Table 1.

Productivity tips and strategies for academic physicians.

Tip			Challenge	Tools and strategies
1.	Clarify what matters		Pulled in multiple directions Too many tasks	Priority matrix (Gordon and Borkan 2014) Maximizing versus satisficing (Schwartz et al. 2002)
2.	Track tasks effectively		Multiple to do lists Juggling many projects	Getting things done (Allen 2015) Bullet journaling (Carroll 2018) Research Pipeline (Lebo 2016)
3.	Focus and try to be fully present		Constantly multi-tasking Hard to focus	Deep work and mindful use of technology (Lowenstein 2009) Pomodoro technique (Cirillo 2018)
4.	Take advantage of timesavers		Too many emails Administrative burden	Efficient e-mailing and text expanders Effective delegation
5.	Celebrate successes		Feeling overwhelmed Unending to do lists	“Think, Act, Be”(Gillihan 2020) Tiny habits (Fogg 2019) Think of a peer

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