Gamify Your Way to Better Productivity

An episode of the The Mister Productivity Podcast podcast, hosted by Mark Struczewski, titled "Gamify Your Way to Better Productivity" was published on August 14, 2017 and runs 15 minutes.

August 14, 2017 ·15m · The Mister Productivity Podcast

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Summary

What does it mean to gamify your productivity? Gamification is another tool you need to have in your tool bag. Let me ask you: Do you know... what to do to get things done? the strategies and tactics that work? the apps that work? Then what is the problem? I recently spoke with a client who had this very issue. After 2-4 weeks, they began to lose faith in whatever system they were using. They would try several systems, leave them and then go back to them again. This was a time-consuming process as they had to move their tasks from app to app to app. They confessed that over the past year, they probably wasted a full day of transferring tasks between apps. A full day! I suggested they should gamify their productivity. Yes, make it into a game. Who doesn't like to play games? "Just one more" If you ever saw the movie, Hacksaw Ridge, then you know that line. If you've never seen this film, go rent it (we actually bought it). It's a really good movie. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't seen it, but at one point in the movie one of the characters is rescuing people from the battlefield. He is dead dog tired. After he brings each soldier down, he says "just one more!" I told this client when he began to feel the distrust of his system rearing its ugly head to say OUT LOUD, "just one more week". Then one more. Then one more. Until he passed that 2-4 week wall. Gamify your productivity. It really works. In this episode, I share a personal example about how I use this method as well. If you’re looking to take your productivity to the next level or if you are interested in bringing me in to speak at your event, visit MarkStruczewski.com. Join The 7 Day Productivity Challenge or go to MarkStruczewski.com/7day Follow me: LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.

Episode Description

What does it mean to gamify your productivity?

Gamification is another tool you need to have in your tool bag.

Let me ask you:

Do you know...

what to do to get things done?
the strategies and tactics that work?
the apps that work?

Then what is the problem?

I recently spoke with a client who had this very issue. After 2-4 weeks, they began to lose faith in whatever system they were using. They would try several systems, leave them and then go back to them again.

This was a time-consuming process as they had to move their tasks from app to app to app. They confessed that over the past year, they probably wasted a full day of transferring tasks between apps.

A full day!

I suggested they should gamify their productivity. Yes, make it into a game. Who doesn't like to play games?

"Just one more"

If you ever saw the movie, Hacksaw Ridge, then you know that line. If you've never seen this film, go rent it (we actually bought it). It's a really good movie.

I won't spoil it for you if you haven't seen it, but at one point in the movie one of the characters is rescuing people from the battlefield. He is dead dog tired. After he brings each soldier down, he says "just one more!"

I told this client when he began to feel the distrust of his system rearing its ugly head to say OUT LOUD, "just one more week".

Then one more.

Until he passed that 2-4 week wall.

Gamify your productivity. It really works. In this episode, I share a personal example about how I use this method as well.

If you’re looking to take your productivity to the next level or if you are interested in bringing me in to speak at your event, visit MarkStruczewski.com.

Join The 7 Day Productivity Challenge or go to MarkStruczewski.com/7day

Follow me:

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.