# Productivity Method
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12 Week Year Method
A productivity and goal-setting system developed by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington that redefines your year to be 12 weeks long, eliminating procrastination through increased urgency and shortened planning cycles to achieve more in less time.
3-3-3 Method
Productivity framework that structures your workday into three hours of deep work, three shorter tasks, and three maintenance activities. Popularized by Oliver Burkeman to align effort with natural energy levels.
90-90-1 Rule
Productivity technique developed by Robin Sharma that focuses on dedicating the first 90 minutes of your work day to your single most important opportunity for the next 90 days. Aligns with ultradian rhythms and peak productivity hours.
Cal Newport Time Blocking
Deep work time management methodology by Cal Newport involving dividing each day into time blocks with specific tasks assigned to each block. Creates structured schedules that generate massive productivity gains.
Done By Noon
Productivity methodology and book by Dave Ruel that helps entrepreneurs achieve more by noon than they typically accomplish in a full day, focusing on completing high-priority tasks in 20 hours or less per week.
Done List Method
A productivity approach that focuses on tracking completed tasks and achievements rather than pending work, boosting motivation through visible progress, reducing stress, and providing concrete evidence of accomplishments for performance reviews and goal tracking.
Energy Management Methodology
Modern productivity philosophy that focuses on managing energy levels rather than just time allocation. Emphasizes working with your natural circadian rhythms, recognizing when your brain is most alert for deep work, and balancing high-energy tasks with recovery periods for sustainable performance.
Horstman's Corollary
A corollary to Parkinson's Law stating 'work contracts to fit in the time we give it,' suggesting that setting tighter deadlines can increase efficiency by forcing elimination of low-value activities and perfectionism.
Ivy Lee Method of Prioritization
A simple yet powerful productivity technique from 1918 where users write down six most important tasks each evening, prioritize them, and work through them sequentially the next day. Charles M. Schwab paid consultant Ivy Lee $25,000 (equivalent to $400,000 in 2015) after seeing dramatic productivity improvements from this deceptively simple method.
Monotasking
Productivity practice of focusing on a single task at a time rather than multitasking, based on research showing that human brains are not designed for multitasking and that single-task focus produces better results with less stress.
Performance Time System
A time-blocking technique recommended by Brian Moran in The 12 Week Year that breaks your daily routine into intentional periods, including three-hour strategic blocks for deep work and high-impact activities with minimized distractions.
Stock-Sanford Corollary
A corollary to Parkinson's Law stating 'If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do,' highlighting how work can contract to fit tight deadlines, though often misunderstood as encouragement for procrastination.
Two-Minute Rule (James Clear)
Habit formation strategy from Atomic Habits author James Clear: when starting a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do. Scale habits down to their simplest form to make them easy to start, creating gateway habits that lead to larger behavioral changes.
Zen to Done (ZTD)
Simplified productivity system by Leo Babauta that combines the best aspects of GTD and other methodologies, focusing on habit formation one at a time with emphasis on doing rather than planning through 10 core habits.
Zoe Read-Bivens - Flowtime Technique Creator
Creator of the Flowtime technique (also called Flowmodoro), an alternative to Pomodoro that allows variable-length focus sessions with proportional breaks, designed for more natural work rhythms.