Back to Basics for Powerful Productivity

All-star baseball players routinely practice fundamentals. Million Dollar Club salespeople make daily cold calls. And so it is with productivity. The five basics of food, sleep, exercise, communication, and space cannot be replaced or replicated. You can have the most organized to-do list or the highest technology running your projects, but if you haven’t slept well, nourished yourself, or communicated clearly, you are likely not going to be at your peak performance.

The more you focus on the fundamentals of your individual wellness, the greater your capacity to focus on the bigger picture. Whether you are an employee, CEO, or stay-at-home mom (which I consider CEO of the family), you gotta know what your best practices are, stick to them, and create consistency so you can show up at your best for whatever you’re focusing on in both your work and home life. 

In my years of consulting and coaching with teams and companies in all areas of productivity and workplace and life efficiency, these five basics stand out over everything else: