Do you ever wonder how your day flies by so fast? Or maybe you are in a job or career where things seem to drag on so that “this day is taking forever to get over with!”? I am sure you can relate to one of these or both. What I find with my clients is that there work space environment is not maximized…simply put, there are too many distractions!
Look around you right now if you are at work or even at home. How many distractions do you see? How many of those distractions can be slowing you down, getting in your way, or completely stopping you from accomplishing goals you have in work, play, or both?
I work with clients all the time on how to clean up there work space environment and I am going to share with you the TOP 3 things you can do to get more out of your day.
- Eliminate multi-tasking. You may think you are great at doing 3-5 things at once, but really, how much better could you be at each of those things individually if you gave them 100% of your focus and attention? Take on a task, collect all of the resources you need to complete it, avoid unnecessary distractions, and complete the task so you can move on to the next.
- Touch it once. Can you see the desk now of someone you know that has 7 piles on their desk? I can! Work towards the philosophy of “touching it once” and filing the papers in the correct place the first time so they don’t collect dust as they sit there for 6 months.
- Schedule time in your day for activities. If you schedule time to respond to emails, check your Facebook, call your tribe that is going to do business with you, go on appointments, respond to voice mails, order supplies, run errands, etc. then you can tune out everything else while you are performing these tasks. Don’t answer the phone when you are supposed to be responding to emails. Stay focused on each task until the time you allotted is up or you have completed that task and then move on to the next.
I have found that my clients, who can just stay focused on these TOP 3 work space issues, are more productive, more relaxed, and happier when they get done with their work day. This spills over into all other areas of their lives and they are WOOHOOing more than ever before.
To your success and more WOOHOOing!
Rich Lohman
616-299-9165