Two moves for more quality work in less time!

Research has shown that the first part of the day, usually from 8 to 12 noon is when our brain works at optimum levels of creativity and clarity. Using this time for your high-priority brain tasks will:

Save you time as you will do the task faster,

Will give you higher quality results, as you will use your best brain capacity.

However, distraction is what quite often comes in the way and unless dealt-with drastically it may have disastrous effects on your quality of work and on the amount of unfinished tasks.

Some simple but very effective ways to deal with this which can be applied by everyone are listed below:

The first thing when we start work is to make a list of the things that need to be done. The brain will be soon worn out if you use it as a storage place. This may even lead to increased stress levels and fatigue. So put your tasks on paper, prioritize and go.

Secondly, organise your work in blocks of time and adhere to it. 90 minute time blocks is the most common recommendation, as the breaks will energise you and cater for more quality work to come.

Avoid checking your mails before the second or third block of your work time, unless specific reason makes it necessary to do so earlier. Reading mails has been another source of great distraction and some bad news may even have a negative effect on your energy for the rest of the day.

More often than not, success is not a matter of long hours but a matter of quality, high energy and creativity at work. Making sound use of your skills, and sound management of your time, will eventually lead to fewer working hours and great work results.

Elina Giachali