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With the constant increase in technology, completing your work each day has gotten more difficult. There are so many methods of communication, and the fact that they blend between work and personal life makes it difficult to know what to focus on. And with our current financial crisis, being a productive and efficient worker is now more important than ever. Below are 3 very simple ways to improve your efficiency at work and increase your productivity.

1. Turn off your communication devices-This means closing email, chat programs, skype, and any other application of way that people can contact you. If you must use them for business then set allocated times to use them, and only use them during those times. Constant interruptions distract you from your work and causes your brain to lose track of your task. It takes time for you to get back into the task and this wastes time.

2. Use the 80/20 rule- It is very likely that 20% of the tasks you do will make up for 80% of your results. If your job consists of 10 various tasks, find the 2 that you absolutely have to do to get results. Focus on doing those things very well. Then start finding what tasks from that 10 that don’t really matter and eliminate, reduce, or delegate.

3. Batch Your work- Do like processes together. If you have to make a bunch of phone calls throughout the day, it is much better to do them all at one time. You will be able to get into a rhythm and not only will you be more efficient you will also make better phone calls. Multitasking has been pushed for quite a while, but it isn’t efficient and it creates a lot of wasted time going back and forth between different projects.

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• Time Management- Because there is More to Life Than Work
• Affordable Education and Learning new Skills

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