How To Increase Your Work Productivity

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If you want to maximize your work output, follow these simple steps.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A work environment free of distraction
A daily to-do list
Motivational CDs or audio tapes
Exercise time
Background music (optional)

Step 1: Confront your most challenging work during times when you are most alert and energetic. Some people work best in the morning, others in the afternoon. If you don't already know your most productive time, start paying attention to your body rhythms.

Step 2: Take short breaks to refresh yourself and sharpen your focus.

Step 3: Eliminate distractions when you need to focus on time-sensitive material. Send calls directly to voicemail, ignore e-mails, and avoid chats with coworkers until you've completed your task.

Tip: Some people work best with low-volume background music.

Step 4: Set daily goals and use a to-do list, adding to it as needed and crossing out what you complete.

Tip: Start with what you like the least, so you have more enjoyable tasks to look forward to later in the day, when you tend to be tired.

Step 5: Exercise each day. This will help you sleep better at night and boost energy overall.

Step 6: Get plenty of rest each night -- set a minimum number of hours that you need and stick with it.

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[brandonr85]

How to increase work productivity: Don't sit on YouTube watching videos about how to increase your work productivity.

[linnett8bird7]

LOL Tasks:

1.stock shelves

2.mop bathrooms

3.pay roll

4.organise paperclips

5.twittle thumbs

6.look busy

7.play w/ monkeys

[Primape92]

The pun wasnt intentional at first but as I was looking at how many videos Howcast has, I said "Fck no! It's over 9,000" and crushed my mouse!

[grendel1013]

@Plecebo1996 Why do you respond to a comment from over 7 months ago. Obviously you have nothing better to do with your useless life than trolling.

[Plecebo1996]

@grendel1013 lol why you venting on youtube bro we aren't your therapist

[obesechicken13]

Has anyone tried using motivational audio? And if so how has it worked for you? I have difficulty removing distractions.

[THACRAYON]

lol at 0:56 #6 look busy

[grendel1013]

Money talks, BS walks. If I know that if I work hard I will make more money through promotions, my productivity goes up. Having lost my good paying job 5 years ago, and forced to work in retail, I notice that it does not matter how hard you work. Work hard or don't, you get the same pay. Only ass kissers get promotions. I worked my ass off while people who didn't got raises, so I stopped caring about my job, and just wanted the pay check.

[ImproveProductivity]

This video is so good!! There are some important steps each employee should take in order to be more productive! Furthermore, now you can measure your own productivity and quantify your progress! Wanna know how?

[choco33333333]

then why you watch it?

[Tressco]

We could have four times the amount of working people...hear that, superslave...?!

Ease off, dammit!!

Let other people work, too!

[LegitimateLegenD]

you forgot 5

work stronger

hah :p sorry your comment reminded me of that song from daft punk