Are you finding that your days are just going by and
you’re not getting things done? Let’s help you become a bit more productive
with a few tips.
Starting in the morning set your routine. Focus on
yourself instead of work and emails. Take the time to get ready and eat a good
nutritious breakfast. Spend some time working out, meditating or even just catching
up with local news, a magazine or a few pages of a book. This will change the
focus from the over anxious work day to a day that has you more present in the
moment.
When you are ready to start your work thinking about
what is the most important and make a list of what has to be done in order of
the highest priority first to the least important. Doing this will help you
decide how to prioritise and split your time so you don’t waste time on
something that has a low priority of importance. Don’t worry about the less
important things if you don’t get to them as long as your focus is on what
really needs to be done first. The other things can flow over to the next day
as top of the list or slip in a few extra minutes at the end of the day to get
them off your to do list.
Remember to take breaks so that you refresh your brain
and rejuvenate your body. This is very important especially if the job is challenging.
By doing the most challenging tasks first you will feel a sense of fulfillment that
they are complete and the breaks will refresh you to push forward with easier
tasks making you more productive.
Very important is to prioritise your emails. Don’t let
your emails boss you round and keep you glued to the computer screen. Answer
the urgent ones, flag the next urgent and put the rest on the ‘to do’ list.
Make it that you handle every email just twice. Once to see what it’s about and
again to reply and file it. Once it’s filed move on to the next tasks and
remember that although multi-tasking may seem like a good idea and make you
feel as though you are getting through things faster in actual fact you are not
because you are spreading your energies. This will have a negative impact on
the quality of your work. It is always better to focus your full attention on
what you are doing and move on when you are finished.
