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What's your productivity type?
Nine quick questions about how you like to work. Get your productivity type, a share card and five tools from the directory that suit you.
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Short answer
This free quiz sorts you into one of five productivity types, from the Deep Diver to the Optimizer, based on how you plan, focus and handle distractions. It takes about two minutes, and your answers never leave your browser.
My productivity type
The Deep Diver
You do your best work in long, quiet, uninterrupted stretches.
My 5 tool picks
Freedom
Cold Turkey Blocker
Reclaim.ai
Focusmate
Bear
What this means
Give you a closed door and a clear morning and you will produce your most thorough work. Interruptions cost you more than most people, so protecting your focus is your biggest lever.
Your strengths
- Thorough, high-quality work
- Comfortable with hard problems
- Hard to distract once you start
Watch out for
Small tasks pile up while you are deep in one big one.
Try this
Block two focus hours on your calendar before the day fills up, and batch messages into set times.
Try the free Pomodoro timer5 tools for The Deep Diver
- FreedomBlocks distracting sites and apps across all your devices.
- Cold Turkey BlockerA strict blocker for days when willpower runs out.
- Reclaim.aiDefends focus time on your real calendar.
- FocusmateLive sessions with a partner keep you on task.
- BearA calm, distraction-free place to write.
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Built with love by Shushant Lakhyani. Building bestproductivityresources.com
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The 5 productivity types
- The Deep DiverYou do your best work in long, quiet, uninterrupted stretches.
- The PlannerYou turn chaos into a clear plan, and then you work the plan.
- The SprinterYou work in fast, energetic bursts and love ticking things off.
- The ExplorerYou connect ideas others miss and do your best work when curious.
- The OptimizerYou would rather build a system once than do a boring job twice.
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