You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why

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You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why - Fast Company

We all have routines. But not everyone crafts them to maximize their time.


There are few things that impact your daily productivity, career trajectory, and overall well-being as much as your routines. As Will Durant writes in The Story of Philosophy (a quote often misattributed to Aristotle): “We are what we repeatedly do.”

Today, we know the true extent of those words. According to research, up to 40% of our daily actions are powered by habits–the unconscious actions and routines we’ve developed over time.

Yet our routines aren’t the only thing we need for a balanced life. Most of us spend our days bouncing between tasks. We’re a designer or developer for the morning, and then a professional emailer and meeting attendee for the afternoon. And it’s our rituals–those symbolic actions performed at key moments–that help us move through the day smoothly.
 
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