7 Time-Saving Tricks For The Overworked

Reclaim your weekends! 35% of US employees regularly work over the weekend and 43% don't use all of their vacation days 7 Time-saving tricks for the over-worked Deal with small Fight off distractions: filter the unimportant things tasks immediately 2 min. - if a task takes less 55 min. - what a US worker time than this, don't put a 'sometime later' label on it. spends on Facebook daily. Save the fun for your free time! Prioritize: what's the most important among the important things Set feasible deadlifelines for tasks 80% of the average workday is spent on non-crucial things. Adjust your focus to reap the rewards. 2X longer than planned - that's how much time a task often takes to be completed. Consider that in your schedule. Focus on completing Don't be greedy with your workload: delegate tasks one thing at a time 100 min. - this is how much you'd save weekly if you delegate a 20-min. recurring daily task. Every 8 min., an average person gets an interruption. Don't let this knock you off course. Get organized: keep all plans in a system, not in your head 30% of workers don't use any "to do" lists. Do you? Reward yourself! Wrike Infographic created by Most Practical Project Management Software Sources: Sites: • US Bureau of Labor Statistics • Facebook • Examiner.com • Numbers are life • Reuters/Ipsos Publications: • Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Time Management Facts and Figures • David Allen - Getting Things Done Reclaim your weekends! 35% of US employees regularly work over the weekend and 43% don't use all of their vacation days 7 Time-saving tricks for the over-worked Deal with small Fight off distractions: filter the unimportant things tasks immediately 2 min. - if a task takes less 55 min. - what a US worker time than this, don't put a 'sometime later' label on it. spends on Facebook daily. Save the fun for your free time! Prioritize: what's the most important among the important things Set feasible deadlifelines for tasks 80% of the average workday is spent on non-crucial things. Adjust your focus to reap the rewards. 2X longer than planned - that's how much time a task often takes to be completed. Consider that in your schedule. Focus on completing Don't be greedy with your workload: delegate tasks one thing at a time 100 min. - this is how much you'd save weekly if you delegate a 20-min. recurring daily task. Every 8 min., an average person gets an interruption. Don't let this knock you off course. Get organized: keep all plans in a system, not in your head 30% of workers don't use any "to do" lists. Do you? Reward yourself! Wrike Infographic created by Most Practical Project Management Software Sources: Sites: • US Bureau of Labor Statistics • Facebook • Examiner.com • Numbers are life • Reuters/Ipsos Publications: • Dr. Donald E. Wetmore Time Management Facts and Figures • David Allen - Getting Things Done