20 Habits That Will Totally Transform Your Productivity
每天都能完成很多工作的小伙伴不是超人，他们只是养成了一些好习惯。有些习惯看起来就非常简单——保持办公桌整洁有序、每天保证8小时睡眠。但是有些简单的好习惯讲出来可能会让你吓一跳：每天午睡一会儿、学会抱怨……今天小编就带来20个瞬间提升工作效率的办法第一弹，后续还会连载两期继续介绍。
乱成一锅粥的状态虽然可能对创意有点帮助，但是一个垃圾遍地的办公室肯定不利于你把事情做好。NeuroLeadership机构董事和《精彩2小时》的作家Josh Davis说：“人天生就会去注意不寻常的东西。”视线范围内的文件能够提醒你还有工作没完成，但是视线里如果有一本没有读完的书，就会让你忍不住去拖延手头的工作。即便你觉得你不会去在意这种乱糟糟的状态，但事实上它已经影响了你集中注意力的能力。《哈佛商业评论》的调查研究显示，办公室整洁的员工能够更好的持续工作，不容易感到挫败和疲惫，并且他们专注在一件事上的时间是别人的1.5倍。《哈佛商业评论》调研文章的合作撰写者、美国天普大学福克斯商学院的教授Grace Chae表示，“也许你很享受一团乱的状态，但是杂乱的环境真的是你完成工作的拦路虎。”无论你的日子过成什么样，每天都要拿出90分钟的时间来应对最重要的工作。90分钟不过是8小时工作时间的20%，哪怕你剩下的80%时间全部浪费，90分钟也足够帮助你向目标跨出一大步。你以为工作时间越长，就能完成更多的工作吗？2014年斯坦福大学教授John Pencavel的研究就指出，一战期间的劳动力测试数据表明49小时工作时间内，产出和时间成正比。但是工作70小时的产出和56小时的一样。也许你相信你在工作的时候不会去看手机，但是除非你关机，否则手机是让你注意力分散的主要因素。弗罗里达州大学发现即便手机振动时你不去看，振动的声音也会让你不自主地神游。如何一边等重要邮件一边认真工作？《不要让大众媒体影响你的工作》作家Alexandra Samuel有一个妙招。● 用Google搜索一个手机版的email转换到文本文件的软件。以Verizon为例，就是@vtext.com，如果你的手机号码是555-123-4567，你的邮箱地址就是5551234567@vtext.com.● 用这个邮箱设置你只接受某个特定地址发过来的文本版邮件，Outlook工具条里的邮件规则中也有这个功能。● 关闭你的收件箱认真工作，不要去理会电脑上收到的无关紧要的邮件，你在收到重要邮件的时候手机就会自动提醒你。
人们在做自己轻车熟路的工作时效率更高，让他们倍感压力的工作就会拖延进度。如果可以的话，尝试推掉需要花很多精力去做的工作，专注属于你的“高价值工作”。高价值工作在你的能力范围内，有助于表现你的优势，而且能够做出效果来。这些工作能让你的工作表上腾出更多的时间，并且有助于创造一个团队协作的氛围。毕竟你认为有压力的工作可能正是小组其他成员的高价值工作。
20 Habits That Will Totally Transform Your ProductivityPeople who manage to get a lot accomplished each day aren't superhuman; they've just mastered a few simple habits. Some may be easy to guess: Keep your desk organized and aim for around eight hours of sleep a night. But others, like taking a mid-day nap or complaining, might surprise you. Here are 20 easy ways to make every day more productive:Creativity may arise from chaos, but a litter-strewn office probably isn’t helping you get stuff done. Visible files remind you of unfinished tasks. An unread book is temptation for procrastination. People with neat offices are more persistent and less frustrated and weary, according to a recent study in Harvard Business Review, which found that a clean desk helps you stick with a task more than one and a half times longer. Even if you squander the remaining 80% of the day, you can still make great progress if you have spent 90 minutes on your goals or priorities.Output was proportionate to time worked—up to 49 hours. Beyond that, it rose at a decreasing rate, and those who put in 70 hours had the same productivity as someone who worked 56 hours.You might believe you’re ignoring your iPhone, but unless it’s fully turned off, it’s a major distraction. Even if you don’t look at your phone when it buzzes, the sound makes your mind wander.● Find the email-to-text format for your cell-phone provider with a quick Google search. Verizon, for example, is @vtext.com, so if your mobile number is 555-123-4567, your address is 5551234567@vtext.com.
● Using that address, set up your email so it forwards messages from a specific sender to your cell phone via text (in Outlook, find "Rules" in the "Tools" task bar).● Shut down your inbox and ignore your emails while focusing on more pressing tasks, knowing you’ll be alerted when the important message comes in.People are more efficient at things that come naturally, while tasks that feel like a struggle are likely to impede progress. If you can, delegate the duties that feel like an effort, and instead focus on "high value activities". Delegating your non–HVA activities also helps create community. After all, they could very well be someone else’s HVAs.
