

7. Our judgments don’t improve
as we are given more and more
info – in fact, our decisions
often become worse!
Malcolm Gladwell - Author of the Tipping Point
Why?

8. 4. Put Your
Happiness First

9. If you’re more positive, your brain
will have a “happiness advantage.”
That means it’ll perform significantly
better than it would at a negative,
neutral, or stressed state.
Shawn Anchor - Author of The Happiness Advantage
Why?

10. 5. Create a
15-Minute List

11. When you feel the tug of
procrastination. You can quickly
complete a task, which gives you a
little energy boost, helping you
transition into working on a more
challenging or complex project.
Carson Tate - Psychologist, founder of Working Simply
Why?

12. 6. Do Something
You Love

13. By combining an enjoyable ritual
with something you need to get
done, your brain will create a
positive association with the task
making it much easier to get it
done.
Dan Ariely - Behavioral Economist, Prof. Duke University
Why?

14. 7. Notice Your
Energy Levels

15. Our cognitive functioning
fluctuates throughout the day, so
the better you are at matching tasks
to your energy level, the more you
can get done with less effort.
Ron Friedman - Psychologist, author The Best Place to Work
Why?

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