I always find it interesting when I read something that puts into words practices that I have tried to implement in my life. I recently read an article on a new way of thinking on productivity and I wanted to comment on it.
Here are four of them that stuck out to me.
1.    Crank it out
Old School tells you to crank out tasks and that speed is essential to success. The more tasks you check off a day the better. Deep focus is the new order of the day. Clearing distraction and thinking about the task at hand. Intensity is valued about quantity.

2.    Minimize meetings and planning
The old school says to plan things out to the max. I have found over-planning actually paralyzes productivity. The biggest projects that I have ever completed turned into big projects because I just started working on them. Obviously planning is needed but not at the sacrifice of productivity.

3.    Multi-tasking
Multi-tasking is a myth. Multi-project and single-tasking is where it is at. Many times I am working on a task in one area only to find I am at a stand still. Either because I’m waiting on information from someone else or because the creative energy is gone on that task. I will move to another task in another project.

4.    Produce more
This is a whole other blog entry someday. Many times we find ourselves producing so much that we aren’t thinking. I am guilty of this. For some people this is what they should be doing. They are producers. But many out there have too many great idea’s to be constantly doing. I have made a priority in my life to keep my mind clear so that the ideas that I get paid for keep coming.