Academic Medicine Open Forum

It's dark, it's cold, and many of us are still weathering the pandemic at home in our sweatpants. For me, motivation and productivity are at an all-time low some days. So I appreciated finding this list of 4 quick things to boost productivity:

1. Make a "15-minute list" – a list of low effort tasks you can accomplish in 15 minutes or less. The satisfaction of quickly crossing off those items can jump-start the flow of productivity.
2. Work in vacation mode – simulate that crush of fast, substantial work we pull off on those last few days before a vacation by giving yourself a mini-vacation goal and deadline.
3. Winterize your task list – Focus your time on high value and return tasks and remove tasks that don't align with your organization's goals or your job role, don't serve customers or generate revenue, etc.
4. Automate – leverage technology to automate as many tasks as possible.

What are your tips for self-motivation these days?

It's dark, it's cold, and many of us are still weathering the pandemic at home in our sweatpants. For me, motivation and productivity are at an all-time low some days. So I appreciated finding this list of 4 quick things to boost productivity:

1. Make a "15-minute list" – a list of low effort tasks you can accomplish in 15 minutes or less. The satisfaction of quickly crossing off those items can jump-start the flow of productivity.
2. Work in vacation mode – simulate that crush of fast, substantial work we pull off on those last few days before a vacation by giving yourself a mini-vacation goal and deadline.
3. Winterize your task list – Focus your time on high value and return tasks and remove tasks that don't align with your organization's goals or your job role, don't serve customers or generate revenue, etc.
4. Automate – leverage technology to automate as many tasks as possible.

What are your tips for self-motivation these days?

It's dark, it's cold, and many of us are still weathering the pandemic at home in our sweatpants. For me, motivation and productivity are at an all-time low some days. So I appreciated finding this list of 4 quick things to boost productivity:

1. Make a "15-minute list" – a list of low effort tasks you can accomplish in 15 minutes or less. The satisfaction of quickly crossing off those items can jump-start the flow of productivity.
2. Work in vacation mode – simulate that crush of fast, substantial work we pull off on those last few days before a vacation by giving yourself a mini-vacation goal and deadline.
3. Winterize your task list – Focus your time on high value and return tasks and remove tasks that don't align with your organization's goals or your job role, don't serve customers or generate revenue, etc.
4. Automate – leverage technology to automate as many tasks as possible.

What are your tips for self-motivation these days?