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What is the most commonly heard word nowadays? ..Very easy ..STRESS.. When people refer to STRESS it is an umbrella of negative emotions. Some people can’t even name the exact negative emotion underneath it. It could be fear ( of any kind), competition, ego hurt, worry, etc. What happens when you experience any negative emotion? Would you be able to focus on your pursuit? Forget focusing ..you will go down psychologically and physically ( some times). But the trick here is you are present physically but mind is in the downward spiral. So most often we are there but not there. And the recovery time to come back to normal state could take 2X or 3X times depending upon individual’s emotional recovery capacity. This is very much invisible to the ‘other’ person. Only you would know what the real productivity lost has been.

If negative emotions are normal pattern (mostly) for you then it is all the way more damaging. So you need to really pay attention to the kind of emotions you experience on an average week. Analyse the triggers for your negative emotions and go to the root of it and see if it can eliminated or at least managed. Negative emotions not only impacts on MIND Productivity but also the LIFE productivity depending upon the severity of these emotions.  For this reason, I have included Negative emotions in both LIFE & MIND productivity areas.

For a week, take a log of negative emotions and the corresponding impact on the productivity. It impacts almost all areas and costs a lot.

In the last lesson, we have discussed about the about the key BLOCKERS & BOOSTERS of Mind Productivity. 

Today, lets start with the BLOCKERS of Mind Productivity. First and most important one is LOW SELF ESTEEM. Are you thinking of how LOW SELF ESTEEM is linked with Mind Productivity?. It is very much linked. Let me explain it. You must first understand what LOW SELF ESTEEM means. I had written about LOW SELF ESTEEM earlier under a different series. Read about  it  =>  http://kishoreyasarapu.com/2017/08/05/building-blocks-of-human-psychology-part-6-self-esteem/

In very simple words, LOW SELF ESTEEM means firmly you believing that “I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH”. This is just ENOUGH for a person to get killed for entire life no matter what how successful he/she is outside. Again, how is this linked with Mind Productivity? When a person is having LOW SELF ESTEEM, this person will be thinking constantly about  – what others thinking about me, comparing him/her vs with others, living under assumptions and exaggerations , etc.  Feeling low confidence, trying to IMPRESS OTHERS and not able to say NO, etc…are just hall marks of LOW SELF ESTEEM. What will happen to your Mind Productivity when your mind is filled with this garbage? You know the answer. LOW SELF ESTEEM is one the biggest problem many people are battling with. Are you one of them? Good news is you can build your SELF ESTEEM and hence you can improve Mind Productivity as well.

Currently how much PRODUCTIVITY LOSS are you incurring due to LOW SELF ESTEEM ( if you have). Can you give you approximate %? If it is 0% then fantastic and move on…

Mind itself is a very complex entity. In fact, all other productivities – strength productivity, task productivity and including life productivity are very tightly linked with Mind productivity. We can have lot more BOOSTERS and BLOCKERS. To simplify and make it effective, I have considered 4 main BOOSTERS and BLOCKERS. We will go through each of the BOOSTERS and BLOCKERS in the subsequent blogs.

Hopefully ,the picture  is self explanatory in terms of which are BOOSTERS vs BLOCKERS.

What comes to your mind? How is your Mind Productivity?

Let me first start with my own simple definition of “MIND PRODUCTIVITY” .  Mind Productivity simply means how effectively your mind is focused on whatever is at hand. As discussed in the last blog, human brain ( I am interchangeably using mind and brain here even though both are different) generates thousands of thoughts every day. Because of this our minds constantly cluttered with the thoughts. On top of it, some where read recently, our brain is bombarded with 7 times MORE stimulus/information than what our grandparents received. This just means we can get easily distracted 7 times more.

Distraction is only one killer of the mind productivity. There are many hidden killers which most of us are not even aware.  Top rated are – comparing your self with others, ego, anger, upset, thinking about what others thinking about YOU, etc. Take any of your recent incidents/examples where you have encountered with any of these negative emotions. What was your mind productivity when you are in such state of emotions. Just these negative emotions can easily days out of your business.  Can you imagine your productivity while you are thinking back of your mind what other people thinking about you??

of late, I have seen many many examples from multiple people how bad the mind productivity has been. In some cases, the unfortunate thing is they were thinking they are working lot longer (called hard work) but with insignificant output.

Caution: Physical presence does not have any relation with actual productivity

Overall, the mind productivity is getting damaged significantly and rapidly !!. We will look into different BOOSTERs and BLOCKERs of this Mind Productivity in the next lesson.

Human brain generates any where between 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Some people debate on this number. Whatever may be the number, we do know that our mind is full of thoughts. Unfortunately, most of these thoughts are same repetitive thoughts from yesterday and even more unfortunately, most of these thoughts would be negative thoughts, for most people.  So, if our mind is thinking this much unproductive then this will be surely one of the biggest productivity loss. And hence MIND PRODUCTIVITY is very important.  That is when my mind popped with the idea that MIND PRODUCTIVITY needs to be part of the Pyramid. This thought came just TODAY MORNING. That is how this new Pyramid is born.

Now our Productivity Pyramid is upgraded to PRODUCTIVITY 4.0

MIND PRODUCTIVITY is not just about thoughts and lot more comes under this area.

