Here are a few easy ides to help you to increase your efficiency while at work and make the most out of the time you spend in the office.

Prioritize: each day when you get into your office select three things which are your top priorities and get started on them right away. Ignore everything else on the list until you have finished those three things – it’s easy to get overwhelmed with long lists and not get anything accomplished!

Do the Things which Hurt the Most: it’s easy to put off doing the things which are uncomfortable or difficult so these are the tasks that you should force yourself to tackle head on. Once you get the hard things out of way the rest of the day will flow better.

Never start your day with your easiest tasks.

• Limit the time you spend checking emails: its easy to get swamped with emails and spend unproductive time sorting and reading through them all.
• Check your emails a maximum of three times a day – once in the morning, once after lunch and once at the end of the day.

One of the reasons most meetings fail

After having refreshments most people tune out everything which is not directly related to their role. One of the reasons most meetings fail to be effective is that they are simply too long for people to maintain focus.

To fix this, limit all meetings to 20 minutes and if you want to be daring but even quicker then have everyone stand throughout:

1. Limit the time you spend checking emails: its easy to get swamped with emails and spend unproductive time sorting and reading through them all. Check your emails a maximum of three times a day – once in the morning, once after lunch and once at the end of the day. Use filtering features of your email program to cut out spammy or unimportant emails.
2. Limit the time you spend checking emails: its easy to get swamped with emails and spend unproductive time sorting and reading through them all. Check your emails a maximum of three times a day – once in the morning, once after lunch and once at the end of the day. Use filtering features of your email program to cut out spammy or unimportant emails.

By reducing the amount of time you spend on unimportant tasks, emails and meetings you can increase your productivity significantly and get the most out of your time in the office.

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