Increase the productivity of one working day - one goal
Tips Productivity / / December 19, 2019
The increase in productivity - a very hot topic nowadays. It would seem that you are already so cool, like a squirrel in a wheel, but still made the number is increasing slowly. If you have tried a lot of different techniques for GTD, then here's another challenge. At this time, skim option "one day - one goal".
The author of this method - Dragosh Rowan (Dragos Roua)Who has worked in this system for a year and now shares his experiences.
1. Monday - not ignore the priorities. This is very important - to be able to filter out what is not currently important to focus on one, but a very important task. Especially on Monday, when the load of small tasks that you do not have time to perform for the previous week, puts pressure on your shoulders, head and brain. If you need to finish a presentation on "yesterday", cutting off all, turn off instant messenger, Twitter, close tabs with social networks and stop to check work e-mail every minute.
2. Tuesday - Reward yourself constantly. Do not forget that your great achievements consist of small. That is, each made a small business - a step to the end of a large project. Therefore, on Tuesday it would be nice at the end of each completed task to allow a "lump of sugar" - listen to favorite music, read the article you're interested in, have a cup of coffee with colleagues or get some fresh air. In general, all the well where the ratio of "pleasure / time" gives the optimum result.
3. Wednesday - time for negotiations. Wednesday - it's the middle of the week, time, which accumulated a lot of small cases that it is time to sort out and prioritize. And not only in terms of priorities for their implementation, but also finding out, it is necessary to do the job. Arrange a negotiation! You can own task (that is, find out for yourself if this is necessary), but if for the job is a man, you should talk to that person. Perhaps it is not so important, and it is possible to go without him. Think - save yourself time and hassle.
4. Thursday - use the experience gained to new challenges. It's very simple - before you start a new job, think, not whether to do something like this before? Thursday for that perfect, because by the end of the week you have accumulated a certain "work experience", which can be used for new tasks. Try to find something familiar at least in some detail, a little podredaktiruyte under the current situation, and then the work will go much faster and possibly better.
5. Friday - ask for help. Do not be afraid to ask for help of his colleagues and at the same time seem incompetent in this field. Firstly, we are all humans, not machines, but human beings are fallible. Secondly, each of us has specific talents and knowledge of who is doing it better than you, and you do better something else. If we combine these skills, the work will definitely be made faster and better (one head is good, but two - better). Friday - a perfect day for requests for assistance! The end of the week and you're tired, so that no one will look at you askance, but rather treat it with understanding.
6. Saturday - change the work environment. Of course, better to rest on the Sabbath, but if it happened, then try to work somewhere else. If it's summer, do not deny yourself the pleasure to have a picnic or go to the cafe. Just bring your laptop, arrange somewhere in the shade and, while your friends are busy preparing dinner, finish pressing business. More than once it has been proven that a change of scenery charitable impact on productivity. Our habits are formed by our surroundings. Try to change the environment and maybe you will discover a new talent and capabilities. If working in the office, try to at least change the chair or put a pot (or remove it the other way around). Maybe you are not comfortable to sit, and because of this closed a very important energy center. Changed the chair, opened a channel with space and you had an epiphany. Of course, I exaggerate, but uncomfortable chair can affect your productivity and well-being is much stronger than you think.
7. Sunday - make of the closed periods "openĀ» (Deadlines Into Livelines). On Sunday, you can spend a little time out to try and see the upcoming work week (any task deadlines that have already done and what remains to be done). Try to make a smooth transition from the end of a job, in a new beginning. Look at it from a slightly different angle - not to "burn periods, an urgent need to end", but as "oh, when I finish this thing, I can start to do something new, perhaps more interesting." And it is likely that this "something new" will change your life. Change your attitude - get a very different result;).