Name: The unexpected key to boosting your productivity
Uploaded: 2023-03-29T14:21:04Z
Duration: 6 min 48 s
Description: Ever wished you could stop procrastinating and just be as efficient as a machine? Since you're a human, that's not going to happen -- but that's OK, says entrepreneur Dan Shipper. Here's how you can use awareness, observation and experimentation to clear your own way to getting more done.

Dan Shipper: The unexpected key to boosting your productivity 

The unexpected key to boosting your productivity 

Ever wished you could stop procrastinating and just be as efficient as a machine? Since you're a human, that's not going to happen -- but that's OK, says entrepreneur Dan Shipper. Here's how you can use awareness, observation and experimentation to clear your own way to getting more done.   

Chasing the fantasy of becoming machine-like in work actually blocks real progress. Top performers track their habits but also recognize that shame, guilt, and fear often undermine efforts to get things done. When a CEO struggled for months to keep his inbox under control, the breakthrough came not from a better tool but from acknowledging emotional patterns and experimenting with gentle accountability. Productivity grows when people notice their emotional triggers, stay curious, and give themselves permission to try unconventional solutions.