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You Could Use An MVP Day

by Mike Vardy

Whenever I’m feeling drained, sick, or otherwise low on energy I don’t just use energy as a filter for the tasks I’m going to work on. I also use my criteria for an MVP Day as a way to get the right things done.

An MVP Day is a day where you focus on what you need to do to achieve minimum viable productivity for the day. Those tasks are usually 3 to 5 items that if you get done you’ll feel somewhat productive.

I have 5 types of tasks, which spell the word WAVES:

  • Write
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Exercise
  • Study.

If I do all 5 of those tasks, then I’ve hit my target for my minimum viable productive day.

Maybe give setting up criteria for your own MVP Day a try. It’ll give you a productivity benchmark to shoot for every single day, no matter what the day throws at you.

About Mike Vardy

Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, productivity strategist, and founder of Productivityist. He is the author of The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want and The Productivityist Playbook.

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