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Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, productivity is an essential part of your day. With the world as connected, it is today, it can be really easy to become distracted either by social media or emails that don’t really need your time. So, how can you increase your productivity and push forward in your career or business?
Time blocking is an excellent way of increasing your productivity. If you work in an office, your employer may already use a form of time blocking to ensure projects are completed on time. If this isn’t a method you are familiar with, then you will undoubtedly impress by introducing it to your working day.
Essentially, a time block is a comprehensive to-do list. Instead of just a list of jobs you need to get done in a day, you run a full time managed system on your calendar. It helps you take control of your business. Taking the hours you are the most productive and setting these off for your most important tasks, then adding less immediate work to the hours around that. The principle is that if you set yourself 2 hours to work on a project, you will get more done. You might need to get rid of distractions such as your mobile phone. With a time block, you can also share it amongst colleagues, so they understand not to distract you with other work during this time. Think of it as a polite ‘do not disturb’ sign on your office door.
If you work from home, multiple things can distract you or make you procrastinate. It’s incredibly hard if you have children. People who work from home need a level of discipline that most of us don’t have.
Shifting your home office into an actual office will really help you to divide your home and work time. You don’t need to worry about leasing a whole building or even buying something too big for your needs, because there was nothing smaller available. There are companies now that specialise in small space offices within a larger complex. For example, Tailored Space office space offers an innovative approach to office lets. Do your research and see what options you have in your area. You will be able to focus more and feel like you are part of the working culture. It could also help your networking so that could boost your business and future sales.
Sometimes we all need an assistant. Hiring a virtual assistant is a cost-effective way of managing your inbox. It’s easy to receive a hundred emails per day, but most of these aren’t essential for our company growth. A virtual assistant will manage your inbox to ensure only the urgent emails come to you. They can agree on a template response to any new business or enquiries and organise your folders so you can keep track of all your communications.
There are multiple ways to increase your productivity so you can focus on the job in hand, get that promotion or build your new client relationships.
