Surviving the Workday in your OrganizationWritten by Lorraine Pirihi
Most people suffer from stress at some time during day. When you recognise your own peak and low energy levels, you can work with your body clock to maintain high productivity and alertness. It makes sense to tackle hardest tasks at high-energy times, and when you're feeling low, do simpler tasks like sorting mail or filing. If you force yourself to do difficult tasks when your energy is low, you'll take much longer to finish them.So start with planning time for YOU! You may think you're lean-mean money-making machine in your organisation, however all machines need some maintenance ime out. Take short breaks every hour throughout day of no more than 10 minutes to keep your mind alert and productivity high. At lunchtime - go for a walk - your organisation will survive without you for an hour! And besides, you need exercise. Listen to your Mood - if you're carrying out your work with a pleasant attitude without forcing yourself too much - you're within your limits. Get Organised! Don't wait for a stress attack. One of best ways to lower your stress levels is to be better organised. So many people make themselves ill due to their lack of organisation. They have no system, no idea how to manage their time and generally just run from one crisis to another. And crazy thing is, it doesn't take a lot of time and money to get in control of your life!
| | Organization - Getting Back to BasicsWritten by Lorraine Pirihi
Organisation - Getting Back To Basics If you look at any major organisation, there is this trend for executives to use "palm pilots" in conjunction with software schedulers such as Microsoft Outlook. What's really interesting is even with all this technology (and many of these execs are fortunate to have personal assistants) they are still disorganised. Organisation is not about having all latest and greatest tools, it's about using common sense and sticking to what works. For some reason many people think that by using these (expensive) tools they will automatically manage their time and be more productive. Sadly, this is not case. Technology is an aid, a tool. It has to be used and adapted to suit human being using it. In most cases a paper diary or planner has proved more valuable in helping people to be more effective with their time and their work. In one organisation where I had been working with Head of Department, who was much better organised when he was shown how to use a paper diary rather than computer one, I had Manager of Information Technology say to me "what are you doing? You'll have them all back to using pen and paper!"
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