Question

How to Be More Productive Without Putting in Extra Hours

Please explain:

• main idea: Measure results, not time

• main idea: Track where you waste time

Answer 1

Explanation of the listed points -

main Idea: Measure results, not time

• Here you need to break down your project or work into small completable, manageable & measurable tasks.
• Suppose you have 5 days to complete a project.
• You need to divide those 5 days into tasks that you will need to complete on Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 & so on.
• Once you do this, you need to focus on completing the tasks without thinking about the amount of time it is taking you to complete it.
• In this way, you will notice that you are focusing on your everyday results & not the time. Sometimes you may end up completing tasks way before the allotted day or time & then you can utilize your workday to start the tasks of the next day.
• By practising this regularly, you will not need to put extra hours to complete your work.

main idea: Track where you waste time

• This point suggests monitoring your time.
• It is a subset of time management.
• You need to track how much time you allocate to what kind of activities in a day & find the time which can be cut down from one activity & be allocated to another activity.
• In this, you need to set your priorities & allocate the time accordingly.
• You need not invest much time on low priority activities, instead, that time can be utilized to complete the high priority activities.
• You need to also check how much time is spent in meetings, lunch, breaks etc & manage it according to the work you have.

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