Nir EyalSpeaker on Behavioral Science, NYT Bestselling Author, Former Stanford Lecturer

Most so-called “productivity hacks” don’t work #shorts

Name: Most so-called “productivity hacks” don’t work #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-01-09T14:31:05+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: Nir Eyal (speaker) argues that many popular "productivity hacks" fail and can backfire if not grounded in research. He uses to-do lists as an example…

9 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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Nir Eyal (speaker) argues that many popular "productivity hacks" fail and can backfire if not grounded in research. He uses to-do lists as an example, saying they can harm focus unless paired with the well-researched technique of setting an implementation intention; he emphasizes checking the research before adopting life changes.

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Why don't we do we say we're going to do? How do we become indistractable? What I discovered, to my horror, is that a lot of the techniques that I thought were always the right thing to do turn out to be not so effective. Take, for example, a to do list. Turns out that to do lists are one of the worst things you can do for your personal productivity unless you pair it with one of the most researched techniques in history, which is called setting an implementation intention. So if you don't use a to do list in conjunction with this technique, then you're really shooting yourself in the foot. You're likely to become less focused and less productive. So it's really important that we look at the research when we change our life and adopt these practices, or we're likely to use techniques that will backfire.