Productivity is all about efficiency — doing more, faster and with less. And with increasing demands from today’s anytime, anywhere workplace, it is has never been more important. To get the most out of your day, you need to focus on these three segments of your life: TIME, SPACE,
Time
1. Start the day with structured ‘me time’: Go through email and social media updates that have piled up overnight and triage the backlog.
2. Use commute time to complete coordination tasks: It’s crazy not to use commute time to winnow out time-intensive tasks.
3. Reduce all meeting times by 25 percent: You will get the same amount of work done, because so much time is wasted dealing with conference call setup and useless banter.
4. Schedule regular breaks during the day: Running from back-to-back meetings is not productive, because you get tired and lose focus.
Space
5. Work ‘offsite’ when it makes sense: When you need to write a document or research a topic, the absence of office interruptions will improve concentration.
6. Consolidate the number of places you need to go for information: There are too many apps to navigate — make notifications from each application appear in one place.
7. Switch off popup notifications on mobile devices and on desktop: Don’t let applications interrupt your concentration with annoying popup messages.
Mindset
8. Converse, don’t email: Pick up the phone or walk down the hall and talk directly to colleagues.
9. Chop up big problems into smaller chunks: This will reduce the feeling of overload and the procrastination associated with taking on big jobs.
10. Use checklists for repetitive tasks to reduce errors: Particularly when you are overworked or are operating under time constraints, checklists keep you on track.
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