We will go little deep into MIND PRODUCTIVITY in the coming blogs then to STRENGTHS and then TASK PRODUCTIVITY.
This blog is very short. I just wanted to introduce 4.0 version picture and leave it there.

My attempt is to come up with ONE INTEGRATED PRODUCTIVITY FRAMEWORK to get all answers related to productivity.
I think this covers all aspects.Do let me know if you think some aspects of productivity are missing. We can explore!!

In our Productivity Pyramid  , the fundamental building block is LIFE PRODUCTIVITY.  I had already written about this topic as a series earlier. Read this completely if you can =>  LIFE PRODUCTIVITY full series.

In this blog, I want to  recap about LIFE PRODUCTIVITY for the people who are not aware about it and also to reinforce the importance of it.  In very simple terms LIFE PRODUCTIVITY is all about following LIFE’s BASIC principles.

I have briefly categorised different “BLOCKERS” and “BOOSTERS” under Life Productivity. Click on the ones you are most interested. Ideally you should read complete series to get complete meaning.

BLOCKERS:

1. DIS EMPOWERING BELIEFS
2. NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
3. ACHIEVING WRONG GOALS
4. PATTERNS & BEHAVIOURS
5. INEFFICIENT BIOLOGY

BOOSTERS:

1. HAPPINESS
2. PURPOSE
3. LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF
4. LIVING IN LINE WITH NATURE

I know many people who are very “successful” outside but inside they are hollow or suffering because they carry very disempowering beliefs/ values, negative emotions , egos, identities, etc. I am sure you are aware about such examples. You hear very frequently suicide deaths of “successful” people and also common people. This number is only going increase more and more. Because of mainly two reasons, earlier (relatively) foundation fundamentals were strong and lesser need to be in competitive race of life. But now exactly opposite is happening…people wants shortcuts and overnight success.

The reason why people suddenly collapse from top is because the foundation layer of – LIFE PRODUCTIVITY is missing. And you can only go so FAR without having strong fundamentals.  Once you have strong foundation you can decide to build two stairs building or three or four. You can even live happily without building any thing. It is ok. But you build castle without foundation not only you get hurt badly and people around you as well…You have countless examples around you…one person with weak FOUNDATION can destroy the WORLD..

I hope I have nailed down the point..We need to keep strenghtening the FOUNDATION on going basis…

Without further explanation or dragging, let me take you into the crux of the topic. Based on all my understanding and observations I came up with this PYRAMID. For me, this concept solves the puzzle of whole productivity. I always felt that TASK based PRODUCTIVITY is INCOMPLETE. I did not knew the answer earlier. And at the same time all the Philosophers & Spiritual leaders talks about some what related to LIFE PRODUCTIVITY. Unfortunate thing is when someone is talking about LIFE PRODUCTIVITY they completely ignore TASK PRODUCTIVITY and vs versa. Point is we NEED BOTH.

Further, I was not very much satisfied with extreme sides of TASK and LIFE alone. LIFE PRODUCTIVITY is nature driven nothing is specific to an individual really. TASK PRODUCTIVITY is operational in nature. There has to be SPECIFIC to Individual Human being. That is when it struck to my mind about “STRENGTH BASED” PRODUCTIVITY.

Is it proven that there are only 3 layers of productivity? Not at all. You can build your own Pyramid. Attempt here is to make you aware about OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY. Once you get the base idea hopefully you will appreciate the HOLISTIC PRODUCTIVITY approach.  Then  you can expand or enhance the Pyramid based on your own experiences and needs.

We will PEEL all the 3 layers of PRODUCTIVITY in the coming blogs…Until then, reflect and share your feedback on this approach. Hopefully you will find it as NEO..PRODUCTIVITY..

In  todays busy world, we often hear the words like “stressed out”, “overwhelmed” , “too many things to do”, “exhausted”, ” getting worry/anxious”,  “under achievement” …etc list goes on..I some how think all these are indirectly kind of synonym for one thing ..that is  = > “NOT PRODUCTIVE ENOUGH”.  Most of us are dealing with this problem.

I had completed the previous series on LIFE PRODUCTIVITY  which is a kind of core pillar of the productivity. You must read this series without fail for you to be able to appreciate this new series on DECODING PRODUCTIVITY. As I said earlier, while I was writing the LIFE PRODUCTIVITY series, I realised that I need to write the holistic and in detail about PRODUCTIVITY. There are hundreds of books written on this topic all over the world. And now we have hundreds of apps in this area. All these are dealing is actually very tip of the iceberg – just TASK BASED PRODUCTIVITY. Basically this is about how many tasks can you do in given amount of time. TASK BASED PRODUCTIVITY originated in the Industrial Age. We are moving much much rapidly into the world of Digital/Automation/AI based world. And the whole world of  freelancers and cheaper labour/sourcing options are becoming available through just few apps..So technically  many of the tasks can be automated or outsourced. So what YOU need to do then?  Where you need to FOCUS? In fact these are very IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. Reflect deeply.

Prioritisation, To-do lists, time trackers, 4 quadrant time management plans, etc all still required but also kind of OUT DATED..or will be OUT DATED.

You need CUTTING EDGE approach to productivity. This series attempt is to DECODE PRODUCTIVITY in simplified way so that you can deal with all the above synonyms with much more effectively. Follow this series to know the answers.