These 13 secrets will help you immediately increase your productivity so you can spend less time working while also getting more done.
1. Don’t let other people control your workday
Alex Mandossian gives some great tips in his "Time Management Action Secrets" interview. He says, "Emails, phone calls, voicemail, postal mail – these are all interruptions you cannot control. You can’t control when someone else calls you or sends an email, but you can control your reaction to it. And if you let yourself be interrupted constantly, before you know it the day will be over and you’ll be left wondering why nothing got done.
What you need to do is set aside a specific time during the day where you will not allow any interruptions.
This means:
- no answering phone calls
- no checking emails (turn off the auto-check feature in your email client)
- no regular postal mail
- no talking to family or friends
- no checking voicemail
- no instant messenger
- no false “emergencies” – determine ahead of time what constitutes a real emergency and don’t let anything other than that disrupt you.
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