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I’ve been listening to Brian Tracy’s 21 Ways to Double Your Productivity Audiobook and have found one of the lessons there to be very applicable and effective. To double your productivity, make a list of everything you have to do tomorrow. Make sure to write this list before you go to sleep.

On your next day, identify the tasks that are the most important or urgent, then do them. As you finish those tasks, crush them out.

I found this quite rewarding. Seeing how many tasks I’ve crushed out makes me feel good, since I know I’ve accomplished something useful for the day. It even spurs me to do just one more, and suddenly I’ve got the energy to extend beyond my normal working hours.

Here are the ways to double your time and increase your productivity, according to Brian Tracy:

• Make a DecisionDevelop Clear Goals and Objectives

  Plan Every Day in Advance

  Use the ABCDE Method (Mark A for your most important tasks, and E for your least. Resolve to do A tasks first before other less important tasks)

  Separate the Urgent from the Important

  Practice the Law of Forced Efficiency

  Apply the 80-20 Rule (20% of your tasks contribute to 80% of your results)

  Work at your Energy Peaks

  Practice Single Handling with Key Tasks

  Eat That Frog

  Organize Your Work Space

  Use Travel Time Productively

  Get Better at Your Key Tasks

  Work in Real Time

  Re-engineer Your Work

  Reinvent Yourself Annually

  Practice Zero-Based Thinking

  Set Clear Posteriorities

  Keep Your Life in Balance

  Plan Every Project Carefully

  Be Intensely Action Oriented