The 7-Minute Productivity Solution: How to Manage Your Schedule, Overcome Distraction, and Achieve the Results You Want

by John Brandon

Overview

Productive days don't just happen. They're the result of upending the habits that aren't working for us and developing ones that will. Using his proven 7-minute framework, productivity expert John Brandon reveals how to radically reduce digital distractions and revamp your routines for better focus, efficiency, and outcomes.

The 7-Minute Productivity Solution shows you how to

- start your day
- manage your schedule
- stop obsessively checking email
- take effective breaks
- create compelling presentations
- and more

It only takes 7 minutes to transform your days from mindlessly reacting to whatever comes your way to mindfully structuring your time for maximum impact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800740252
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/18/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,020,781
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John Brandon has lived what he writes about for Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Fox News, and many others. He has a BA in journalism from the University of Northwestern and spent over a decade in the corporate world, becoming Director of Information Design at Best Buy. In the aftermath of corporate restructuring, he traded hats to become a full-time writer/journalist and has published more than 15,000 articles in that time. He and his wife live west of Minneapolis and have four grown children. Learn more at www.sevenminutesolution.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 15

Introduction 19

Part 1 Develop Good Habit

Section 1 Morning Routine 31

1 Define What Is Meaningful 33

2 You're Smarter in the Morning 38

3 Capture the Hope Moments 45

4 Put Yourself on the Right Path 50

Seven-Minute Morning Routine 56

Section 2 Plan Your Day 59

5 Learn How to Focus 61

6 Stop Relying So Much on Lists 67

7 Do the Most Important Tasks First 75

8 How to Set Critical Goals 82

Plan Your Day Routine 88

Section 3 Take a Break 91

9 How to Avoid Decision Fatigue 93

10 Stop Tunneling Your Goals 99

11 Becoming More Self-Aware 106

Take a Break Routine 111

Section 4 Debrief Your Day 113

12 Achieving Goals by Unlearning Old Habits 115

13 Hardship Makes Us Stronger 120

14 Ending the Day with Renewed Hope 124

Debrief Your Day Routine 129

Part 2 Stop Bad Habits

Section 5 Obsessively Checking Email 133

15 Houston, We Have an Email Problem 135

16 Reclaim Thirty Hours of Work 141

17 The Great Email Challenge 147

18 The Real Goal Is Relationships 153

Email Routine 158

Section 6 Mindless Web Surfing and Social Media Use 161

19 The Great Deception 163

20 What Happens to Your Brain When You Surf 169

21 Feeding the Right Wolf When You're Online 175

22 Avoiding the Doom Scroll on Social Media 180

23 The Hyperactive Hivemind of Online Obsession 186

24 The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection 190

Web Surfing Routine 194

Social Media Routine 196

Section 7 The Never-Ending Presentation 199

25 Selling an Idea in Only Seven Minutes 201

26 How Sustained Attention Span Works 206

27 Closing the Deal in Your Presentation 211

Presentation Routine 214

Section 8 Boring Old Meetings 217

28 Why the Best Meetings Are Short 219

29 Resolve Problems in Seven Minutes 226

30 How to Focus Your Meetings and Your Time 229

Meeting Routine 231

Epilogue: Ending on a Good Minute 233

Notes 235