10 Tips On How To Increase Your Efficiency and Productivity!

Hey guys, are you having problems with your work and life efficiency? Feel like you could do better? Here’s 10 tips on how you can improve your productivity!

Finish What You Started

Leaving a project half completed is just going to stress you out.

It is unwise to move onto a new task without completing one that is still unfinished and in the back of your head.

When you finish a job, your brain has a rush of endorphins making you feel more happy and relaxed. It’s like you are rewarding yourself!

Give yourself that burst of happiness and lease of energy by finishing what you started before moving on to the next thing on your to-do list!

Plan Your Week in Advance

A well planned to-do list will reduce hours of procrastinating and confusion about what you should do next. 

At the start of the week, spend some time making a detailed list of what you want to do and what you want to accomplish 

If you do this, you can choose the most important jobs to complete and not waste your time!

Keep Track of Time

A good way to test your efficiency is to keep track of the time that you spend on each project.

You should write down how much time you spend on each task and activity, and you will be able to identify where you are wasting the most time on and change it to be more efficient.

Take Breaks

Taking breaks is essential to increasing your productivity. 

There is no way that you can be as efficient as you were at the start of the day if you keep working non-stop.

Studies show that you cannot focus for over 90 minutes at a time, which suggests that after every 90 minutes of work you take a short break.

Think Positively

Positive thinking can have quite a big impact on how productive you are at work.

For example, you are under pressure because you have tight deadlines.

 If you are negative and keep thinking about the deadline, you are wasting time thinking about the deadlines.

 If you stay positive and just do it, you’re actively doing your work thus increasing the chances of actually hitting that deadline on time.

Limit Distractions

Whether it’s your phone ringing, a colleague chit-chatting or the radio blasting in the background, distractions in the workplace can affect your efficiency and motivation levels greatly. 

Try to avoid those interruptions as much as possible.

You could turn your phone off and use noise-cancelling headphones to keep yourself as focused as possible.

Bite The Bullet

You know when you have an extremely difficult task and you look at it and say “ah next time, I do another task first”

Well if you got it out of the way ASAP, that means it’s done and gone. You relieve yourself and take a load of weight off your shoulders.

You will be more happy and have the mindset that since you done the hard work, the easy ones are even easier. 

Your productivity will jump sky high if you do this.

Use Project Management Tools

Create a list using some project management tools like Evernote. 

You could even be old fashioned and use a notebook to manage your time more effectively.

Everytime you done something, tick off tasks through the day.

Set personal deadlines on your board to ensure that you reach your goals.

Communicate Effectively

Poor communication can cost time and money, be sure to communicate clearly and concisely when you are discussing anything in the workplace.

Consider who you will be speaking to and what their preferred method of communication is.

Reflect

When you have finished your tasks, reflect upon it. 

What did you do well, what did you do wrong? How can you improve on it, and be more efficient?

Through reflection you build your good points and eliminate your bad ones, making you all around much more efficient in life.

Try these 10 tricks out the next week, and you will realize a drastic improvement in your efficiency in work and in life. Then when you notice the impact and continue doing it, it will become second nature!