Improving Work from Home Productivity

When home is ‘the’ workplace we need to think of balancing our household chores with being productive. Market Intelligence on the recent change in the work culture suggest that daily millions of meetings are being conducted online. The purpose is to keep employees aligned with work goals and stay connected with their respective teams.

However, along with staying connected it is required to stay motivated towards the work. Below are few possible ways of staying motivated towards work from home:

1. Setting your own Timelines: The must to do step to stay motivated is setting your own timelines for a task. This will help in planning your other personal activities as now household chores and professional targets needs to be managed simultaneously.

2. The “Two Minutes” Rule: According to entrepreneur Steve Olenski, tasks that requires less than 2 minutes of your attention should be completed first. Completing such small tasks first thing first in your professional schedule will help giving you more time and attention for major tasks.

3. Stick to Schedule: Sticking to a planned schedule may be a hard choice in work from home environment as the mind tends to think too many things at a time. Planning your day beforehand helps in conducting your work actions in a systemized way.

4. Take Regular Breaks: Taking regular breaks will help in keeping your mind calm and motivated. Small breaks help in keeping the concentration level high and improving the efficiency of doing work.

5. Restrict Social Media Apps during Work Hours: No matter whatever happens home will always be our leisure space. Even if we are working for 15-16 hours from home we will be engaged in some or other kind of distraction. The major distraction is the social media apps that we engage in whenever we want to take a break. We can restrict the use of these app by using silent notifications of these apps for the required period.

6. Maintain Physical & Mental Health: To be proactive 24/7 it is important that we keep ourselves physically and mentally calm. Doing regular exercises and mediation provides the required strength to mind and reduces stress.

The work from home environment requires an employee to active and productive. To achieve the same we need to think of smarter strategies that can maintain the right balances in our lives. Above ways, provide you the right direction to focus your energies and balance your life in the new normal.

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