The culture of staying in the office later to show commitment can often lead to another “game” – who can take the least breaks. Breaks are often taken as a sign of weakness and anyone who takes them is slacking. When it comes to productivity the opposite is infact true. Taking a break boosts our
Grouping or batching tasks can be an easy way to be more productive. We’ve already learned about the ineffectiveness of multi-tasking as a way of working. Grouping tasks enables your brain to process information more quickly because you are dealing with several similar things at the same time. Your brain uses less energy and you
This section should really come with a health warning. Flow is seriously addictive. I am positive that once you have experienced you will want more. First though let’s explained what flow is. If you haven’t heard of flow it’s an enhanced state of productivity. It’s where time seems to disappear as you get so wrapped
Are you a lark or an owl? Research has shown that no matter your birdlife tendencies our brains are most effective in the morning, no matter your birdlife tendencies. Making the most of this productive period means you can whizz through tasks that can feel heavy and a bit of a slog if you worked
If you are familiar with productivity improvement processes you may be familiar with something called “set up reduction”. It’s used in all sort of industries to enable production to keep flowing as smoothly as possible without having to stop and get set up for the next batch, line, patient or activity. One of the simplest
When planning activities and projects, including things like saving for something, starting at the end is a great technique to make sure you cover all the steps you need to. Starting at the end means thinking about where you want to get to and then working out the steps you need to take to get
Putting things in your diary is a great way to carve out some space and time for them. As any coach will tell you nailing down a commitment to take action on goals is a key part of the activity when working with a client. There’s a formula for coaching called the GROW model and
It’s obvious to say but you can’t change what you do with your time if you don’t know where time goes at the moment. The simplest way to track your time is to use a simple graph. I use a spreadsheet which is broken down into days and I record 7 days on one sheet.
Do you find it difficult to make time to work on the things that are important to you? Are you trying to squeeze more into each day? Do you wonder where your working time goes? You may be surprised to know that the average worker spends 28% of their time dealing with emails. The average
There are a lot of new people entering on the web day by day who are looking forward to starting an online business, handling the whole operations virtually and live “The Virtual CEO Lifestyle”. There are some fundamental foundations that are required to be put into place, and once you start learning about the power