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few who develops the mental and physical discipline to have a mono- maniacal focus on one
thing for many hours. (It's all about practice).
#13. Get fit like Madonna. Getting to your absolute best physical condition will create
explosive energy, renew your focus and multiply your creativity.
#14. Workout 2X a day. This is just one of the little- known productivity tactics that I'll
walk you through in my new online training program YOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNLEASHED
(details at the end of this post) but here's the key: exercise is one of the greatest productivity
tools in the world. So do 20 minutes first thing in the morning and then another workout around
6 or 7 pm to set you up for wow in the evening.
#15. Drink more water. When you're dehydrated, you'll have far less energy. And get
less done.
#16. Work in 90 minute blocks with 10 minute intervals to recover and refuel (another
game- changing move I personally use to do my best work).
#17. Write a Stop Doing List. Every productive person obsessively sets To Do Lists. But
those who play at world- class also record what they commit to stop doing. Steve Jobs said that
what made Apple Apple was not so much what they Choose to build but all the projects they
Choose to ignore.
#18. Use your commute time. If you're commuting 30 minutes each way every day - get
this: at the end of a year, you've spent 6 weeks of 8 hour days in your car. I encourage you to use
that time to listen to fantastic books on audio + excellent podcasts and valuable learning
programs. Remember, the fastest way to double your income is to triple your rate of learning.
#19. Be a contrarian. Why buy your groceries at the time the store is busiest? Why go to
movies on the most popular nights? Why hit the gym when the gym's completely full? Do things
at off- peak hours and you'll save so many of them.
#20. Get things right the first time. Most people are wildly distracted these days. And so
they make mistakes. To unleash your productivity, become one of the special performers who
have the mindset of doing what it takes to get it flawless first. This saves you days of having to
fix problems.
#21. Get lost. Don't be so available to everyone. I often spend hours at a time in the
cafeteria of a university close to our headquarters. I turn off my devices and think, create, plan
and write. Zero interruptions. Pure focus. Massive results.
Stay productive.
Task 2. Read the text.
ORGANIZE YOUR TIME
The efficient use of time can make all the difference between effectiveness and
ineffectiveness. It is a natural outgrowth of organization, which makes the most of your time
and energy.
While some people are highly organized, many people are drawn into chaos by the
demands of work and of others.
In fact, they are so habitually disorganized and stressed that they feel they cannot invest
the time necessary to bring order to their lives, no matter how much they need guidance.
But organizing yourself and your time is not as difficult as it seems and it will eliminate
a great deal of stress. It involves creating systems – consistent ways of doing things. Systems
transform your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals, objectives, and tasks into a
coordinated whole. They create consistency, and consistency saves time. If, for example, you
know exactly how you're going to get ready for work in the morning or how you're going to
process e- mails when you arrive at work, you'll do these tasks with less time and effort than if
you reinvent the wheel every day. By developing systems – and then maintaining them – you
will bring order to your day.
After you've identified what your priorities are, as discussed in Chapter One, you must
have the discipline to do the things that represent the best use of your time and say no to the
things that interfere. Structure in your daily affairs comes from thinking ahead and planning. It

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