By Matata Mercy
Would you love to be effective and also efficient at your work? One thing is stopping you from doing that and it is time management.
If you find out that you cannot get work done at your work place, it simply means that you are having alot of distractions and interruptions at your work place.
It could be telephone calls or spending time taking some tea. Here are some simple techniques that will help you to get things done that you can be able to use to double your productivity.
1. Go to bed early and get up early
If you can wake up and start engaging in the most important tasks and activities of the day, you will be able to accomplish alot of your work even before the normal working day actually begins.
For example if you can wake up at 5:00 am and then work up to 8:00 am before you head to office, you will become very good at time management and you will be able to accomplish all your important tasks easily.
Being able to get things done at the office will just be like a bonus for you since you will have accomplished alot in the course of the already.
2. Show up in the office an hour earlier before the work day begins
By being able to leave your home early and also showing up to the office early will help you to avoid the traffic on the roads.
Since there is no one there, it means that there will be no interruptions and you will be able to clear up most of the day's work may be just in an hour.
3. Work for one extra hour after everyone else has gone home
Staying behind at office and working for one extra hour after everypne else has left will surely help increase your productivity.
You will be able to clear up all your responsibilities, or write reports and also be able to plan for the next day in advance.
The key here is to be able to take the 60 minutes to do the hard work without any form of interruption.
You should close the doors, switch off the phone and put your head down and work without stopping for an hour.
4. Build the habit of doing the hard work right through the lunch hour
During lunch time, when everyone has left office keep working. There is no law that says lunch has to be taken between noon and 1:00 pm an therefore you can use one hour to keep working on projects that you want to complete and then show up for lunch an hour later.
You can decide to eat quickly and be back at office working with little time wasted. In the long run you will become more productive.
If you can reduce your distractions at work and commit yourself to working harder, you will be able to accomplish more in the long run.
How are you becoming productive at work and managing your time, share your thoughts here.
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