Absent-mindedness and carelessness — it is practically always bad and if it is about responsible work, then you just have no right to relax. In that case it is very useful to know how to concentrate the attention on the most important things in concrete timepoint. Actually, there is nothing supernatural here, and everything that is necessary — correctly to define the purpose, to draw the approximate or accurate plan in mind and also to pay attention to some trifles which will help to create the working atmosphere. About it and about some other components of successful concentration on working process read further.
We set the purpose
Coming to the workplace since morning, happens very difficult at once to get into gear, especially if for the present day you provided performance of several tasks at once. Therefore try to define accurately for yourself concrete result, that is set an ultimate goal for all your activity today. That correctly to make it, follow several simple rules:
- Count only on the forces.
- Correctly formulate and write down the purpose in a notebook (for example, not I want to avoid poverty, and I will be rich).
- Too big and, apparently, the difficult purposes should be broken into sub-goals, to move to success small short steps much more simply, besides it also excellent motivation.
- Surely concretize the purpose, having determined terms of its achievement and having accurately formulated for itself the end result.
- Always believe in success of business.
The feeling of the purpose and knowledge of features of the end result, as well as allocation of separate stages, will help to focus on work and not to be distracted by useless information from the world around. Regularly scroll a goal in the head, connecting it with what you receive as a result of its achievement.
Important! Any task has to be the most realistic, when performing difficult tasks it is necessary to understand that you are able to cope with them in the specified terms.
We make the plan
As soon as you write down your purpose for the present day or the next week (perhaps, it is about the large-scale project), it is time to pass to scheduling of its realization which will also help your brain to focus on the main thing.
For this purpose take a notebook and paint in it that you are going to make the next several minutes and in the subsequent working hours. It is necessary to make at least 5-10 points which can include both separate small problems, and different stages of one essential task.
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For an additional warming up of a brain and its spirit for productive activity you can re-read once again the plan and visualize it in the consciousness.
It is not obligatory to make daily the detailed map of the activity, especially if you are faced by not urgent tasks, but even several points which are written down on piece of paper will already help you to begin day productively.
Whether you know? Many great people were awfully absent-minded. The case when Newton, having conceived to cook egg, took hours is known, noticed time and in a couple of minutes found out that it holds egg in hand, and cooks hours.
We place priorities
The priority is a priority, it is the most important than the others. That is if you need to hand over the quarterly report the day after tomorrow, and week already today, then it is quite logical that it is worth being engaged in the last now. Perhaps, the given example seems simple, but in practice it is not always easy to place priorities. Sometimes there is a lot of making factors of successful work of the enterprise that how to allocate from them the most important — is not always clear. Productive work does not provide immediate performance all written down in respect of tasks, but subjects which will bring closer you to an ultimate goal, nevertheless it is necessary to pay attention. Just learn to refuse minor tasks and be focused on the most important in concrete timepoint is and there is your working priority.
Important! Music in earphones should not be too loud, and earplugs should not press on ears, otherwise at regular use problems with hearing can appear further.
We bring order on a desktop
Strangely enough, but also the order on a desktop will help to focus on one business. The scattered papers, handles, staplers and other office stock are attracted by our attention and distracts a brain from more important thoughts.
In other words, any excess subject on a table is a one excess thought in your head and if there in general chaos? Try to remove everything from the workplace, and you will notice, distract from work how less often.
We do not distract
If with a table everything is all right, but it is impossible to collect thoughts in a heap all the same, try to imagine how you are seen by the chief or any other employee of the company at present.
It is also good if you have a friend to whose opinion you always listen, if you are too shipped in yourself and you need to return to the real world, just mentally discuss a situation with it what he would tell? However, you should not be fond of such conversations, depending on your sociability it can take away even more time.
Important! It is quite good to learn to ignore the extraneous noise which is not connected with work: for example, movement of cars outside the window or inappropriate remarks of colleagues.
We buy a big cup
During the work at office or other place where there is continuous access to coffee or tea, the absent-mindedness often is explained by campaigns behind these drinks. In such situation it is useful to have at itself a big cup which will save from constant campaigns to a cooler. Even if such need is connected with your desire to distract, on one reason will become less.
We use earplugs
The colleagues who are constantly moving near you who, catching sight, cause a stream of various thoughts can break working process.
However even in the course of sedentary work when the movement at office is observed seldom, but constantly there are foreign sounds, to concentrate happens not easy. Therefore, working in such collective, special plugs are necessary for you for ears (earplug) or earphones which can be effective even without music in them.
As option, you can include to yourself the favourite compositions or classics which will not slow down too performance of working tasks.
We watch ourselves
Irrespective of whether you manage to carry out all objectives in the terms specified in the plan, yourself needs to give always internal orders about such need. Having given up work halfway, it is hardly possible to achieve positive result, and it is unimportant, it is about work or about private life.
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Break working hours into separate blocks and carry out all tasks strictly of the schedule and if some of them it was too difficult and takes away a lot of time, then try to switch to another that later with new forces to return to previous. Surely delete the made points from the plan, nothing so helps to concentrate on work as constant reminders on this activity. Besides, the deleted affairs will inspire you on further feats.
For increase in efficiency of work, it will be useful for you to read how to improve work of a brain, about warm-up for mind how to improve memory.
We do not forget about breaks
In any business the break during which it is possible to fill forces spent for work is necessary and to have a rest a little. Here only you should not forget about a difference between a respite and avoiding of further performance of the working duties. Of course, again to get to work after a break happens very difficult, but that it was easier to join in full working process, just follow such simple recommendations:
- Choose that task which is pleasant more than the others (at its performance usually there is no statement I cannot concentrate).
- Take on a workplace something tasty, for example, tea with cookies.
- At once define for yourself time for the following break that was what to wait.
Important! Plan all breaks in advance and set the alarm clock to do not pass them.
Also time of rest should not drag on too: There will be enough 10-20 minutes.
In the course of such derivations from working tasks your brain will be able to reboot after a huge number of information obtained earlier. You can even go out of doors and walk a little that will only increase further efficiency of work.
Good days off — guarantee of productive work
Especially sharply the question of how to concentrate on work, arises after days off or a holiday, but such long respite is simply necessary for our organism. However it is worth remembering that the physical absence from the workplace does not mean a full-fledged break yet. It is important to be disconnected completely from all current tasks and just to have a rest, having arranged itself days off with viewing favourite movies or with departure with the company on the nature. Upon return to office such shake-up will help to find quicker the correct solution of a difficult task, having restarted process of working thinking.
As you can see, there are many ways to maintain efficiency of work, constantly keeping focus on a working task, but success of their use in many respects depends on your discipline and endurance, and here already nobody will help you, except you.