How I Increased my Productivity 10x!!
Tags: success, okr, goals, habitbuilding
Published: 2020-01-16 11:07:45

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title: How I Increased my Productivity 10x!!
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date: 2019-06-25 18:33:16 UTC
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 **The Problem**

I don’t want to tell you X number of ways to improve productivity. I am sure you guys would have already read a tonne of them online. One of a great article is [here](https://link.medium.com/HW8yNLuyOX).

For me, the top priority of being productive was time management. It required me to **organize** and **prioritize** my stuff. One of the best ways was to keep a todo list. I tried keeping it on Google Keep, Google Tasks etc. But I was never able to complete the tasks. In between tasks, I always lost the motivation or forgot the reason to complete them.

**The Solution**

One day I read about a concept called [**OKR**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OKR). It stands for Objective and Key Results. Basically, you define your **Objective** , a clearly defined goal. **Key Results** are a set of metrics that measure your progress towards that Objective. Various organisations including Google, Uber, Linkedin use them at their workplace.

**Example of OKR —**

**Objective:** Create an Awesome Customer Experience

**Key Results:**

- Improve Net Promoter Score from X to Y.
- Increase Repurchase Rate from X to Y.
- Maintain Customer Acquisition cost under Y.

This what I exactly needed for my todo list —

There would be various **Tasks** under a **Key Result** and these **Key Results** aligning to my **Objective**. These can be written on papers or managed via the Google Docs. But I found a great online resource called [**www.okrtodo.com**](https://okrtodo.com) **.** I use it to fill in my OKRs and task.

This helped me categorise my tasks in a much better way. I always have the reason and motivation for a task in the form of a Key Result and Objective. And I could see my objectives being completed if I am able to complete all Key Results associated with it. I am always aligned with my goals in a much better way.

**Demo**

On this site, I could put my objectives, key results and tasks. I moved my whole task list here. Here is a screenshot of an early version of my list.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ujhhjmKAHIB_xcDgeHSC-g.png)<figcaption>These are my objectives and key results while learning Node. <a href="https://okrtodo.com">okrtodo.com</a></figcaption>

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*1ZGvRbhCPgubwiMWJURdXg.png)<figcaption>These are the task associated with it. <a href="https://okrtodo.com">okrtodo.com</a></figcaption>

You can see I have my tasks so clearly aligned with my KRs. And the objective is quite clear “Become an Awesome Node Developer”. I can better visualise my tasks. I can mark these tasks completed. And I really suggest trying it for 21 days to make it a habit and you will see the change.

Another feature I wanted to see was to see the completed task. I contacted the guy and he said he would be willing to add if he sees more traffic. I really hope he adds it in the near future.

**Thanks for reading! :)**

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