To become more focused, plan your day the night before, start the day with top priority projects, and use ten minute breaks throughout the day to refresh and refocus.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES
List your top three priorities and make sure you're spending adequate time on them. In a survey (reported in the book Fastread Time Management by Lesley Bolton) the top priorities for Americans were family life, spiritual life and health - followed by financial situation and job.
TAKE REGULAR BREAKS
The brain represents just 2 percent of the body's weight but requires almost 25 percent of it's oxygen (The Power of Full Engagement, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz) Insufficient time for rejuvenation could results in poor decisions, lower creativity and more mistakes.
BALANCE IS THE KEY
Michael Gebb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo daVinci, asked the question "Where are you when you get your best ideas?" The answer is seldom "At work." It's usually while walking, taking a shower, listening to music or some other non-work related activity. Making work your whole life is detrimental to your work.
LUNCHEON MEETINGS
If you're having a business lunch, have the other party meet you at the office, not the restaurant. Then you can get productive work done if they're late.
INFORMATION EXPLOSION
According to University Microfilms, we're creating one billion pages of information every day in the U.S. alone. (Source: No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy, Entrepreneur Media, 2004)
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