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What are factors that impact productivity? - Coggle Diagram
What are factors that impact productivity?
Physical Factors
Sleep amount and quantity
"Sleep loss can make it more challenging to maintain focus, attention, and vigilance (Newsom and Wright, 2022)."
Excercise and physical fitness
Excercise can "strengthens neural connections" and "mproves memory consolidation" (Open Universities Australia, 2024)
Nutrition and hydration
"Having too much carbohydrates in the body can also deplete productivity"(NutritionED.org Contributor, n.d.).
"Even being dehydrated by just two percent can diminish cognitive performance, producing deficits in short-term memory, visual tracking, and arithmetical ability (NutritionED.org Contributor, n.d.)."
Does caffeine improve focus and productivity?
Desk Lighting Conditions
Posture and desk ergonomics
Cognitive Factors
Focus and attention span
Levels of stress and anxiety
Motivation
Clarity of set goal
Goal setting boosts focus, persistence, and motivation. Clear goals enhance performance, satisfaction, and well-being. Measurable goals enable progress tracking and accountability (Sutton, 2024).
What is the correct way to set goals?
Mindset and attitude
A positive mindset and attitude can lead to increased motivation, concentration, retention of information, and wellbeing (Xiao et al., 2023). A negative mindset can have the opposite effect.
Memory capacity
What techniques can I use to enhance my memory?
Environmental Factors
Distractions
Learning about the triggers that cause distractions and how to remove the triggers from learning work environment.
Organisation of work area
Having "A cluttered and disorganised workspace can trigger feelings of anxiety and stress", ultimatley making it very difficult to focus (Waite, 2023). By having and maintaining a clean workspace you can optimise productivity.
Temperature
Time Management Factors
Planning and scheduling
A schedule or plan "establishes a predictable routine that reduces stress and improves efficiency (Prabhu, 2022)."
Multitasking
Multitasking is detrimental to productivity, "causing cognitive overload, which leads to reduced focus, increased errors, slower task completion, and diminished cognitive abilities like memory and decision-making (Hasan, 2024)."
Frequency and length of breaks
Both short and long breaks can be useful depending on the type of task and level of energy and fatigue.
Time pressure
Behavioural Factors
Study techniques / strategies
Spaced Repititon
Active recall
Pomodoro
Feynman
Mind Mapping
Past Papers / Practice Tests
Flash Cards
Completing the most difficult task first (eating the frog )
Habits, routines, system
Morning Routine
After School Routine
Time blocking
Regular Workspace organisation
Sleep schedule
Pre study systems that get you into the flow
Self Discipline
It enables individuals to resist distractions, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and stay committed to goals, even when motivation fades(Trimbox.io, 2023).