Introduction
In this article, I’ll discuss simple steps to take action every day at work to accomplish more in less time. By following these steps, you will learn to be productive at work every day.
Benefits of increasing productivity
Learning to be more productive, especially at work, generally increases the efficiency with which you complete your tasks. Completing more work in less time has many benefits from the obvious benefit of freeing up more time for non-work-related tasks, increasing your motivation to remain productive, increasing your sense of accomplishment, and reducing your overall stress levels.
Then, of course, there are the positive job benefits that come from increasing your productivity, especially on a daily basis. By being able to complete more work in less time at the high level of quality with which you normally complete your work-related tasks, you are literally accomplishing more at work. Accomplishing more at work generally earns you benefits that are likely to positively affect your life and work-life balance.
How to be productive at work every day
There is no set of strategies or steps to become “productive,” and what leads to success for one person can be a disastrous strategy for someone else to try. As a result, I encourage you to try each of the steps below and decide for yourself which of the steps will be effective in increasing your productivity at work and therefore worth putting into practice and continuing to use, until you see positive results. These positive results likely won’t happen after just one attempt, rather try each step for at least a week before making a final decision on whether that particular strategy is personally beneficial to you.
Step 1: Link rewarding tasks to finish work tasks: To increase your daily productivity at work, you can link enjoying a rewarding task with performing a less rewarding and / or necessary work-related task.
For example, you may delay enjoying a rewarding task, such as having your first cup of coffee or tea, until after completing a work-related task. Or you can delay consulting any social network until you have completed three work-related tasks.
Step 2: change your “productivity” schedule: Everyone experiences a natural break in energy during the day. If you’re working away from home, on a 9 to 5 job or similar, that energy break usually (but not always) occurs in the late afternoon.
Change your work schedule by an hour so that you get off work, or at least don’t try to be very productive, at 4:00 pm or when your energy calm occurs. This will ensure that you have more energy to be productive during the work hours that you decide will be productive, and it will lower your stress levels by not creating unrealistic expectations of what you need to accomplish just before 5:00 PM at the end of the day.
Step 3: Snacks to keep your energy and productivity high: Continuing with the idea that people naturally have more energy to be highly productive at certain times of the day, you should also be aware of how the foods you eat can positively increase the energy you have and can help you be more productive.
Foods, usually fruits like apples, oranges, and bananas, or other foods like honey and agave, are rich in fructose and sucrose. These are two sugars that serve different energy purposes in your body, one gives you a short-term energy boost while the other gives you energy for a longer period of time. In either case, by snacking heavily, you can help ensure you have the stamina to finish your work day strong and at the high level of productivity with which you started your day.
Step 4: Start and end your day with Special Chores: For most people, the most challenging part of experiencing high levels of productivity is finding the motivation to start working. To help with this problem, try giving yourself selected tasks to work on to start and end your day.
To start your day off with success and quickly achieve productivity in your day, the first task you should try to accomplish is something fairly short, simple, and / or enjoyable to complete. This will ensure that you finish your first task of the day and that you are left with positive feelings of motivation and accomplishment while doing it.
To finish your day and prepare for the next day, leave work when you are only halfway through with a particular task that can be completed the next day without negatively impacting your work. Most people are uncomfortable with “unfinished” work, and this feeling of not finishing their work and the discomfort that comes with it will provide a reliable source of motivation to start work immediately the next day so that you can arrive and complete your job. previous work. Unfinished task of the day.