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Observation: The Key to High Productivity

We have all accumulated many experiences and lots of information over the years. This has shaped us, we have been trained to do things in a certain way. But it´s interesting that sometimes, what we have learned is not the most effective approach to face those situations that challenge our lives. 

Start by observing which of your practices work, and which ones do not report the benefits you seek. This will allow you to begin to decide which practices you want to conserve and which ones you need to change, abandon or replace. Observation may become the most important tool you can use: you will be able to understand your environment and how it works. You will also improve the way you interact with those around you, and the way you communicate. We could say that all the information you will get through observation, will give you more power. 

If you learn to observe consistently, you will increase your productivity. Have you noticed that many times we spend our time in activities that do not help us on getting what we want? In fact, many of us spend lots of time in activities that go against what we want to achieve. I call it sabotage.  

We are automated, we are used to just do things without stopping to look at what motivates us to make them. We don´t use our personal power to choose what´s better for us. Observation will give you the power of choice. If you pay attention, there is no such a thing as “time management”. You can not manage time, it´s a highly democratic measure, we all get the same thing: you have 24 hours a day, no matter who you are, or what you do. Not one minute more nor one less. So we’ll not talk about time management. But we are going to analyze what we can do with that time we are given. And what you choose, makes all the difference when it comes to personal productivity. 

You can start by asking yourself:
What’s working? What is not working? If I know it doesn´t work, why am I still doing that?

Can you identify some of symptoms that let you know something is not working? Here you have some common symptoms:

* Lack of clarity
* Stress
* Working overtime
* Have a long and incomplete to do list
* Disorder, loose papers, difficulty in finding what you need
* Low level of satisfaction with the work you perform
* Lack of clarity on the purpose of your activities

These symptoms are telling you something. The symptoms are just the visible part of the problem. Below them, you will find the behaviors that produce them. And behind those behaviors, hide the motivations that generate them. If you want to really solve the problem and increase your productivity, you need to be responsible for those motivations. Get a good coach, read on the subject, keep asking yourself “Where does this behaviour come from?” This allows you to have authority over your life.

In life you can get excuses or results. You can not have both simultaneously. If you are interested in personal productivity, you’re looking for results. To that end, observe, know what motivates you, and when you detect an excuse, when you see you are choosing against your interests, choose something different, choose what is good for you and your goals.