How to organize your working day

1. Less is better

Most people do not usually work with maximum efficiency and in a fairly relaxed manner. But if you really care about the results, rather than simply trying to be "busy", you are 100% involved in the work and completely switched off after.

It employs the same principle as with the training. To achieve maximum results, it is better to engage in fewer but more intenseEffect of exercise training intensity on abdominal visceral fat and body composition. And then be sure to set aside time for rest and recovery. So it is with the work.

The best results typically occur in short intervals of intense work for 2-3 hours. Only this time you need to concentrate fully and on what not distracted.

Curiously, unusual solutions often come to mind, not when we sit at work, and when we "restore." For example, only 16% at the time of the study respondents said they visited their creative ideas in the workplaceCharacterizing reflective practice in design. . Typically, new ideas arise during vacation time or on the road.

As long as we go by car or go on the street, the external stimuli cause different in our subconscious thoughts and memories. We jump from one thought to another, being between the past, present and future. In this state, the brain establishes a connection and looks problem solutionThat we did before.

So when you "work" be at work. And when the "do not work", do not think about it. Giving yourself time to recover, you will do even more than with continuous labor.

2. Do not spend the first three hours wasted

The first three hours after you start the day - the most valuable time for productivity.

Firstly, our brain (namely, his prefrontal cortex) is particularly active and ready for creative activities immediately after waking upMorning-evening variation in human brain metabolism and memory circuits. . While we sleep, our subconscious to work by setting time and contextual links.

Second, after a night's rest, we have more energy reserves and willpowerThe Physiology of Willpower: Linking Blood Glucose to Self-Control. . And during the day willpower is depleted and we are tired of decision-making.

We often hear the advice to start the morning with a workout, but it is not for everyone. Someone intense exercise in the morning can not be energized, but rather leave exhausted.

It is best for a productive start to the day immediately after breakfast, spend a few minutes of meditation and journal entries.

Write down the goals and plans for the day, and everything that comes to your mind. This will help organize thoughts.

Then get to work. Do not go to social networks and e-mail, immediately grasp the point. After three hours of continuous operation the brain need a break. Now just the ideal time for sports. After training for a few more hours to return to work.

Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to live in such regulations. The main thing is try to follow these rules.

• To better keep up with the morning, get up a few hours earlier than usual, and go take a nap after lunch.
• Use the rule of "90 - 1", ie, the first 90 minutes of each day to carry out their task № 1.
• Plan all appointments and meetings for the second half of the day.
• In the first three hours of work do not check social networks and e-mail. Morning did not need to spend on consumption, but on the creation of something.

3. Keep a balanced lifestyle

Balanced Life - is the key to productivity.

What do you do outside of work is as important to productivity, as well as what you are doing at the workplace.

Many studies suggest that productivity is increased in those who exercise regularly. After all, the brain - is the same authority as the other. And if the whole body is healthy, and the brain works better.

Even what we eat affects our ability to concentrate on work. A good night's sleep at all an essential component of productivity (by the way, will sleep much better if to get up early and work hard).

In addition, many psychologists believe that productivity and creativity is also needed "game". Psychiatrist Stuart Brown, for example, wrote about this whole book. He believes that the game has a positive effect on our thinking, improving memory and concentration, developing mathematical skills, creative approach to problem solving, and even social skillsThe cognitive benefits of play: Effects on the learning brain. .

4. Listen to music on repeat

Psychologist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis considersThat listening to music on repeat helps us focus. When we listen to the same song, we usually "dissolved" into it, and it keeps us distracted and head in the clouds (it is useful to do after work).

So enjoy the trick, for example, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, writers Ryan Holliday and Tim Ferris. Try it and you.

For example, by using site Listen On Repeat you can listen to on repeat tracks from YouTube. A website Brain Music there are special sound collections for concentration, meditation and relaxation.