Productivity can have a profound effect on your happiness and contentment from day to day. There’s the age old adage of “make your bed” as your first accomplishment but what is the science behind this. Throughout the day we are inundated with things we must accomplished based on our life circumstances. We may have a day packed full of responsibilities or we may be in a place in life where it’s not quite as hectic. Maybe you just bought a new house, started a new job or having a baby on the way. The point is that we all have daily things we must accomplish so how can we better prepare ourselves to be productive.

What are the things you need to accomplish in the day versus what are things you want to accomplish in the day? Human beings are task oriented creatures. This means that our bodies will have a physiological response to accomplishing tasks and will be rewarded within our pleasure center in the forms of serotonin or dopamine. You can find examples of these within our daily life. The elusive feeling of “runners high” is an experience many people who run have difficulty finding. This is the feeling of elation, that a runner experiences when they are for the most part, moving mechanically well and at any efficient pace for their body. It’s a combination of factors that include the distance your running, the reason behind your running and the acceptance of the task at hand. This could also be described as a kind of flow state. Another perfect example that isn’t physically active is listening to a great piece of music that you connect with. Some people experience goose bumps when they hear that perfect harmony or counter melody inside of a piece that was perfectly placed. These experiences have to do with our innate desire to organize and recognize patterns.

To be more productive:

1. Eat more quality food, more regularly, during work days
2. When you’re relaxing, relax.
3. Give energy to your Relationships
4. Do something physical each day that requires deep breathing
5. Accomplish tasks to reduce stress/ pressure
6. Hydrate regularly and take care of your muscles and skin
7. Cold Therapy / Hot therapy
8. Have difficult conversations that challenge your perspective
9. Do at least one thing playful or creative each day

The truth of life is that we are not going to be “on point” everyday or wake up with the same energy every day. The purpose of these practices are to create habits that allow us to accomplish tasks that put our body in a position to be the most balanced physiologically. We typically don’t have to think about brushing our teeth and flossing everyday, it just comes as a natural habit we do. Because of this habit we tend to have a better, healthier smile. That principle applies directly to these other practices in life.

In summary, take control of your day! Make a list of things you would like to have an break it down into small tasks to accomplish. Each step you take towards your goal will reward you with more balance, and self confidence to accomplish the next task. This is the heart of personal training and the heart of changing your daily habits to create your day!

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Originally Published on https://www.ascendperformancetraining.com/blog

Tripp Parks Author, Podcast Host, Gym Owner

My name is Tripp Parks. I am the author of the book "Health Profiling"; I co-own: Ascend Performance Training Center and business solutions, Kalevala Labs Supplements; co-own/host the podcast Health Or High Water. (ISSA Certified: Personal Trainer, Genetic-based Program Design, Nutritionist, Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and Elite Trainer)

With over 10 years of experience in the fitness industry. From playing professional football for the Rival Professional Football league, to working in genetics supplementation, personal training, nutrition and much more.

The latest I have been working on is developing the process my partner and I call, "Health Profiling". We are faced with one of the worst health epidemics ever seen before in human history and I wanted to come up with a way to fix it and thats where Health Profiling was born. Health Profiling is basically a new way of looking at health and wellness. The problem is when you go to a personal trainer they are going to solve your problems with workouts; a nutritionist will solve it with diet/supplementation, etc. The problem is no one is putting them together.

Just like when we invest our money, we diversify those funds. The same goes with our health and wellness. Health Profiling is about diversifying our health and wellness to all aspects. I look at everything for someones health journey (genetics, hormones, workouts, sleep, stress, mentality, etc.) that truly makes them healthy.

This all starts with genetics! Using genetic testing we can get a qualitative road map to apply Health Profiling to our daily life's!