Daily almost all people are wrong, and thereby themselves reduce the level of efficiency at work.
The first 10 minutes of the workday affect our efficiency over the next 8 hours. Understand what not to do in the morning to be productive during the day, writes the Chronicle.Info with reference on HealthInfo.
If we were almost too late, and appearing finally in the workplace, then haphazardly stuck in a crowded Inbox, to focus on anything useful will not be easy.
COME TO WORK PROMPTLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKING DAY
You can spoil your working day before it began. According to studies, the management likes owls and larks actually tends to notice those who appear in the office later than others. Mind you, not late, but just comes a little later than the others.
Accurately determining these people, the leaders tend to give them lower marks than those deserved, simply because they get into their field of vision is not the best time.
And those who come to work earlier, by contrast, are automatically recognized as the most conscious and above employees are valued, regardless of the outcome of their work. Even if the cause of “consciousness” lies in the peculiarities of the schedule of the morning trains.
And Yes, it’s unfair, but that is the reality, so try to come into the office a little earlier than required by common sense.
TO REMAIN SILENT
Hurriedly to grab his work, ignoring the present, is a bad strategy that will not give you any bonuses. Much more productive to spend precious time to greet colleagues. In addition to the rules of etiquette, it helps to tune with them on one wave, especially if you went to the office later than others.
Absolutely unacceptable to skip the greeting, if you are a Manager. Burnout to mumble “Hello” – is not the best option, even if you are a complete sociopath.
Your employees are your team and you should at least pretend that you care, otherwise you risk losing their loyalty and even respect is no substitute no expertise and no skills for the management of complex systems.
DRINKING COFFEE UNTIL 9:30
Morning coffee is a sacred thing, and in this office the habit is nothing wrong with it, if your working day starts at 10 am. Recent studies of the impact of coffee on the human body indicate that the best time to drink coffee, after 9:30. But not before.
This is due to the level of cortisol – the “stress hormone”, regulating the level of our energy. In most people the level of cortisol in the blood reaches its peak from 8 to 9 o’clock in the morning.
This means that at this time our body does not need more caffeine doping. Moreover, the abuse of coffee in a given period contributes to the development of caffeine addiction.
So, if you start work at 9am or earlier, move your first coffee break at a later time, when your body really will need to refill the energy.
RESPOND TO EVERY EMAIL
Did not have time to sit in a chair and turn on the computer, as immediately obsessed rush to dismantle everything that fell in the “Inbox” for the night? And here is the reason.
It will be much better if you spend the first 10 minutes of your work day for a quick “scan” and assess incoming correspondence to determine its importance.
This approach will help you to identify priorities and to understand whether there is mail in something urgent. In addition, you will plan how and when to respond to the rest of the letter.
TO GRAB A JOB WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN OF ACTION
Not meticulously plan their daily work because you feel that there is nothing to plan, or because you are confident in your sense of time?
Most likely, you are losing the time wasted jumping from one case to another and end up not managing to solve the most priority.
Before you go, make sure you have a clear understanding of what needs to be done in the first place.
It’s not wrong to compile a list of high priority Affairs and health to assess the time you spend on each of them. Also, don’t forget to look at the calendar.
Otherwise, you risk being caught off guard by the message of a long-scheduled meeting for which you forgot to study, because heroically fought with the quarterly report.
MULTITASKING
Terrible news for everyone who believes that can do several things at once: several things at once without compromising your own sanity and quality of work can do only 2% of the population of this planet.
The desire to start doing as many cases as possible, while we still have power occurs quite often. Suppress this desire and in the first minutes of your work day, once you have a clear plan of action for today, start doing something.
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
Maybe you stepped on the foot in the subway, or are you mad as hell after two hours of standing in traffic on the way to work, or you had a fight with parents, or are afraid of reduction – put it out of your head for a while.
Don’t let negative feelings spoil your career and more. Experts believe much more productive to put aside their negative thoughts and resentment in a separate “box” and go back to them if needed later.
THE REJECTION ROUTINE
Human resources are limited, so you need to spend them sparingly.
If you spend all the beginning of the day trying to decide what to take first: whether to parse the mail, or to grab a coffee or maybe just start with quarterly report, to the moment when you finally get it, you will already be exhausted.
Routine is perceived more in a negative context, as something boring and monotonous. This is partly true.
But following a daily routine helps our brain to use the “automatic mode” where there is no need in making difficult decisions, and to save energy, which will be useful where these solutions are needed. So make yourself a schedule, avoiding the mistakes listed here, and follow it, saving energy and increasing productivity.
