The document discusses designing an environment for maximal productivity by organizing the space, removing clutter, and systematizing common tasks and routines through specific behavior sequences and diagrams. It provides examples of planning sleeping and waking routines as well as brainstorming spaces for new ideas. The goal is to reduce mental overhead through increased order and organization.

1. Environment Design
An environment designed for maximal productivity.
- Stewart MacGregor-Dennis

2. • My room was chaotic
• Poor furniture to space ratio
• Little order and organization
• Random triggers
• Clutter
• Overhead from remembering
locations
• Required mental re-compuation
for common behavior
sequences.
Before

3. Process

4. Visualize
opening my
eyes
Look at
evening
questions Open
sheet my eyes
Visualiz
What did I do e sitting
up
today towards Wash my
furthering my face with
areas of Cetaphil
Cleanser Sit up
improvement?
Moisturize Visualiz
How can I use e
my face with standing
today as an
Cetaphil up
investment in
Lotion
my future
ability to Stand
up
realize ideas?
Brush
How has my teeth Open
today made blinds
me more
increased my
throughput at Look
realizing Floss my outside
ideas? teeth
Say
morning
affirmati
What did I ons
learn about Use
idea Mouthw
realization ash
today? Put on
underwe
ar
What
Put on
ideas socks
did I
Put on Go to the
realize jeans Put on bathrrom
today? If I need America
n
How did to shave Apparel Wash my
t-shirt face with
I help Put on
Cetaphil
Rinse hat
others Moisturize Cleanser
my face Put on
my face with
realize brown
Cetaphil
ideas? Apply shoes
Lotion
shaving Brush
my teeth
gel
Pick up Floss my
teeth
my Use
shaver Mouthwa
Shave at Get in sh
level the
shower
one
Wash hair
Shave at with head
Wash body and
level two with Old shoulders
Spice Shower
gel
Wash Get out
the
my face shower
Apply Towel
hair
after
shave Towel
body
Go to Apply
Cetaphil
lotion to
sleep Apply
moisturin my face
Turn on g lotion
Rainymo Wrap to my
Set alarm on towel body
my iPhone to od around
waiste
be 7AM Plug in Put on
contact
my iPad lenses
Close Walk
Place my my back to
my room
iPhone beside compute
my next to my rs Wake up
alarm clock. Turn off
Rainymo
od
Put my iPhone Visualize Hit my
What can I
on Airport white space learn from
alarm
Visualiz
until I fall realizing these e hitting
ideas? my
asleep
alarm
What can I
most
effectively and
strategically
Meditate realize these
ideas?
for 2
minutes
What ideas do
I want to
realize today?
Close Who do I Put my
love? Who bag on
my eyes loves me? my
shoulder
What am I
committed to
Pick up
Lie in my idea
my bag
realization
down on efforts right
my bed What am I
now?
enjoying about
Pack by
in my idea
laptop into
realization
my bag
efforts right
What am I now?
turn of grateful about
in my idea Pack my
the light realization iPad into my
efforts right bag
now?
What am I
proud about in Pack my
my idea books for the
Take off realization day into my
my What am I efforts right bag
excited about now?
clothes in my idea
realization Determine
What am I what books I
efforts right
happy about in need for the
now?
my idea day
realization
efforts right
now?
Look at
morning
questions
Designing sleeping and waking

5. • Specific behavior
sequences for routine
actions
• Brainstorm spaces for new
ideas
• Starfish diagrams for
sleeping and waking
• Clutter removed
• Systematization of
common tasks
After