7 secrets for a productive week:

1. Schedule time to plan

Set aside one day each week as your planning day. Sunday is usually a good choice.

This is when you’ll look over your past week to see what you want to carry into next week.
2. Brain dump

Start by writing out everything you need to get done. Don’t try to remember it all. Get it all out of your head and onto paper or the screen.

Dictating your list can be helpful if you prefer to think out loud.
3. Prioritize your list

What are the most important things you absolutely need to get done this week? Move those to the top.

Go through your whole list and rearrange in descending order of importance. The latter items can fall to a later date.
4. Schedule time blocks

Add blocks of time to your calendar throughout the week to work on your 3–5 most important items.

If one of them is a task you’ve never done before, schedule out more time than you think you need. Don’t block every minute of your week. Leave some space.
5. Eliminate distractions

Focus is your greatest asset. What are your biggest distractions?

Put your phone in another room. Turn off unimportant notifications.

In our Slack, we say “CMD + Q”, as shorthand for, “I’m quitting Slack to get some focused work done.”
6. Define success for each day

Ask yourself, “What would make today a success?” Start small and make success attainable.

There will always be more work, so set specific daily goals. This way, you’ll end every day feeling accomplished instead of guilty about what you didn’t do.
7. Update your calendar daily

Rarely will your week go exactly as planned. If you deviate from the schedule, update your calendar to show what happened.

Skipped a focused block? Remove it. Meeting went long? Extend it.

Now you can look back and see where your time really went.
If you found these useful, follow me @nathanbarry.

What tips do you have for a productive week? Hit reply and let me know!

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Andrew Rambaut
Ian Lipkin
Edward C. Holmes
Robert F. Garry

2. Thanks to @newboxer007 for forwarding the link to the research by an Australian in Taiwan (not on

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Author affiliations listed as usual.
Note the 328 Citations!
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5. Kristian Andersen (2)
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