LOSE SOME OF YOUR BAD HABITS

1. DON’T MULTITASK BECAUSE IT DECREASES YOUR ABILITY TO FOCUS ON ONE IMPORTANT TASK WHICH YOU SHOULD BE SPENDING ALL OF YOUR TIME TRYING TO FINISH AS SPEEDILY AS POSSIBLE.

1. DON’T MAKE EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING ON TIME OR DOING IT INCOMPETENTLY BUT INSTEAD TRY TO LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND TRY NOT TO MAKE THE SAME ONES IN THE FUTURE.

1. DON’T CONSTANTLY CHECK YOUR EMAIL BUT STAY FOCUSED ON THE JOB WHICH YOU ARE DOING.

1. DON’T READ 100% OF THE NEWS BUT DETERMINE PRIORITIES ABOUT WHAT INTERESTS YOU THE MOST AND SPEEDILY SCAN YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SITE FOR THOSE ARTICLE HEADLINES WHICH YOU THINK WILL BE WORTH READING AND WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NEW FACTUAL INFORMATION WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE USEFUL IN YOUR LIFE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

1. UNCLUTTER YOUR DESK BECAUSE IT DECREASES EFFICIENCY.

1. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR WORK AND/OR THE HUMANS WHOM YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH BUT INSTEAD FIND SOLUTIONS TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND START DOING SOMETHING WHICH WILL IMPROVE YOUR WORK AND/OR YOUR INTERACTION WITH THE HUMANS WHOM YOU WORK WITH.

1. DON’T EAT FAST FOOD FOR LUNCH OR SNACK CONSTANTLY DURING WORK BUT EAT A VERY VARIED MEAL AT LEAST ONCE A DAY AND IT CAN BE ANY TIME OF THE DAY WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND EAT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES SINCE YOU HAVE A SEDENTARY JOB AND DON’T REALLY NEED THE EXCESS CALORIES IN YOUR BODY ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE HEAVILY OVERWEIGHT.

1. DON’T REACT TO YOUR PHONE FOR EVERY CALL AND EVERY TEXT MESSAGE IF YOUR PHONE IS NOT AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE JOB WHICH YOU ARE DOING.

1. DON’T PROCRASTINATE DOING YOUR JOB AFTER YOU HAVE DETERMINED PRIORITIES ON WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD IN IMPORTANCE OF ARRANGEMENT.

1. DON’T FORGET EXERCISE AND IF YOU CAN FIND THE TIME TO EXERCISE ON THE JOB THEN DO SO SUCH AS RUNNING OR WALKING UP AND DOWN SOME STAIRS OR GOING FOR A 10 MINUTE FAST WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING OR OUTDOORS.

IMPROVE YOUR WORK EFFICIENCY BY DOING THESE THINGS:

1. UNSUBSCRIBE TO USELESS EMAILS WHICH CAN MEAN A NEWSLETTER WHICH YOU NEVER READ OR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WHICH ARE NOT IMPORTANT OR ONLINE STORES WHICH YOU NO LONGER PATRONIZE OR WEBSITES WHICH YOU HAVE JOINED BUT NO LONGER USE.

1. TAKE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTE DURATIONS DOING NOTHING BUT MEDITATING OR TAKE 5 MINUTE DURATIONS PUFFING ON A CIGARETTE AND NOT INHALING AND THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB BETTER OR FASTER IMMEDIATELY OR AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THIS IS JUST A FORM OF PLANNING AHEAD FOR YOUR JOB.

1. DO A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF YOUR JOB ACTIVITY SUCH AS WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN’T WORK AND PLAN FOREWARD BY MAKING A FUTURE LIST OF THINGS TO DO WHICH YOU THINK WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

1. GET IN SOME EXERCISE IF YOUR JOB HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO 5 TO 10 MINUTES AT A TIME AND EVEN EXERCISING IN PLACE AT YOUR DESK IS AN OPTION WITH DEEP KNEE BENDS OR RUNNING IN PLACE OR DOING PUSH UPS OR JUMPING JACKS.

1. IF YOU HAVE BEEN PROCRASTINATING ABOUT A BIG JOB PUT A TIMER ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND START WORKING ON IT AND SEE HOW FAR YOU CAN GET SINCE IT MAY MOTIVATE YOU TO CONTINUE ONCE YOU SEE THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS AT IT.

1. UNCLUTTER YOU WORK SPACE TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.

1. TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE MENTAL PLANS BEFORE STARTING ON A PROJECT AND ASK YOURSELF WHAT INFORMATION OR THINGS WILL I NEED TO GET FOR THE JOB AND ESTIMATE ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE AND PLAN AS MANY SMALLER STEPS IN THE JOB AND START SETTING PRIORITIES OF WHAT SERIES OF TASKS YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING OR JUST BASICALLY START PLANNING AHEAD.

1. RECORD THE GOOD BEHAVIOR WHICH YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH AS HELPING OUT SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE OR DOING A TASK SUCCESSFULLY AND YOU WILL FEEL MORE MOTIVATED AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEAR FUTURE.

1. DISCUSS SOME PROBLEMS WHICH YOU HAVE HAD ON THE JOB WITH SOMEONE WHO IS DOING SIMILAR WORK AND ASK THEM FOR ADVICE ON HOW THEY SOLVED A SIMILAR PROBLEM SUCCESSFULLY OR YOU CAN EVEN DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A LITTLE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME USEFUL ADVICE.

1.  IF IT IS AN URGENT JOB AND YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT AT WORK THEN WORK OVERTIME OR TAKE THE WORK HOME WITH YOU AND DO SOME WORK AT HOME IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.