This document discusses productivity tools and psychological techniques to improve efficiency. It provides details on Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google functions that can help productivity. It also outlines psychological reframing strategies like smiling at people to engage them better, paying attention to body language during conversations, using the foot-in-the-door phenomenon to get people to agree to tasks, teaching others to improve your own understanding, and adjusting your mindset through visualization and assuming people like you to build confidence. The document aims to provide tools and life hacks to manage time and daily activities more efficiently.

1. Prof. P. P. Prabhu
Department of Civil Engineering
AMGOI
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

2. Productivity is a measure of the
efficiency of a person, machine,
factory, system, etc., in
converting inputs into useful
outputs.

3.  Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Word
 Google: Search Engine
 Psychological Reframe
Productivity Tools

4. Microsoft Word

5. 1) Page Setup
2) Format Painter
3) Style
4) Watermark
5) Equation Editor
6) Page Number
7) Paragraph Tool
8) Tables
9) Hyperlink

6. Microsoft Excel

7. 1) One Click To Select All
2) Drag
3) Filters
4) Remove Duplicates
5) Text To Columns (copy from word to excel)
6) Simple Calculations (+-*/)
7) Conditional Formatting
8) If Statement
9) “Count If ”Function
10) Hide
11) Paste Special
12) Transpose

8. Google: Search Engine

9. 1) Define
2) Calculator
3) books by …author
4) songs by…artist
5) Translate
6) graph for…
7) geometric problems
8) convert currency
9) find distance between cities
10) set timers ( set timer for 16:00)

18. Psychological Reframe
…For Future…

19. Psychological Reframe
(Through Life Hack)
a strategy or technique adopted
in order to manage one's time
and daily activities in a more
efficient way.

20. When you first meet people
try to notice their eye color while also
smiling at them.
It might be because you look for a
second or two longer, but all I can tell
you is that people really respond to it.

21. Pay attention to people's feet
If you approach two people in the middle of a
conversation and they only turn their torsos
and not their feet, they don’t want you to join
in the conversation.
Similarly, if you are in a conversation with a
coworker who you think is paying attention
to you and their torso is turned towards you
but their feet are facing in another direction,
they want the conversation to end.

22. Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
People are more likely to agree to do a task
for you if you ask them to do something
simpler first.

23. Alternatively, you ask them to
do an unreasonable task
Alternatively, you ask them to do an
unreasonable task and they’ll say no.
So then you should ask for a more reasonable
task and they will be more likely to agree.

24. If you ask someone to do you a
small favor
cognitive dissonance will make them believe
that because they did that favor, they must
like you.

25. When you’re studying/learning
something new
When you’re studying/learning something
new, teach a friend how to do it. Let them ask
questions. If you’re able to teach something
well, you understand it

26. Alter your psychological state
Alter your psychological state before an interview or
important meeting. Tell yourself “I’ve known these
people all my life. We’re old friends catching up. I
can’t wait to see them.“
Visualize the experience of shaking hands, making eye
contact, and having smooth conversation.
Hold an open pose, stand with your legs apart,
shoulders back while doing this and SMILE.
Now you are in charge of your own psychological
state and the power of suggestion is strong.

27. The key to confidence
The key to confidence is walking into a room
and assume that everyone already likes you.

28. People are extraordinarily aware
People are extraordinarily aware of their sense
of touch.

29. If you make the biggest smile
If you make the biggest smile you can, you
will automatically feel happier

30. & Last
My personal favorite…..
When people are angry
when people are angry at me; if I stay calm it’ll
get them even angrier, and be ashamed about it
after.