Stay concentrated! The best tips for your productivity
Summer comes and people have a desire to relax on the beach or spend time in nature with friends or family. But… there are so many working days, and only a few days off. The sun and heat set up more for rest than work, so additional motivation is needed. In summer, it is important not to lose the right mood for effective activity and not to get discouraged because of the lack of opportunity to rest and enjoy the sun all the time. Various questions appear in our heads. How not to lose but to gain productivity? How to achieve more and more results during the summer, instead of doing nothing? To overcome obstacles and help keep you motivated during the summer we have prepared relevant tips that will help you.
How to get more motivation?
- Spend more time outdoors
In summer, many people complain about the lack of opportunity to spend more time outdoors. We suggest you find such an opportunity for yourself, for example, get to work on foot, have lunch on terraces, and use the weekend for walks and trips to nature. Become the initiator of teamwork outside the office: in the park, on the patio of the nearest café, or in any other place that allows you to stay in touch. The best idea is to have lunch outside the office. Firstly, work is a place where stress accumulates. Thus, lunch on the outdoor terrace of a restaurant or in the park will relieve stress, cheer you up, and restore energy. Secondly, don’t miss sunny days! At this time, under sun rays, the hormone of happiness is actively produced.
- Manage your energy
Let the energy flow in the right direction and take control of your mental energy as well. It often happens when already in the morning the head is full of worries, news, and other information, and there is still a whole working day ahead. The head is our main tool, so it’s important to leave your mind free for what is important, what you need to concentrate on. For example, getting up no later than 7 a.m., then 10 minutes of exercise, 10 minutes of a shower with cold water, another 10 minutes of meditation, then half an hour of reading a book, and a leisurely breakfast. No news, social networks, or reading corporate mail in the morning. And it works! Your head is fresh, and the feeling that by 9 in the morning you have already done so many useful things fills you with energy for the whole day.
- Have a rest and keep the balance
To have a great desire to work, people need to rest! Use your free time for active recreation, emotional and physical rebooting, and getting new impressions. This helps to maintain the right attitude and put more effort to work. Respect and interest in employees’ free time are an important element of corporate culture when workers share information about what cool events are taking place, about new places and interesting finds. Keep a work-life balance. Plan your vacationб as it’s always easier to cope with work if clear boundaries are drawn and you know that you have to do tasks until a certain hour. When all tasks are finished, you will have a meeting with friends or a quiet evening at home. In addition, when the body gets regular rest, it doesn’t wear out and isn’t afraid that it will have to work again and again.
- Listen to yourself
If in the summer, you don’t feel the best way for physical reasons, you shouldn’t torture yourself. Offer your management the most optimal way out of this situation. Productive work during the summer largely depends on the individual characteristics of the body. It’s important to understand at what time for you it is more comfortable to work, what kind of load is acceptable and optimal in the heat. After that, you can talk to the manager about changing the work schedule: for example, you can come to the office earlier.
10 Tips for staying productive
- Assign less time for important tasks. It seems irrational, but practice shows that it helps. When you limit the time you devote to important tasks, you force yourself to spend more energy in a shorter time and do these tasks on time.
- Your letters shouldn’t be longer than five sentences, and it’s best to mention this in the signature to the letter. With this technique, people begin to work insanely fast with mail, and most people are happy when you write short and to the point.
- Work on important but non-urgent tasks. Every day, do at least one important thing that you don’t have to finish right now — this way how you will move forward in fulfilling your long-term goals, and not just close the current gaps.
- Make a procrastination list: productive and meaningful things to do the next time you start procrastinating. This will help you stay productive even when your brain is trying to sneak away from upcoming tasks.
- Determine the next thing you will do based on four questions: where are you (office, home, country house, etc.), how much time do you have, do you have a lot of energy and what are your most productive activities.
- Stop drinking coffee out of habit. Caffeine loses its effect when you drink it daily and a lot, but it’s very effective if you use it strategically (only when you need a burst of energy or need to concentrate)
- Smile. It increases immunity, helps to cope with stress and see the bigger picture, cause more trust in people and is just nice.
- Switch your smartphone to airplane mode between 8 pm and 8 am. This ritual helps you to feel more meaningful, fall asleep faster and encourages you to focus on more promising things both before and after sleep.
- Listen actively. Fully focus on the words of the person you are talking to, as this creates a deeper relationship, helps you to better understand people, avoid misconceptions.
- Learn how to reduce stress: exercise, read, listen to music, spend time with friends and family, go for a massage, walk in nature, meditate, invest in creative hobbies.
