Do you ever find yourself procrastinating at work (like I am now)? I seem to have peaks and troughs, going from working from crazy a.m to crazy p.m, to struggling to put of all those little things I never have time to do usually, with heaps of time on my hands. When I have less on, or less urgent things on, I seem to spend forever on tiny tasks because...why not? I'm reading a great book by Tim Ferris (check out his blog here) called "The Four Hour Work Week" which I HIGHLY recommend. More on this book later, but it is full of great hints and tips relating to work (and doing less of it). One great little tool he recommends in his book, which really helps you keep on track is "egg timer".
http://e.ggtimer.com/
It basically lets you set a little alarm to keep you on track for tasks. So if you want to give yourself ten minutes to complete a proof reading job type into your browser:
http://e.ggtimer.com/10minutes
Give it a go!
Warning: turn the sound down on your work computer in a shared work environment. It beeps (loudly!) once time runs out.
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