Just because you're becoming a productivity master doesn't mean you won't need some help from time to time. To reduce stress, ask for help and delegate. You might find you're less stressed when you do take a moment to unwind with a colleague. Try it for a week and see how much more you can get done. Turn off notifications, log out of social media and let your coworkers know when you're unavailable. And doing that requires you to set some boundaries. What can we learn from this? If you want to be productive, it's important to minimize distractions so you can maximize focus. Results showed that it takes the average worker over 23 minutes to regain focus after being distracted. Research from the University of California, Irvine demonstrates just how costly even simple distractions can be.

But this steady availability can come at a big cost when it comes to productivity. Open workplace designs and digital communication tools make us feel like we must be constantly available to our colleagues. In today's work environments, we're constantly distracted. Create boundaries for yourself and others And motivation is a key psychological factor in staying productive. Splitting big tasks into small, manageable ones will help you stay motivated to keep going because it provides you with those little moments of accomplishment. Start there, then move on to the next important task. Maybe your first goal would be to research your route and places to stay so you can budget for travel expenses. You can't possibly nail down every detail at once, so try breaking it up. Take the final goal of your project and split it into small, manageable steps that you can accomplish one by one.įor instance, say you want to plan a huge road trip for your family. The trick here, according to the research from Emory, is to turn those big tasks into small ones.

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