Productivity: Productivity Tips and Hacks for Busy People

By Lisa Nemur

Are You Productive? Do You Know the Rules of Productivity?

Busy people need to get things done efficiently. They need to be smart and accomplish their goals without wasting time. They have to know their priorities. This is what this book is all about. 

In these pages, you´ll learn: 
 

• The meanings of productivity


• The rules of productivity: Pareto’s Principle


• The rules of productivity: Parkinson’s Law


• How outsourcing can help your life and your business


• Time management for beginners


• Tips for avoiding procrastination


• The importance of keeping a schedule



 

By knowing how to manage your time, outsource tasks, keep a schedule, and apply the rules of productivity, such as the 80/20 principle, you can become much more productive in business and in your personal life. 

What are you waiting for? 
 

Don´t procrastinate, click the buy button now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: wlsbooks
• Release date: May 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533747471

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Introduction

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Hi,

Thanks for downloading Productivity: Productivity Tips and Hacks for Busy People. I hope this work will provide you with a broad knowledge on the subject of productivity.

These are the main topics addressed in this eBook:

The meanings of productivity

The rules of productivity: Pareto’s Principle

The rules of productivity: Parkinson’s Law

How outsourcing can help your life and your business

Time management for beginners

Tips for avoiding procrastination

The importance of keeping a schedule

This book seeks to demystify productivity and break down the factors that affect productivity at the workplace. My goal is to help readers understand how they can improve their very own productivity, not only at the workplace but to all other spheres of life.

Are you ready? Let´s dive right in!

The Meanings of Productivity

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Productivity can be defined as the art of being able to create, generate or enhance goods and services. In simple economic terms, it is an average measure of the efficiency of production. It is expressed as a ratio of the inputs used in production to their output. Total productivity can, therefore, be achieved by considering all inputs and outputs when calculating the productivity measure. When you subtract the total inputs from the total output of a production process, you get the total income generated in the production process. The production performance of a firm largely depends on productivity and so does the production performance of a nation. This in turn translates to increased profitability which in most cases is the ultimate objective of any firm.

National productivity

Productivity is not everything, but it is almost everything. For any country to significantly improve the standards of living of its people, it must be able to increase the overall output per worker. That is productivity. The productivity of a nation can be measured using the same parameters used to measure the productivity of a company, only this time it should be done on a much wider scale.

The importance of productivity among nations cannot be overemphasized. It is a crucial ingredient if not the only factor when considering the competitiveness of a country in a community of nations. There are different ways in which the productivity of a country can be measured. The choice of