My journey as a productivity geek started in 2008. At the beginning of that year, after months of deliberately avoiding it, I picked up Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek.

His advice was simple: choose the work which is going to maximise your results (the 80/20 rule) and do it in the shortest time possible by setting yourself impossible deadlines (Parkinson’s Law).

I was hooked.

Since then my journey towards being a productivity ninja has seen me try to implement David Allen’s GTD system, experimenting with kitchen timers in the Pomodoro Technique, and spend a lot of time in Paperchase buying new pens, planners and folders. Productivity blogs Zen Habits, Productive Flourishing and The 99 Percent were my constant travelling companions with their no nonsense advice and handy tips.

As I delved more into the psychology of why we work the way we do, books such as Your Brain at Work, Making Ideas Happen and Do More Great Work were dissected and poured over.

As my yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices deepened over the past two years books from Jon Kabat-Zinn, Dr. Srikumar S. Rao and Pema Chodron made an appearance on my bed-stand and many of these ideas have influenced the thinking behind my new book The Business Yogi (to be published in March).

And so after three years of reading, research and practice, I have come to the conclusion that getting stuff done at work is a simple formula:

RW/PP x EA - (B+D) = MP

Let me break that down for you:

Identify what work you need to be working on to make an impact (Right Work). Devise a trusted system that suits you (not one imposed by someone else) to Plan and Prioritise your work. Learn how your brain and body function so you can work with your Energy and Attention rather then against them. And reduce Busywork and Distractions to a minimum.

That’s Mindful Productivity. Simple right?

RW/PP x EA - (B+D) = MP

If you want to make 2012 your most productive year yet and make real impact with your work, then sign up for my Mindful Productivity live eClass starting on Friday 24 February.

Over six weeks, we will be breaking down the Mindful Productivity formula and putting in place simple actions and habits so you can get your Right Work done and regain balance in your working life.

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