What's Your Productivity Formula? | Time Management

By ElliottRoberts
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A productivity formula is an individualized plan that helps you stay on task despite unexpected interruptions. The more of the interruptions you can handle as they come along prevents work pile up, resulting in higher productivity. Check out these self help tips to customize your productivity formula.

Have a definite plan. All your daily tasks are forms of short term goals. They should be the smaller pieces of the bigger project, or long term goal you are working toward. Take some time to review your daily routine. If it is not clearly affecting the big picture, start over. Make a new plan.

Prioritize. Once you have your short range and long range tasks lined up, prioritize what needs to be done during the day. We tend to think of everything as important, otherwise it wouldn't be on the list, but some need to be done earlier and some can simply be deferred to the next day if necessary.

Schedule breaks to recharge. Walk around for a few minutes. Stretch. Play a quick game of spyder. Your body and your brain will feel better and work so much better that you will make up for the lost work time, even exceed it.

Don't skip lunch. The body and the brain need nourishment to function properly. Your mind will be clearer and you will achieve better results when you take the time to eat.

Track progress and recognize your own achievements, no matter how small. You will be motivated to continue and achieve more success.

Deal with as many of the unexpected interruptions that you can, as they come. They usually just take a minute from what you are doing, but will turn into hours of daunting work if neglected.

It does not matter whether you are working on a big budget project at work or cleaning out your garage at home. Things need to get done. The completion of that work is productivity. Creating a productivity plan for you will put you on track to reaching your maximum success in life, work, and beyond.

About the Author

The Author, Elliott Roberts, is a writer at Becomng, a Personal Development blog that deals with topics from software to meditation. Find additional Productivity Formula posts over here.

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