Would you like to be (even more) efficient and successful at work? Then listen to the advice of Laura Vanderkam, the author of many bestselling books, about better utilization of working time.
If your work takes place mainly in front of the computer, it can quickly happen that you spend hours and hours dealing with e-mails and other small tasks that need to be done, but are not actually your direct work. The one with which you show your efficiency. Familiar?
Plan only your real work for the first hour
Start the day differently, plan only your work for the first hour of work, without interruptions, he advises Laura Vanderkam, who, among other things, wrote a book about greater performance and good time management I know how she does it. "We must consciously decide to devote less time to e-mail and choose time for work that is important to us and the company," Vanderkamova told Business Insider. And she added that these chores can otherwise take up so much time that we simply don't have enough time for real work.
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Only if we plan time for our work will we make room for it. Just like we make time for a meeting. Without interruptions and distractions, that is. The first two hours after fully waking up should be the most effective. So put yourself first. And our advice. Turn off irrelevant social media alerts, don't answer private calls unless absolutely necessary, and concentrate only on work during that hour.
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