How Productivity Aids Success In Life Because of the problems that come along the way, it is oftentimes hard for a person to maintain a certain level of productivity. This is because more often than not, that person would only experience failure because he or she wasn t able to meet the goals and expectations that are set. Increasing Productivity Studies show that when people think of productive in the things that they do, this will help them a lot because they don t only motivate themselves but also inspires others as well. When they know the concept of productivity, he or she will be able to learn or acquire the necessary skills needed to make decisions that would affect his or her life in the future. If you are working in an industry for quite some time, there surely would be changes in standards and norms that you should be aware of to be able to keep on doing and adopting the best practice. Improve yourself further and productivity would follow. Be organized. Sort your things, de-clutter your drawers and arrange your files. There could be too many documents or piles of papers sitting on your table top. Getting your table clean is one gauge you are productive. Try to finish all the papers-to-do. Set aside or put out all unnecessary things like photo frames, figurines, books, or small ornaments. Such things could only accumulate clutter, which in turn could hamper your free and fast movement in your own work place. Trends In Productivity Productivity, defined as a measure of the amount of output per hour of work, is shown to be typically pro-cyclical. This means that productivity increases during economic upswings and slows down (or even declines) when the economy is in a downturn. Several causes have been forwarded to sustain this. For example: company X had produced 100 units of products in one week, and in the next, was able to come with 120 units. The performance productivity would have increased by 20%. In comparison, the focus on the output value is grouped as a financial productivity. Suppose that company X had produced 100 units of products in the first and second week.