Everyone wants to be as productive as possible during a workday. Harvard Business Review offers four ways to help boost your productivity.
- Plan your work around your internal clock. Align the tasks that require the most brainpower with times when your energy peaks during the day.
- Plan the next day’s schedule the night before. When you write down what you intend to do, you are much more likely to do it.
- Develop rituals for different types of work. This may mean you do a certain task in a particular workspace or at a certain time of day.
- Avoid being 100% booked. If your calendar looks full, schedule time to do nothing. You can use this as a buffer between meetings to tackle unexpected tasks that arise during the day.