WORK IT OUT! 10 Tips and Ideas To Perform Better On The Job.

Unfortunately, for many of us professionals, the feelings of anxiety and being overwhelmed is the normal. But you can finally get a handle on your to-do-list and improve your professional and personal lives. 1. Purge and Unsubscribe: Get rid of unnecessary e-mails and newsletters, so you feel less anxious about reading things that you do not have to. 2. Block Out Your Time and Prioritize: So, yes, block out your schedule, so you can do things that are important to you, and prioritize others, so by doing this, you will be less stressed-out and more organized.

3. Take Technology Shortcuts: Use for instance Microsoft Outlook to organize your time, your priority e-mails, tasks and other needs. Use your other tech gadgets such as iPhone, iPad, or nay other you prefer to remind you of your meetings, tasks and then prioritize. 4. Break Inertia: It is like seeing a train starting to move, it moves very slowly at first, and keep the train rolling is much easier. So do some things for you to get started faster and keep moving. DO NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN TOO MUCH. 5. Keep Your Blackberry or iPhone Away From Your Bed: Sleep either alone, or with your loved one, but DO NOT SLEEP WITH YOU PHONE OK. 6. Always Be Prepared For Bonus Time: This is a great strategy to increase productivity throughout the year. An example, while for a meeting, or a delayed flight do some little chunk of work, such as answer an e-mail, or make a quick phone call. So, by doing this, you may have enough time to review materials before the meeting or project you are working on. 7. Figure Out What Distracts You: Then eliminate these distractions. It can be extremely helpful to discern exactly what it that gets in the way of your focus. 8. Divide Your Project Into Small Manageable Pieces: Take one step at a time, and stop worrying about reaching the ultimate goal. Make use of small chunks of time. In fact, a great way to approach this is to break the yearly goals down into quarterly goals. 9. Identify The Needs That Demand More Attention - Smaller Is Better: Organize your to-do-list in order to manage your productivity in terms of action, delegation, and progress. 10. Learn To Delegate Clearly - Clearly and Very Clearly: Come to terms that you cannot get it done all by yourself. So, delegate clearly what needs to get done, when, and how. Over-communicate and if you need to, track what you have given to whom. Then, implement a weekly debrief, and take time after every five-day period to stop, look and assess progress. Then forecast the future and take actions as necessary.