Self Awareness Challenge

Welcome to the Self Awareness Challenge! You’re likely here because you’ve identified issues with your productivity, focus, and/or well-being during your workday and you want to make a change.

That’s great! This challenge is here to help you do that by addressing both your interactions with and time spent in collaboration tools. We’ll specifically aim to:

• Reduce the amount of time in online and offline meetings
• Reduce the interactions with email and messaging

At the start of this challenge, you will set specific goals to improve your workday by managing your time and interactions with collaboration and communication apps.

Over the next two weeks, you will focus on five key metrics and set goals for them. Through daily reminders, we will help you become more mindful of your work habits.

At the end of the two weeks, we will show you how self-awareness can change your work outcomes. After that, we'll start focusing on personal productivity hacks and configuration changes to make email and messaging tools less distracting.

How the Self Awareness Challenge Works:

Everyone has different work habits and responsibilities, so the Self Awareness Challenge will be unique to each individual. However, we can break this challenge down into three core steps:

1. Do the Great Workdays Kickoff for Individuals:

Before you start the Self Awareness Challenge, complete the Great Workdays Kickoff for Individuals. Use the data you get from the kickoff to set goals in this challenge.

2. Create Goals in Produce8:

Setting goals provides a clear direction and measurable targets for improving your work habits. By defining specific objectives, such as reducing unnecessary interactions with email and collaboration tools, limiting time spent in meetings, and enhancing your Focus Score, you can systematically track your progress and make data-driven adjustments.

3. Measuring Impact of Self Awareness After Two Weeks:

The objective of the Self Awareness Challenge is to see if setting goals can help increase mindfulness and reduce time lost to collaboration tools. This involves comparing the initial data from the first week with data from the second week. The challenge concludes with a review of your progress and results followed by making informed adjustments that lead to continued improvement.

Self Awareness Challenge Goals:

After referencing the results of your Great Workdays Kickoff for Individuals , you will now have some insights into how you work and which areas need improvement.

Use your averages to help set goals for the following:

1. # of Daily (or Weekly) Interactions With Messaging Apps (Slack/Microsoft Teams)

• Goal: Determine your ideal number of interactions with collaboration tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams.
• Action: Track how often you check and respond to messages on these days each day or week.
• Benefit: Reducing unnecessary interactions can minimize distractions and improve focus on primary tasks.

2. # of Daily Interactions With Email App

• Goal: Set a target for how many times you interact with your email app daily.
• Action: Analyze your email usage to avoid frequent checking, which can interrupt workflow.
• Benefit: Limiting email interactions helps maintain continuous productivity and reduces context switching.

3. Time Spent in Meetings (or Internal Meetings) per Day

• Goal: Establish a maximum limit for the amount of time you spend in meetings each day.
• Action: Check the duration of each meeting and your total meeting time daily.
• Benefit: Controlling meeting time ensures more time is available for deep work and task completion.

4. Workday Length (Maximum or Minimum)

• Goal: Define the optimal length for your workday, including start and end times.
• Action: Track the total hours you work each day to ensure a balanced workday.
• Benefit: Managing workday length helps maintain work-life balance and prevents burnout.

5. Time in Calls

• Goal: Set a goal for the amount of time you spend on calls each day.
• Action: View call durations to ensure they are necessary and productive.
• Benefit: Reducing unnecessary calls frees up more time for essential tasks.

6. Views in Most Important App (for You)

• Goal: Identify the app that is most crucial for your job.
• Action: Measure the amount of time you spend in this app daily.
• Benefit: Spending enough time in your most important app helps ensure your workday isn't consumed by meetings, messaging, and email.

Outcome:

Track your progress over the two weeks and identify any percentage improvements caused by setting and working towards your goals. The challenge ends with a review of your results. But this is only the start of the journey! Remember, we are building great work habits that will last. If you want to keep improving, try other challenges like using a Pomodoro timer for focused work or time blocking to better manage collaboration.

With Produce8, you can:

• Set Clear Goals: Define specific work goals for your Self Awareness Challenge. Whether it's reducing unnecessary interactions with collaboration tools or increasing time spent on focused tasks, Produce8 helps you set clear, achievable targets.
• Track Progress: Effortlessly measure your interactions with key apps, time spent in meetings, and overall work trends. Produce8 provides detailed insights into how you spend your time and identifies areas for improvement.
• Stay Motivated: Receive real-time feedback and encouragement as you progress through the challenge. Celebrate milestones, overcome obstacles, and stay motivated to reach your full potential.