You try your best to accomplish a lot each day at work, but you always feel like you’ve fallen short. Whether you’re prone to distraction, tend to spend too much time on assignments, or are pulled in too many different directions, something has to give.
Thankfully, a few quick changes can make a world of difference. Here’s how to accomplish more each day, in the same amount of time.
Four Ways to Boost Your Productivity at Work
Attach Time Limits to Your Task List
Making a to-do list each morning is a great way to stay on track, but It’s easy to get wrapped up in a project and spend way too long on it. Solve this problem by including time estimates with each item to help you focus. This will ensure you don’t accidentally spend three times as long on one assignment, leaving no time to complete everything else.
Tackle the Item You Want to Do Least First
There’s always one task on your list that seems much less appealing than the rest. You’re likely tempted to procrastinate this one far into the afternoon — which can lead until the next day and beyond — but don’t. Getting it over with first thing in the morning will be a huge relief and will motivate you to breeze through the rest of the items on the list.
Put Your Smartphone Away
In the past, it was a lot harder to be distracted by the outside world at work, because you didn’t want to get caught surfing the web on your desktop computer or your company blocked certain websites. However, now that everyone has smartphones, every distraction you can imagine is at your fingertips. Avoid the temptation to pick up your phone every time you think about Googling something or receive a notification by putting it in a drawer or leaving it in your work bag.
Push Back on Meeting Invites
It’s possible you’re having a hard time being productive because you’re always in meetings. If you feel like you don’t actually need to attend at least some of these meetings, talk to the organizer. Politely ask them why they’ve requested your presence, so you can decide if you actually need to attend or can simply offer any input beforehand.
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