7 Ways to Increase Productivity
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Track your time for one week and then analyze the results.
You might be surprised how much time you are really spending on various tasks.
Visualizing where your time goes will help you see where you can improve.
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2. Plan Ahead
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BEFORE EACH WEEK, PLAN OUT YOUR WEEK AHEAD.
Write down all of the key projects and tasks you need to accomplish.
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3.Prioritize
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Prioritize your activities and projects from most important to least important
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Block out uninterrupted time to accomplish your most important tasks &...
Don’t let others schedule meetings during the time you’ve blocked for your key projects!
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SET ASIDE SPECIFIC TIMES FOR CHECKING YOUR EMAIL:
i.e. at the beginning of your workday, right before or after lunch, and at the end of the day.
Refrain from checking email except during these allocated times
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Without a simple strategy to deal with it, you can get caught up wasting time checking through your email at every opportunity. Dealing with multiple emails in the same block of time is much more efficient
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5. Set Limits for Everything
“work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”-PARKINSON’S LAW
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Try giving yourself less time to complete tasks
e.g. give yourself an hour to write that report instead of 2 hours, or give yourself 15 minutes to check your mail instead of 30 minutes.
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WHY?
If you give yourself too much time to complete a given task, there is a good chance you’ll find a way to use up all that time, even if you didn’t really need it.
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Despite popular opinion, multitasking does not make us more productive.
In fact, splitting our attention has an impact on our productivity, concentration and energy.
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“Multitasking is going to slow you down, increasing the chances of mistakes”, says David Meyer, cognitive scientist at the University of Michigan.
If you want to be more productive, focus on doing one thing at a time, and doing it well.
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TAKE A FEW BREAKS DURING THE DAY, GET OUT OF THE OFFICE OR WALK AROUND THE BUILDING.
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Breaks are important, not only for exercise of the body, but also for exercise of the mind.
This will allow you to refresh your body and mind and get back to work and be productive, rather than lethargic.
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