The 5 Best TED Talks About Productivity

Would you like to listen to people instead of reading another long blog post about how to be more productive? I’ve got you covered. In this post, I will share with you the 5 most useful TED Talks about productivity.

Productivity isn’t just about working hard and getting everything on your to-do list checked before the end of the day. It is also about having the right balance, focusing on what’s important, and not spending time on anything unnecessary. Without further ado, let’s get to the TED Talks themselves.

1. Mark Adams: Enter the Cult of Extreme Productivity

Mark has good energy and simply listening to his voice is almost enough to make you get back to work. He tells a story about what can happen if you procrastinate and how you can rob yourself of your precious time if you’re not being careful.

This TED Talk helps you understand how the fear of not achieving what you want can be the push you need to get started.

2. Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

Tim Urban gives a hilarious talk about procrastination and why it happens. Procrastination can cause a lot of unnecessary stress and it can lead to bad results.  Tim talks about how easily we succumb to procrastination and how it tends to make us feel guilt, anxiety, and self-hatred.

All this means that the lifestyle of putting things off and doing everything at the last minute tends to be problematic. And everything has a deadline – including life itself, which is why you have to take your time seriously.

3. Chris Bailey: How to Get Your Brain to Focus

Chris talks about distraction and how it affects our productivity. According to him, this age and time make us crave distraction, which leads us to constantly check our phones when we work and our brains reward us for this behavior.

This TED Talk helps you to understand the importance of shutting out distractions and giving yourself time to just be. This will help you focus better and be more creative.

4. Dave Cameron: How to be a Productive Human

To become productive, we first have to think about what exactly productivity is to us. According to Dave, you have to be authentic, unafraid, and mindful. You have to know what you are doing and focus on being true both to yourself and your work.

Dave also talks about the importance of being active and choosing to be nice to others.

5. Chris Bailey: A More Human Approach to Productivity

Chris is someone who has been obsessed with being productive for years. He has tried all the different techniques you can think of.

In this TED Talk, he talks about the importance of managing our time well, but also finding a way to truly focus on what we are doing and making sure we have enough energy. You have to make sure all of these three elements are in balance if you want to be productive.

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