Thursday, August 14, 2008

How To Stay Focused

I often heard my friends complaining there is no enough time to complete their office task with the increasing ‘MUST FINISH’ list. Some complaining there is so many distractions in office and they are not able to finish the task in times. But by stay focus on our mission we can be more productive. Here are few things that I usually do to stay focus:

1. Plan and visualize your day ahead. Plan your day ahead before you go to bed. Visualize that you are doing the entire task that you supposed to do the next day.

2. Write down your entire task.Start your day by writing down the entire task that you supposed to do in that particular day. Prioritize the task according to the importance.

3. Allocate ‘Relaxing’ time.Allocate in advance a short time period for you to check your email, new, facebook, friendster and etc.Do everything you want in this time. So when you start back your task, you won’t be distracted by this ‘time killers’.

4. Reschedule your tasks when you are really bored.Let say, you are feeling bored when doing task A, you can reschedule the task according to its priority and do some other task in your list which is less boring. By doing this, we will eliminate boredom and stay focuses in accomplishing our tasks.

5. List down all the distraction & eliminate it.Take a white paper and list down the entire thing that distracting you from accomplishing your task. List down everything and eliminate them one by one. I’m sure you will see the increasing productivity.

6. Divide & Conquer-Rome is not built in one day. Divide all you task into small part and take on at a time. After you finish your first task, move to the next one.

7. Maintain a support group.Mingle with the right kind of people who can motivate you and guide you to achieve your goals. Track your goals with them.

8. Task = Goal.Visualize all you task will lead to your goals. Keep inspiring yourself to complete all your task to achieve your goals.

9. Reward yourself.Reward yourself every time you accomplish a bigger task. A small reward can motivate you to stay focus in your goal and make you more determine in accomplishing your task.

Winner Focus; Loser Spray. Hope this article will be helpful to all the readers to stay focused.

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