How to STAY FOCUSED at Work

Get 5 practical pieces of advice from this short video on how to #stayfocused at work to accomplish as many tasks as possible. Even if you take away 1 or 2 things to try, you'd still become more productive.

1) Take some time to write down EVERY TASK you need to do so you can put them in priority order. For larger tasks, break them into smaller chunks. To compile your list of things that you need to do, look at email inboxes, folders, planner, calendar. Compile everything into 1 central location – ONE CHECKLIST.

2) Once you have your ONE #CHECKLIST of all items to accomplish, play a game with yourself. Put all your #focus and energy into accomplishing each task in order. Work in small time increments then take breaks in between. You are gamifying your one important checklist – playing a game with yourself to see how many of the tasks you can accomplish before the workday is done. The challenge of a “game” will keep you focused and task-oriented. Reward yourself when you make progress!

3) Because we tend to get out of focus and procrastinate projects and tasks that are too big, daunting, and challenging, we must break them into smaller chunks! When you have a large task broken into micro units, it is easier to get yourself to focus in SMALL TIME CHUNKS on accomplishing each unit, then taking small breaks between each.

4) Eliminate your distractions – stay disciplined to stay laser focused for small chunks of time on tasks. Distractions can be email notifications, your phone, noise, people stopping by to talk to you and chit-chat, online shopping, disorganized workstations…

5) When you work in small chunks of time with extreme focus (10 minutes, 15 minutes at a time), you are effectively time-blocking. This will help with your #timemanagement and increase #productivity to the max.

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