For many, learning not to waste time will be difficult. The problem, however, is four habits that can help you get the most out of your work hours if you get rid of them.
Organize mail checking
Letters to the e-mail box can come constantly. Therefore, their endless sorting takes a lot of time from you, which you could spend on working on a project, and not postpone the completion of the case for an indefinite period.
Set aside time to sort your mail and check emails in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
The same goes for constant correspondence on social networks and SMS. Do not be constantly distracted by your smartphone, try to stick to a certain schedule.
Don't work without a plan
Some people find that by starting a job without a plan, they save time. In fact, such people only waste their working hours. They can complete many tasks, but never get to work.
Working without a plan doesn't give you a clear picture of what you need to accomplish. You may well leave the matter and be distracted by an interesting video or accidentally spend about an hour in a conversation. Therefore, take 5 minutes to plan the tasks for the whole.
Do not be distructed
Some people are used to being distracted. They are ready to chat with a colleague and forget about important tasks. They seem to attract distractions like a magnet.
Tackling a task without interruption is not easy. To do this, set aside 2 hours for yourself, during which you turn off your mobile phone, log out of social networks and choose the task that requires unwavering attention. Warn colleagues not to distract you if there are no urgent matters and questions.
Non-urgent tasks
In addition to checking email and flipping through social media, there are other time killers - these are not urgent tasks. While you are distracted by small tasks, you lose hours that could have been spent on completing an important project.
Of course, you will not realize that you are doing useless tasks, because you are still working. However, if you have a priority task, everything else will waste your time.
Even if you are not distracted, you know how to organize yourself during working hours, do not miss one more step - the distribution of tasks according to the degree of importance. After writing the plan, bring the most important things to the top, then get down to business.
