5 Productivity Advice By Experts That Don’t Always Work

The best productivity advice takes into account how your body works.

Victor Mong
7 min readNov 24, 2022
Photo by Madrona Rose on Unsplash

For many of us, becoming more productive is a significant goal. We all want to make the most of our time and energy on any given day.

And it’s not hard to know why: being able to get more done allows us to get ahead in life and even gives us more time to do the things we love outside of work.

That’s why we read books, listen to podcasts, and take advice from different sources on how to be more productive, effective, or efficient.

However, there’s often no “one size fits all” when it comes to becoming more productive. Some of the ideas work, but others don’t make much of a difference.

The simple reason is that each of us is unique. What works for some people might not exactly work for others. The important thing is to always evaluate any advice, tips, tools, etc. in the light of your own life and priorities.

Here are the five most common pieces of “expert” productivity advice that usually don’t work:

Maximize Every Second of Your Day

Time is an important asset, and most of us believe that the best way to be productive and make the most of…

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Victor Mong

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