In a world full of deadlines and overtime hours having a good working strategy will help you work smarter, better and more efficient. And maybe it will bring you that promotion that you've been waiting. For that to happen the results are mandatory, and reading this post will help you organize yourself better and work smarter.
We all know that time is money. Tracking your working time for every task will give you an idea of how long do you need to work on any step of your work. Knowing your standards will stimulate you get better everyday.
Keep in mind though that working too much without a brake will invite fatigue and lots of mistakes, so fresh air brakes are recommended. If you are working from home and no boss is seeing you a 20 minutes nap will refresh your brain and your work efficiency also.
The light in your working environment will affect you also in finishing that project before deadline. It is well known that the natural light is the best for working so try to work during day time and sleep at night. If you struggle to go with your work through the night, the artificial light from your lamp will affect your sleeping quality and your next days work results. If it happens to work in a night shift then...
Working is supposed to be fun and productive. To increase your productivity you should know that the surrounding environment is important. A few flowers, a golden fish or some zen rocks will help you get comfortable with your work.
Every journey begins withe the first step and the first step is making a plan. This way 20% percent of your work is already done. You just have to follow your carefully chosen steps the next day and take it to the finish line. Set up a plan that will make you jump out of bed in the morning, because enthusiasm is very important also.
While working your way to the finish put aside your phone or any other distraction. You can check your steemit account or the news while taking the bus home. Instead smoke a cigar with a friend from work in you working pauses or just chat with him. But don't text...Interact!
When you start working make some room in your head, putting aside the endless mind crunching and just focus. You can listen to some good music that relaxes you before actually beginning your work.
Then don't forget your plan and follow it step by step. Trying to do multiple tasks at a time will not help at all. It will just lower the quality of your time and work results.
Last, but not least don't take yourself too serious because it's not the end of the world. It's natural to make mistakes, but the most important is to learn from them.
Hope that was useful for you and fun to read. See you at the next post!