Are you sick of having a full day of back to back meetings? You are rushing from one meeting to the next and are always late. No time for lunch, no time to think and no time to do any actual work. No time for the kid’s Xmas play or exercise or just relaxing. Remember these two simple things:
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What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog What time are you going to stop working today? This is the most important decision you can make to supercharge your productivity. Once you have decided this, everything else is easy to decide: Ask yourself: Which work is important? What meetings am I contributing to versus sitting through? Who is a help and who is a hindrance? Remember:
…and no one will notice – especially if you have got the important stuff done by cutting out the rest. Too hard to do – imagine last time you took a holiday. That flight is leaving. Did you stay to do that extra report? Did you let it drop? Or did you get someone else to do it? Focus on what you are great at and drop everything else. Just as if you were on holiday. Everyday. Try it for two weeks and see what happens. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with and extra hour per day? A simple shortcut to managing your energy thoroughout the day: Be proactive in the morning, be reactive in the afternoon.
Turning this to meetings, try to put all but the most important meetings in the afternoon. For email, do not even look at your emails until at least 10am, preferably midday. This is will allow you to block out your mornings to do actual work (yes, you should put this on your calendar to protect from time stealers - other people's meetings). Remember you do not get paid to answer email or schedule meetings. |
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