My Best Productivity Hack

I work remotely from home. Usually on my desk nestled in the corner of my bedroom. Despite not having a physical office I’m confident in my daily productivity.

My secret is this product I use called Focusmate.

I first joined Focusmate back in 2019, and as of today I have 2144 sessions completed. I’m actually writing this blog post during a focusmate session right now.

The idea behind Focusmate is simple. I can schedule an hour of focused time on the FM calendar, and it’ll pair me up with someone else during that time. The session is a video call, where we show up during our scheduled session, we share what our intentions are during the hour, get to work, then we share how it went at the end of the session.

Here’s why I find Focusmate helpful:

• Parkinson’s Law: a task will take as much time as you give it. For example, a few weeks ago, I had a presentation for our exec team. I booked three consecutive hour long sessions in the morning. I broke down the presentation into sections. And I focused on completing a section or two during every session. If I didn’t use FM, I may of procrastinated or took much more time to accomplish this task.
• For many tasks, the hardest part is sitting down and getting started. I was procastinating on my newsletter launch event a few weeks ago, so I booked a focusmate session to get it done. In that one hour, I created the event invite, wrote the description, and invited a bunch of friends.
• Accountability. At the start of each session, we share our intention. This act of sharing an intention, I like to be as specific as possible, means the session is laser focused.

I can go on and on my love for Focusmate. On most weekday mornings, I’ll book three consecutive FM sessions to get my work done, and it’s been a key to my productivity.

I’ve recommended Focusmate to many friends and they all love it too.

If you struggle with getting work done at home, I highly recommend trying out Focusmate.