Imagine a scenario where you are sitting
in your office or working out a project with colleagues. It is finely
tricky trying to stay focused in an environment like this. But there are
still a number of distractions which normally interrupt your working
furrow like a cell phone rings up, a loud conversation between office
staffs etc. So what are some of the things we can do to minimize such
interruptions and distractions? Well, here I give you the top 10 ways to
concentrate in your work at office or at any place.
1. To-do list and plan your day
All you have to do is to make a To-do
list that describes your day’s total plan ahead and make things easy.
There’s nothing like a To-do list placed next to you to keep you focused
and determined. When you have a list of the things you need to achieve
in a day, having that neat to you all the time reminding you of what
ought to be done is a fine way of keeping things on track. It will not
only remind about the work you need to do but also about the pending
work and the work which has been already done.
2. Schedule your time
Scheduling deals about dividing the work
time appropriately according to the need of your task. In a demanding
work place, people are moving and talking all the time. If you play a
role in a team or as a project member where others wants to interact
with you, try distributing a time slot they can break off you. By
providing time slots for every task you do, you just make it easy for
you to handle your work and get some time for others too in a tight
schedule. At all other times, you can really get some work done.
3. Do not check personal email in the morning
Checking personal emails early morning
can be very distracting. This come to reality when your friends send you
links to interesting sites, jokes or videos on YouTube and other sites.
If you’re not careful enough, you can get stuck for checking and
accessing your mails for hours and get wasted your precious time behind
it. Instead of checking your personal email in early morning, try
starting work straight away. You should check your personal email only
after you have completed few tasks.
4. Filter your E-mail
Setting up filters in your email can be
an immense way of classifying out what’s important and vital from
personal stuff which can wait and can be done later on other basis. If
you spend a lot of your time doing conversation and planning in front of
your computer, possibilities are you deal with emails on a regular
origin. Instead of dealing with a single Inbox with hundreds of unread
email, you only need to covenant with smaller folders categorized by
project, urgent and framework.
5. Listen music
Music is the best way of getting into
your work. Particularly, listening music can bring down the out office
noises like printers and background chattering of co-workers. You must
follow the kind of music that amuses and calms your brain instead of
rock or hard music. Many people favor to have absolute
silence when working. If you’re doing some serious project work it is
some time not appropriate that you can totally focus on work, so better
suite your self accordingly.
6. Use water bottle
Drinking water frequently for keeping
yourself hydrated is pretty important for all sorts of health reasons.
Instead of going to the water cooler every hour, try filling up a water
bottle at the dawn of the day while you begin your work and keep it near
your working place. This helps a lot of things – firstly, it helps you
to save time by roaming around for water every time you feel thirsty and
secondly, it prevents being hanged up into lengthy discussions around
the water cooler with co-workers.
7. Use shortcuts on your PC
If you come across you do the similar
things on your desktop computer more than once throughout the day, you
might find it helpful to look for ways in which you can do them without
too much manual go over. Take for an example, if there’s a project
folder you access all the time, and keep on accessing the same data
again and again instead try adding a shortcut to your Explorer so you
can get access to it with a single click, instead doing it over again.
8. Close programs you’re not using
Being a software engineer, I use a whole
lot of programs kept opened important to my work. But, in most cases, I
only need some apps open at the same time. Instead of Alt-Tabbing
frequently and boxing with the computer to locate the program you need,
make sure and try having the apps you need open. Close everything else.
For example, if you have already located a file or and application and
no longer need a particular Explorer at that instance open, then close
it.
9. Change your mindset
For many people, it is difficult to stay
motivated on doing things. Many people not by nature interested in
doing. To be motivated through out the day just read some motivational
quotes before you start your work and when you get bored. However, be
mindful of the fact that your insight of work is something you can
desire and control. A distracted mind is an unconcealed mind. So make
things fun around you!
10. Set your online services offline at work
Many of the people get
distracted in their work just because their social servicing sites are
left online on their Pc’s by them. This tends to be the main root cause
problem for the distraction. Because people get attracted to chat with
their friends and families being online and beating around the bush of
conversations among with them. So it is always better to set your online
services offline at work.
