Ways To Keep Focused On A Project

 

Focus

Staying focused on work can be tough for all of us. It is so easy to get distracted while doing a task, or to attempt to multi task while working which lowers the quality of the work, and slows us down. Not that multi tasking is always bad, it just can create problems sometimes.

Sometimes we just plain get distracted. We are working at our computers and decide to check the email. Have you ever timed how long you spend in your email inbox? The reality is that you are taking two to three times longer than you think you are. For some businesses they can set that they will only spend 20 minutes twice a day checking and responding to emails. For some of the rest of us that just doesn’t work.

So how do you keep yourself focused while working? Charnita Fance has listed several different web apps that you can install to track your time, whether that is the time spent on a website, or a time tracker that lets you set time limits for each project and tracks them for you. How do you handle keeping focused on your work?

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Kill Your To-Do List

Or at least add to it a little bit.

I am a to-do list FREAK.  FREAK.  I live my life by a to-do list!  Work, home, play.  You name it; it’s on a list.  I’m addicted to that sense of accomplishment I have when I see everything checked off on a to-do list.to-do

But let’s face it.  How many of us ever get our entire to-do list completed?  I know I never do. In fact, it seems like every time I check something off, another thing gets added.  It’s never-ending.

So this blog here, Kill Your To-Do List, makes a cool new suggestion.  Make a Single Day Schedule.  Instead of listing everything in the world you need to get one, schedule out the tasks you absolutely can complete in a day.  

It shows you how to allot time for each of your tasks, what tasks to work on and when.  Very, very cool – and might be a lot less stressful to look at, too!  Check it out!  I know I definitely will be giving it a try.

What have you done to make your to-do list more manageable?

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