Being productive is night and day different than being busy. How productive are you? Could you be more productive? How can you become as productive as you're actually capable of being? Find out by taking the quick 12-question w2wlink self-quiz.
Directions:
Fill in the blank beside each statement with the number that represents how much you agree or disagree with each of the twelve statements, from 1 to 5, with 1 being agree completely, and 5 being disagree completely.
Questions
Agree Disagree
1 2 3 4 5
- _____ I know my goals for the day.
- _____ I know my goals for the week.
- _____ I know my goals for the month.
- _____ I know my goals for the year.
- _____ I have moved toward my goals today.
- _____ I have moved toward my goals this week.
- _____ I have moved toward my goals this month.
- _____ I have moved toward my goals this year.
- _____ I am happy with how fast I am meeting my goals.
- _____ I spend most of my daily time on goals that matter to me.
- _____ I prioritize my tasks to make sure I meet the goals that matter to me first.
- _____ I feel in control of my schedule for the most part.
Total: ___________
Answer Key: If you scored:
12-24 Well done! You are highly productive. Consider raising your goals.
25-44 Good job! You are productive, however planning and reassessing whether you are executing in line with your priorities would probably help you to improve.
45-60 Yes! You have just taken a big step in the right direction. You have become aware that you can be much more productive. With regular planning, prioritizing, and reassessing your daily, weekly and monthly actions to make sure they stay in line with your goals, you will see considerable improvement.
For more advice, read Productivity Pro, Laura Stack’s article New Year's Resolution: Take a Fresh Look at Your Productivity Habits
Discussion and thought provoking questions: 1. What does productive mean to you? 2. Do you see areas where you could be more productive? 3. What can you do to be more productive?
Jean Lewis,
has edited and written for consumer Web sites and publications reaching nearly 50 million people. Her credits include writing and editing online and print articles, sales and training materials, marketing collateral, and advertising and PR for conusmer companies including BeautiControl, a Tupperware subsidiary's publications to women ages 20s through 50s, the WHO Foundation, Women Helping Others, MCG Magazine, Los Angeles and Seasonal Living Guide for Sam’s Club, a retailing subsidiary of Wal-Mart. Her career also includes working and living in Canada and Japan. Jean is well regarded for her market-research based approach to managing story development enabling consistently original, relevant and timely content.
