10x Your Productivity Archives

If You Don’t Aim For An Ideal Week, You Might Never Have One

by Parker Houston | Aug 7, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19

The pandemic has encouraged—or even forced—many companies to allow their team members to work entirely remotely, but lots of people (myself included) are encountering all...

Disentangle Yourself From Device Addiction

by Parker Houston | Jul 16, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19, Self Leadership

“I fear the day that technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” -Albert Einstien If the photo above looks anything...

Your Brain Prefers Lazy Tasks—Here’s What You Can Do About It

by Parker Houston | Jul 9, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest...

9 Elite Productivity Tips

by Parker Houston | Feb 14, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity

Hi guys and happy Friday! This will be the final post in the 10x Your Productivity series. This post includes some incredible expert tips that did not fit neatly into...

The Most Productive People Work in Their Strength Zones

by Parker Houston | Jan 31, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity

Hi guys and happy Friday! If you want to maximize your productivity, you need to spend more time in your strength zones. In this post, I will highlight the research that...

Harness the Awesome Power of Morning Routines

by Parker Houston | Jan 24, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity, Self Leadership

Hi guys and happy Friday! If you truly want to supercharge your productivity, you cannot overlook the importance of morning routines. Morning routines are consistently cited...

The 80-20 Rule

by Parker Houston | Jan 17, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity

Hi guys and happy Friday! “If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.” —Tim Ferriss No productivity series would be complete without a discussion of The 80-20 Rule,...

The Importance of Being Unproductive

by Parker Houston | Jan 10, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity

Hi guys and happy Friday! If you think you read that title wrong—you didn’t. Here is today’s BIG IDEA—In order to be wildly productive, you need designated periods of being...

Time Blocking—Why It Works

by Parker Houston | Dec 28, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity

Several years ago, I heard Stephen Covey say something that changed my life—he said that if something is going to get done, it must occupy a physical space in your calendar....

Stop Multitasking

by Parker Houston | Dec 21, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity

Hi guys and Happy Holidays! Today’s BIG IDEA—Once you have recognized the importance of carefully investing your time, decided what is most important at work and at home,...

The most important word ever—“NO”

by Parker Houston | Dec 15, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity

Last week we discussed the vital importance of knowing what your most important goals are in your personal and professional life—the direction you want to go. That is the...

Direction is more important than speed

by Parker Houston | Dec 9, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity

One morning in 1972 Yogi Berra awakened his wife and three sons and piled them into the car to drive to his Hall of Fame ceremony. They were in a bit of a hurry, and it soon...