Are you as productive as you could be in your workplace and your career?
Are you as productive as you could be in your workplace and your career? Or are distractions, procrastination, and a lack of motivation hindering you? This course on "Enhancing Your Productivity" will help you uncover what's holding you back and give you practical tools to increase your productivity. Learn how motivation, willpower, and goal-setting can play an important role in enhancing productivity as well. Come away from this course with actionable ways to manage your time, attention, and focus so you can get more accomplished in your day, and in your career.
If the biggest accomplishment you made all week at work was deciding what to get for lunch, you're not being as productive as you could be! This course will help you increase your productivity by first looking at how motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, drive productivity. You'll also learn how productivity is influenced by your own competence and control over your work. Since distraction and disorganization are productivity killers, you'll learn how to make better to-do lists, how to stop procrastination, how to manage your attention, and more. Become better prepared to handle setbacks and recognize time-wasters as they appear as well. By applying the tools and take-aways in this course, you'll set yourself up to become a more productive worker, team member, and leader.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn methods to improve your productivity
- Learn how willpower and motivation affect productivity
- Define the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
- Understand how goal-setting affects productivity
- Learn how to better prioritize your tasks
- Understand the importance of attention management
- Discover how to overcome procrastination
- Gain tools to help better manage your time, workflow, and organization
Skills you’ll gain
Performance ImprovementProductivity ManagementProductivity ImprovementProductivity SoftwareProgressive EnhancementWorkforce ProductivityWhat You'll Learn
- Apply practical methods to improve your productivity at work and in your career
- Distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and how willpower drives productivity
- Use goal-setting and task prioritization to get more accomplished
- Practice attention management and reduce distractions, including the multitasking myth
- Overcome procrastination and recover from setbacks
- Build tools to better manage your time, workflow, routine, and organization
Key Takeaways
- Productivity is driven by motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, as well as your competence and control over your work.
- Distraction and disorganization are productivity killers that can be reduced through better to-do lists, attention management, and routines.
- Goal-setting, prioritization, and willpower play important roles in enhancing productivity.
- Overcoming procrastination and being prepared to handle setbacks helps you accomplish more in your day.
- Applying the course tools sets you up to become a more productive worker, team member, and leader.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for anyone whose productivity at work or in their career is being hindered by distractions, procrastination, or a lack of motivation and who wants practical tools to get more accomplished.
What topics does this course cover?
It covers willpower and motivation, goal setting, to-do lists, prioritization, workflow, routines, attention management, reducing distractions, the multitasking myth, ending procrastination, and overcoming setbacks.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will gain skills in performance improvement, productivity management, productivity improvement, productivity software, progressive enhancement, and workforce productivity.
What is the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation in this course?
The course teaches you to define the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and explains how both drive productivity.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course on Enhancing your Productivity. Let me ask you this: What's the biggest problem you solved at work this week? Give it a little thought. Now, if you said the biggest problem you've solved all week was what to have for lunch every day, you're probably not being as productive as you should be. This course is designed to help you become more productive, not only in the workplace, but in life. I will show you how to set a baseline for realistic goals, and give you the tools to achieve them. You will learn the fundamentals of time management and how to determine when and how you work best. We'll look at how to plan and prioritize, and even how to stop procrastinating. Now, let's look at the strategies and techniques you can use to enhance productivity in our first chapter, The Fundamentals of Productivity.
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