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Work Smarter, Not Harder: 21 Time Management Tips to Hack Productivity

09/10/2014 /

Many people try to increase their productivity. There are people who scurry from task to task, always checking e-mail, organizing something, making a call, running an errand, as they think that “staying busy” means you are working hard and you are going to be more successful.There are innumerable hacks and tricks to manage your time effectively.

These are some useful tips to manage your time:

  1. Complete most important tasks first
  2. Learn to say “no”
  3. Sleep at least 7-8 hours
  4. Devote your entire focus to the task at hand
  5. Get an early start
  6. Don’t allow unimportant details to drag you down
  7. Turn key tasks into habits
  8. Be conscientious of amount of TV/Internet/gaming time
  9. Delineate a time limit in which to complete task
  10. Leave a buffer-time between tasks
  11. Don’t think of the totality of your to-do list
  12. Exercise and eat healthily
  13. Do less
  14. Utilize weekends, just a little bit
  15. Create organizing systems
  16. Do something during waiting time
  17. Lock yourself in
  18. Commit to your plan to do something
  19. Batch related tasks together
  20. Find time for stillness
  21. Eliminate the non-essential.
  22. Enjoyment should always be the goal. Work can be play.

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Doing Your Things Without Losing Your Mind

07/11/2013 /

Today, having a mile-long daily to-do list is not so difficult and rare!

Everyone is busy, and sometimes it seems so hard to get things done efficiently and effectively, not only at work but also in private life.

However, the busier you are, the most important is to manage your life and time to be more productive and not to waste your precious time. Actually, what is really important is to know how to start and how to create the space to give your best.

And following the 10 tips below by Lifehack, you could be able to do your things better!

1. Write It Down.
2. Get a Head Start.
3. Do Your Most Dreadead Task First.
4. Turn Off Distractions.
5. Take Breaks.
6. Batch Process.
7. Eat Breakfast.
8. Get Some Exercise.
9. Delegate.
10. Say No.

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Long Emails Don’t Get Read

30/04/2013 /

According to Craig Jarrow, the author of Time Management Ninja web site, effective email communication is as much a skill as anything else. The shorter and tighter your email messages, the better chance that they will be read, understood and acted upon.

Here are 10 Reasons That Your Emails Are Too Long:

  1. You don’t know what you are trying to say Long Emails
  2. You don’t know what you are talking about
  3. Your signature is unnecessary
  4. You are writing a book
  5. You are spamming
  6. You are rambling
  7. You are forwarding a mess
  8. It shouldn’t be an email
  9. It should be multiple emails
  10. You don’t edit your emails

In today’s high-speed communication, no one wants to read overly long email messages.

So, get to the point!

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The happy secret to better work

05/02/2013 /

A decade of research, proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome. Raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accurancy on tasks by 19%, as well as myriad of health and quality of life improvements.

In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor, in his Ted Talk, argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

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