9 High-Priced Productivity Items That Are Worth Every Penny

These things look like a millionaire’s Amazon cart.

But individually, each item on the list below is affordable. This article doesn’t tell you to buy all these products now or go into debt acquiring them. Not at all. It’s to indulge and invest in the one that’ll give you the best outcome for what you need in your current business journey.

Social media loves to show the luxury items the successful buy. The yachts, the cars, the mansions, and the private jets get carousel reels on Instagram and 10-minute YouTube videos dedicated to them.

More attention should be devoted to the habits, objects, or products that help make the millionaires so successful.

Here are nine high-priced items successful people use to save time and increase productivity.

1. A High-End Firm Mattress

We have to start with the elephant in the room.

Without proper, good-quality sleep, nothing else matters.

Science says that we need 7-9 hours of sleep per night. However, it isn’t only the hours logged that determine our productivity. It’s the quality of our sleep. Data shows that deep sleep is critical for brain health and function.

The deep sleep stage helps the brain rest and recover, allowing it to replenish energy, with research stating we need 1.5–2 hours of deep sleep per night.

Without having the appropriate amount of deep sleep, you’ll feel lethargic, and your energy levels will be lower than usual. The lower energy levels will drastically reduce your productivity.

Combatting this starts with your sleep environment. Yes, low lighting and sleeping in a dark room without the pollution of blue light helps, but it only matters if you have a good-quality mattress.

2. A Chilipad

Like a mattress pad, a Chilipad offers another way to improve sleep quality.

Science has shown that the ideal temperature for humans to sleep at is 60-68 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 degrees Celsius).

A Chilipad covers your bed with a thin layer of cushioning. But what makes it totally unique is its ability to change the temperature of your bedding while you sleep.

The primary purpose of the Chilipad is to regulate the surface temperature of your mattress by circulating water through a network of microtubing. Sleepers can set the water as cool as 55 degrees, as hot as 115 degrees, or anything between.

Instead of jacking up the price of your air conditioning, put a one-time investment down on a Chilipad to ensure the best sleep every night.

3. A Comfortable Office Chair

If ⅓ of life is devoted to work, and you work while sitting down, save your spine by investing in a comfortable office chair.

Seriously, if you spend a lot of your working hours sitting, it doesn’t need to be on something that could pass for a medieval torture device.

Investing in a high-quality office chair will reduce back pain and provide comprehensive support to your body. True comfort can reduce the risk of musculoskeletal issues later in life.

Higher-priced chairs are often made with higher-quality materials, meaning the chair will last longer.

The saying, “You get what you pay for,” applies fittingly here.

Here’s a list of office chairs you can scroll through.

4. A Stand-Up Desk

Sitting has been labeled as “the new smoking.”

Living in the digital age of convenience and ease has made us soft. Our 9-5 cubicle work lifestyles are deteriorating our health. We now sit more than we ever have.

Stand up more. Move your body and get blood pumping.

The internet is incredible; more people are learning to make money from home and create personal freedom. However, breaking out of the rat race doesn’t mean they’ve broken the bad habits they adopted in the workforce.

Get a stand-up desk. It is such a simple fix with incredible health benefits. Many desks are motorized and customizable for sitting and standing heights.

5. A Work Treadmill

A perfect companion for the stand-up desk is a small treadmill.

30% of Americans are overweight, and 42% are obese. That number is expected to increase to 50% by 2030. Our current lifestyle is destroying our health.

A big reason why that is is because people aren’t moving enough. We descended from hunter-gatherers, and the human body was made to move. Specifically, the body was built to walk long distances.

Having a work treadmill is a great asset because you can take as many meetings as you need and never worry about the risks of sitting for long periods. You’ll be moving and getting your steps in while making money.

The treadmill tucks nicely beneath the desk, and you can get your steps in while taking meetings on Zoom.

6. Food Delivery Services

Cooking is a massive waste of time.

Yes, I understand it can be therapeutic for some, and many enjoy cooking their food. However, going grocery shopping, cooking the food, meal-prepping for the week, and then doing the clean-up takes an entire day for many people.

Now, if you insist on cooking your food (I can empathize with those who do it for special dietary requirements), you have to plan it in your calendar so your goals don’t take too much of a hit because it does detract from productivity.

If you can, invest in a food delivery service like Factor.

These high-quality, pre-cooked and pre-prepared foods save time. All the time that would go to grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning up can be used to double down on the activities that help you make more money and take more steps toward your goals.

7. Noise-Canceling Headphones

In Cal Newport’s best-selling book Deep Work, he defines deep work as,

“Professional activity performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.”

Uninterrupted, distraction-free work can allow someone to get much more done in a shorter amount of time. A focused 4 hours of work can be more beneficial than a distracted 12 hours.

Sure, you could silence your phone and turn off notifications. But what happens when the landscapers are cutting grass outside your window or your next-door neighbor decides to rev his car’s engine for an hour simply because “he loves the sound”?

Noise-canceling headphones are a worthwhile investment because they’re necessary to accomplish the ideal flow state required for deep work. These headphones are excellent at eliminating distractions outside of your control.

8. Waterproof Headphones

Another valuable purchase is waterproof headphones.

Brandon Carter often credits his “total immersion” tactic for increasing his close rate and upping his sales game, allowing him to make millions.

Total immersion means throwing yourself into a particular field of education and focusing all your time on improving in that area.

In Brandon’s case, he used total immersion for sales. He'd put the waterproof headphones in from the moment he woke up. No music was allowed—only audiobooks and podcasts on sales. That includes working out and showering. Yes, total immersion means every waking moment is devoted to the craft.

You can catch Brandon talking about total immersion here.

9. Virtual Assistants/Outsourcing

This one might be the most important because it helps you save on our most important asset: time.

Outsourcing will be your best friend as a business owner, entrepreneur, or solopreneur.

Any tasks you can teach and pass off to someone else will help free up your calendar to put more free time where you desire. You could spend more time with family if you wanted or double down on the other money-making tasks instead.

You can find virtual assistants–or VAs–on sites like Fiverr and Avenger Admins, and a great VA for a thousand or even a few hundred dollars.

The impression people get when they hear this advice is that VAs need to be full-time. Not necessarily. Of course, it depends on your needs, but even a VA doing 10 hours of work a month for you and your business will free up your time. That adds up over a year.

The BMM Takeaway

Success leaves clues, and many successful entrepreneurs use the items above.

And it’s a big reason they get more done and make more money than most. They’re not afraid to invest in “pricier” items to help them get more done and get an edge over their competitors. In fact, they’re always looking for the next item that will solve a problem and increase output to increase profits.

Becoming successful isn’t simply about the watches, private jets, and Lambos. You get those results after investing in methods that can keep you healthy, aiding longevity and productivity.

Focus on the process and level up your productivity. Use some of the above products to help you. The results will come.