Thursday Thirteen – 13 Ways To Be More Effective
THURSDAY THIRTEEN
If you’re better organized, you’re generally more efficient and effective. Let’s look at 13 ways to save time and be more effective.
- Use an answering machine to take care of unnecessary calls and avoid interruptions
- Be firm about your working hours
- Make a “to do” list and stick with it, but don’t have so many items on it you become discouraged.
- Take a short break every couple of hours.
- Handle all postal mail as soon as it comes in.
- Quickly scan e-mail and get rid of trash.
- Try to complete a task instead of jumping to something else.
- Keep a small notebook with you to jot down ideas or tasks you need to do.
- Learn to say “No” to family and friends for tasks they can do.
- Set deadlines and stick with them
- Organize for 20 minutes per day.
- Develop a filing system for your desk so papers don’t pile up.
- Play uplifting music when you work
Let me know your best organizing/effectiveness tip. Do any of the above work for you?