Break-up With These 6 Bad Habits for Being More Productive
Our life is full of bad habits that are ruining us.
When we think of bad habits, we usually think of Biting fingernails. Speaking with your mouth full. Picking your nose. Smoking. Too much fast food. But what about those habits that are ruining your performance at work?
Do you feel like your work days are running off and you do not get enough work done? If yes, then your work performance needs to be booted again. We lose our productivity now and then, and nothing more than bad habits destroys your productivity.
A research from Britain’s Healthiest Workplace (BHW)*, surveying more than 32,538 workers across all UK industries, revealed that high stress and lack of physical activity are causing industries to lose up to 27 days of productive time per employee each year.
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All this is because of the bad habits that surround us and slow us down, decrease our accuracy and suppresses our performance. If you are pointed out for losing productivity at work, it is never too late to reverse your bad habits and start living a productive life.
“By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character.” –Grenville Kleiser
If you haven’t figured what your bad habits are, find them and eliminate those habits that are interfering with your effectiveness. Abide with following list of 6 bad habits that will help you to enjoy positive mood with increased productivity.
1. Morning rush
“Find peace in the morning rush and you will have a good day” — Mike Dolan
How often do you have those mornings when you are rushing it to the office, barely having time to do breakfast. This morning rush can bring a negative impact on your overall productivity. Try waking up a little early so that you get enough time to start a quick meditation session, get ready and have a proper breakfast. If you are an entrepreneur you must meditate daily to report less negative results. Beat the morning rush by managing time and tasks.
2. Multitasking is overrated
Multitasking: The Art of Messing Up Several Things at Once
A research found that multitasking is less productive than performing a single task at a time. In the process of multitasking you are usually flooded with various information which would stop you from paying attention to one task. It also drains your brain’s energy which lacks the capacity to perform more than one task simultaneously with good results. Those who do multitasking have trouble organizing their thoughts and are usually bad performers. Focus on one task at a time and win the race.
3. Taking an easy stuff first
“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” — Mark Twain
With the fear of handling the challenging task, you push it further away from your to-do-list. Before handling the tough stuff, you would prefer to finish off the easy tasks first. But the opposite is true for your productivity. Confronting the difficult tasks first is actually better for your overall productivity and your other tasks won’t seem bad. Moreover, your brain is much better at handling the hardest tasks when it is more focused at the start of the day.
4. Gossiping
“Great minds discuss ideas, average ones discuss events and small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Gossipers talk about the failures of others and enjoy discussing on people’s misfortunes. Some gossips may not harm anyone in anyway but still, they are “gossips”. It is fun to point at someone’s flaws, but it makes you gross and hurt the feelings of others. Eventually, gossips lead to mess and stress in the end. Do not waste time in talking about the misfortune of others, instead learn from those people and never repeat their mistakes in your life.
5. Skipping breakfast
“Never work before breakfast, if you have to work before breakfast, EAT breakfast FIRST” — Josh Billings.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as told by Lisa De Fazio, a healthy lifestyle expert, and dietician. If your body is stuffed well with healthy food, your mind will function well as it will get the fuel it needs. Your body metabolism depends on it and it recharges blood-sugar level so that you can focus more on work and be more productive.
6. No work routine
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” — Mike Murdock
You are probably setting up a disaster for yourself, if you are just working whenever you feel like. In such cases, most of the time when you don’t feel like working, you would lag behind with the tasks, thus degrading your productivity. Having a fix work routine will put in a sense of familiarity as you finish your task and you already know what is next.
Can you relate to these bad habits? Take a step ahead to have self — control and bring out the best results. Do not lose track of the things that are important for you. If you are not sabotaging yourself with bad habits, in less time you will get a lot more work done.
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About Author:
Sandeep Kashyap is the Founder of ProofHub — a leading project management and collaboration software. A passionate leader, Sandeep is always on the lookout for innovative ideas about filling the communication gap between groups, teams and companies. He is also a featured writer on LinkedIn and a contributing author at YourStory. You can connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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