5 simple ways to not be wasted on a hundred things at once
Productivity / / December 23, 2019
Natalia Dmitrieva, journalist and copywriter, select for themselves a few simple techniques that help to properly formulate goals and achieve them without jobs involving all hands and disappointments. In a guest article, she shares five ways to help you focus and energy only where it is needed.
Natalia Dmitrieva
Journalist, copywriter, a mother of two children, forcing to live permanently in multitasking mode.
Whether you want to complete more? "What a strange question? - I think you - Of course I do! ". Do not rush to answer.
What often happens with people who are trying to find three extra hours a day, and become more productive? They indulge in the pleasures, sacrificing sleep and rest, and most importantly - works, which for them is really important. Increasing the pace and chasing increase personal effectiveness, easy to waste energy and health.
And yet, what if you do not have time? How to stop grasping for a bunch of things at once, leaving them all unfinished and go to bed with a feeling of vain lived day? Simplify.
These five easiest ways to help you focus and energy only where it is really needed.
1. Write down specific goals
"You can not hit the target, you do not see," - said Robin Sharma, a famous writer and an expert on personal development. Therefore, even if your goals are always before my eyes. The more specific they are worded, the better.
"To become rich and famous" - rather abstract goal. Where more precise sounds "made millions of dollars and get at least 100 thousand subscribers to Facebook in December 2017". You can distribute the target the following groups: "Health", "Finance", "Children", "Relationships", "Personal development" and so on. The main thing - to record their exact wording and always keep an eye on.
2. Highlight 2-3 priorities
What is most important to you here and now? learn English language or find a new job? Maybe cure stomach ulcers or help my son go to college? Identify no more than three tasks that you want to solve first.
This does not mean that the other purpose is to forget. You can go back to them after a few months. Or allocate half an hour a week on steps to achieve them. And yet - concentrate on the essentials.
3. Plan no more than three cases a day
Yes, the modern world requires multi-tasking people. But how many athletes do you know who became Olympic champions in several sports? It is not surprising, because the lower the priority, the higher result.
Therefore, plan three main business for the day, with just those that bring you closer to the goal. You want to work in the UK? Add to the list such an item "Find the 10 events where you can meet with British employers."
What to do if you have coped with all three points well before the end of the day? Then write down the new three points and start to implement them in turn. This will help you to stay focused on the main, not to grab his head at the sight of the agenda of the thirty points.
4. learn to give
During the day, you are always faced with the fact that you are distracted, be it a new message in the messenger or annoying colleague, who can not wait to discuss yesterday's final hockey.
As for gadgets that take time, unplug them warning at least a couple hours. You can install any other rules of self-discipline, for example, do not look into the smartphone as long as do not perform at least one task of the planned day.
Users that require your attention, can also knock you off track and disrupt the plans. Does this mean that you have to sacrifice human relationships and hard otbrivat all in a row? It is not necessary. Type in any search engine "10 ways to say" no "." You will find a lot of options softly refuse the man without hurting him. Select the one most comfortable for you and use.
5. Work with body
Surely you've heard that the best concentration helpful spiritual practices. Many experts in this field say that to pacify the restless mind helps meditation. This is a good recipe, but it is hardly universal.
Yulianna Sokolovskaya, yoga teacher with 10 years of experienceIf a person can not sit with your back straight, it is very difficult to meditate at sunset. Therefore, spiritual development is better to start with the work with the body.
Find the kind of physical activity that gives you pleasure. Let it be dancingYoga, swimming pool or just 10 sit-ups in his spare time. This will give you the energy and the very happy hormones, without which it is hard to move towards agreed goals.
Try to apply these five ways at least for one day. Then answer the question of whether this day different from all the previous week? Most likely, it will be different. And for the better.