Phil Dobson

YOUR PRODUCTIVEBRAIN

PRODUCTIVITY: How to develop your produc:vity and effec:veness

RESILIENCE: How to sustain your performance under pressure

FOCUS: How to strengthen your focus and regulate your emo:ons

CREATIVITY: How to develop your crea:vity and problem solving skills

IMPACT: How to improve your communica:on skills and interpersonal effec:veness

LEARNING: How to ensure learning con:nues and behavioural change is sustained

PEAK PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME

BUSY / PRODUCTIVE / EFFECTIVE

WORKING SMART

1. SET GOALS

2. DO 80/20 ANALYSIS

3. MORE MVTs / LESS LVTs

4. MANAGE MENTAL ENERGY

5. FOCUS ATTENTION

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

3 YEAR / 1 YEAR / QUARTER

1: Goals

2: 80/20 Analysis

20% :me

80% :me

80% results

20% results

MVTs

LVTs

M T W T F

3: 1-3 MVTs / Day

Energy vs Attention

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4: Mental Energy - Circadian Meeting culture

4: Mental Energy - Ultradian 5: Attention

no switching

Multi-tasking

no switchingswitching switching

numerical manipula:on tasks le]er manipula:on tasks

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5: Distractions - External

5: Distractions - Internal Brain Dump

● Empty your P.F.C. ● Do not try to order, sort or prioritise ● Everything that is on, or in your mind ● Work and 'non-work' ● Free up your attention and mental energy

Brain Dump

personal professional

friends & family birthdays & events

home admin errands

bank & financial insurance

tech backups holidays learning

books & films leisure & hobbies

email replies phone calls follow up

things to chase wai:ng for mee:ngs

project next steps projects to begin

things to communicate business development

strategy

PROJECT 1

'INBOX'

PROJECT 2

MVT

PROJECT 3

PROJECT 4

CALENDAR

3 minute rule

SOMEDAY

'Mind Sweep'

Delete / Delegate

'Brain Sweep'

Empty

PROJECT 1

PROJECT 2

MVT

PROJECT 3

PROJECT 4

CALENDAR

SOMEDAY

GOAL 1

GOAL 2

GOAL 3

Effective

PROJECT 1

'INBOX'

PROJECT 2

MVT

PROJECT 3

PROJECT 4

CALENDAR

3 minute rule

SOMEDAY

'Mind Sweep'

Delete / Delegate

'Brain Sweep'

GOAL 1

GOAL 2

GOAL 3

SMART

● SET GOALS

● Year / Quarter / Month / Week

● DO 80/20 ANALYSIS

● MVTs and LVTs

● MORE ON MVTs, LESS ON LVTs

● <3 x MVTs per day

● MANAGE YOUR MENTAL ENERGY

● MVT at peak energy / most important task first

● 60-90 minute sessions + breaks in between

● FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION

● Eliminate distractions - inbox and alerts off

● Brain dump each week

● Practice meditation / mindfulness

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