Time Management Tips: Improve Productivity and Reduce Stress at Work

By TERRA Staffing Group

2 Set a time limit on tasks.

Using the data you gathered from your time audit, make note of which responsibilities you know can (and should) be done faster. These are your areas for improvement.

Next, set time limits on tasks and improve efficiency:

• Review what items took too long to complete and how long it took to complete them.

• Set reduced time goals or set a time challenge for yourself.

• Ensure you have a timer or alarm running to alert you once the allotted time has ended.

• Repeat regularly.

3

Turn your most important tasks into habits.

According to Psychology Today, it takes 66 days on average to form a habit. The best way to do that?

REPETITION.

How to turn tasks into habits:

• Remember that these tasks are not optional.

• Carve specific time into your day for each task.

• Don’t push things off for another day.

• If something comes up during the designated time, make time for it elsewhere.

The more consistently you work on a task, the more efficient and skilled you will become – meaning your tasks will become easier and faster to complete.

4 Get organized and plan ahead.

Relying on your memory for what needs to get done is anxiety-inducing. Organizing and planning ahead can help reduce that stress.

• Write down everything that needs to get done. Whether it’s for the day, week or month, it’s incredibly helpful to have a visual for what needs to get done – and by when.

• Prioritize your projects. This way you can ensure you’re focusing on the larger, more urgent priorities at hand, but you won’t forget the smaller things.

• For a longer-term or bigger project, break up your tasks into bite-size, manageable pieces.

Having a plan for your to-do list will add more structure to your day and will help you make sure you’re not letting things fall by the wayside. Remember, you control your time. Your time doesn’t control you.

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What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?

Never Stop Learning

How long have you been with the Company?

It’s been years since I joined this company.

What do you like most about your job?

I am able to learn and face new challenges every day.

I also had the chance to challenge myself to present quality work at the end of the day.

As time goes by and we get older, it doesn’t mean that it’s the end of us learning things or trying something out of our box. Our lives don’t end that way. As long as we are living and have the opportunity to grow and learn, we should always explore new ways of doing things and challenge ourselves to be better.

If your department were a superhero, who would it be and why?

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Where’s your favorite place in the world?

My house.

It is where I can rest and have some time alone.

If you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

My relatives.

I would really like to ask them how life was before and how they overcame it.

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