Productivity, they say, is a habit. But I say productivity is not just a habit, it is something that we all can bring in life by being a little smart. There are so many words of wisdom floating around on how to be productive. Technology has given us so many options to become better at getting more done in less time. It’s just that we have to find the right set of tools and tips that can work for us.



In this post I am going to focus on five of those tips (with tools that blend perfectly with those tips) that will inspire you to become more productive in your life. Let us take a look at what those tips are —



1. Start the day RIGHT!

How do you start the day? By checking out your smartphone as soon as you wake up. If yes, then don’t worry — you’re wholeheartedly accepted as a true member of the millennial generation.



According to a survey conducted by Deloitte Global across 4000 mobile users, it was found that one in ten looked up to their phone as soon as they woke up. While you can find plenty of articles stating to give up this habit, I’d suggest why not make this bad habit turn into a good one by using the technology to our favor. Wondering how?



You cannot stay away from your smartphone early in the morning, so why not have a mobile app that inspires you to start the day right? An app like Aaptiv can work wonders for kick starting the day on a high! Bringing together the right blend of trainers and music to see you through, Aaptiv will help you keep the productivity juices flowing throughout the day.



2. Fuel up your body

Water is the most important nutrient that our body needs in order to remain active and productive. It plays a vital role in body’s physiological processes and helps us stay energized.



Yet we all are careless when it comes to supplementing our body with required amount of water. Health authorities recommend that our body needs eight 8-ounce glasses full of water daily (referred to as the 8X8 rule). However, how many of us actually remember how much water did we drink?



To help you keep track of how much water your body needs, the mobile app Hydro Coach is just perfect. You can create your own profile, personalize the options and specify your vital stats to calculate the accurate amount of water your body needs. The best part is that the app gives you a water drinking notification to maintain the balance of your body’s daily water intake. And it can be paired up with tech wear as well, so you can sync all the data between your devices.



3. Plan and schedule your day, and your life (ProofHub)

Planning is vital to take your productivity through the roof. This is the reason why they say failing to plan is planning to fail. From managing what needs to be done throughout the day in your personal life, or at work, you need to have a system in place.



That’s exactly what ProofHub does. This powerful app lets you keep a list of your daily tasks, break them down into subtasks and keep track of what needs to be done and reminds you whenever something is due. A great thing about the app is that it is not your usual task management app. It brings along a long list of powerful tools that can help you bring sanity in your life.



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4. Keep the wandering mind under control (Self-control)

According to one of the studies carried out by Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert on happiness and a wandering mind, New York Times quoted, “ Whatever people were doing, whether it was having sex or reading or shopping, they tended to be happier if they focused on the activity instead of thinking about something else.”



And we all know that happiness inspires productivity. This is where keeping a check on a wandering mind becomes so important. The fact that we are constantly getting fed with the information overdose on the internet, it can be quite difficult to stay focused on one thing. That’s exactly what the app Self Control can help you achieve.



It works by letting you block all the websites that might be causing a distraction to you, including your mail servers or any other similar things on the internet. The app is available for computers as well as smartphones and can be pretty handy to help you stay focused on one thing at a time.



5 . Stay away from the paralysis of perfection

“It’s easy to get paralyzed by perfection, but it’s better to get something out the door than to hold onto it for a long time hoping to remove every flaw.” — Art Markman.



How many times does it happen that we are too busy trying to make something perfect that we tend to forget the other things that we were supposed to do. This paralysis of perfection eats up our productivity and we end up spending more hours at a task than what we were supposed to.



A great app that can help you in this regard is Rescue Time. it lets you know how you are spending your time, giving you detailed reports and paint a precise picture of how you spend your day.