Seven ways to work better by working less...
Many people think that the best way to work effectively is to bend in front of the monitor and work without stopping. And in fact, it is important to know how to spend and renew energy.
Here are 7 tips from the experts:
Do not eat at workplace. Many people think that I eat a sandwich and work at the same time, so work efficiently. Actually no: it is recommended that at lunch time to completely disconnect from work, even to take a little walk.
Work in short bursts. The formula "work accomplished = time spent" is not correct. The correct is: "work accomplished = time spent * intensity of attention." In other words, you can work all day, having a ratio of 10 focus at the beginning of the day and in the area of the unit between the fifth and tenth hour of work. Or to work two days for two hours with a factor of 10-9. The second will bring more result.
Avoid the "gray zone". We often get stuck in our approach to work: we do so because accustomed to. However, it is important to answer the questions: do you have enough resources? if you are connected with sources that will help to improve the process?
The first half of the day work alone. The fact that you were able to return to a task after a break can take up to 23 minutes. If you answer customer emails, consult with colleagues and so on — all the most productive part of my day is spent switching between tasks.
Do the main thing, carry unimportant. There are two types of tasks: valuable, interesting, that move your career forward; and is urgent, rough, who just needs to be done. Move the second task to the less loaded part of the day or delegate to subordinate. So you will get more benefit.
Things for work, things to stay. When I was a student, I noticed that the library was able to learn more than at home. When you work at a computer at home, you are drawn to check Twitter or leisurely surf the Internet. Learn to distinguish between things: for example, for the work PC and be distracted from work for the iPad.
Waste your time selectively. Harvard University study suggests that those who 20% of their time is spent on surfing, "not work" for 9% more productive than colleagues that you are not distracted. This is because the second in addition to all the forced to resist the urge to distract and relax.