Office Politics
Working Environment
Pay Rises and Money
Personal Development
Confidence
Promotion
Productivity & Personal Skills
Stress
Five ways to get the most out of each day
Every day we start off with the best of intentions. We have important work to finish, people we want to speak to, and long-term projects we need to start. But by the end of the day we discover we've only accomplished a fraction of what we wanted to do. So we're forced to come in early, stay late, and work at weekends. Yes, we're busy, but hardly productive. Here are five time-saving tips that will help you become more productive at work:
1. Make an appointment with yourself. Give yourself uninterrupted blocks of time - 30, 60, or 90 minutes during the day. This will enable you to concentrate and focus your attention on the matter in hand. Close your door, ignore the phone and give yourself time to think and concentrate as you tackle your jobs and projects.
2. Make the most of your prime time. We all have a particular time of day when we have lots of energy and enthusiasm and a greater ability to think and concentrate. Work out when you are at your most effective and tackle your most important work then. Try to arrange meetings, appointments and other activities for other times of the day.
3. Avoid impromptu meetings. Impromptu meetings are really interruptions, and are huge time-wasters and productivity destroyers. They break your concentration, disturb your train of thought and undermine your momentum. The next time someone comes into your office or sits by your desk and starts to make herself comfortable, say that you're in the middle of a very tricky task or an important project. Then ask if you could get together at a mutually convenient time later in the day or week.
1 | 2 | next
printer friendly
send to a friend
Delicious
Digg
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon
Horoscopes| Message Boards | Quizzes | Newsletters | Join
iVillage Ltd is a UK company registered in England & Wales (3837269) at 80-110 New Oxford Street, London WC1 1HB
