The Skills Needed For Better Personal Productivity And Time Management
I see personal productivity as the natural result of having a specific set of skills. These skills are: learning, organization, time management, mental control, enhanced creativity, and decision making. In this short article, I will shortly discuss what these mean, and why they are useful. It might also be a good idea for everyone to develop some or all of these skills, as these are all, in fact, quite handy.
Today’s work is rapidly changing, making learning more and more important. Even if the professional skills would not change that fast, we still have to face with constantly changing software, and more modern tools. Many of us are also faced with a push towards constant learning from our employer. Tools like mind maps, and skills like fast reading, can really come handy.
With organization skills, we mean the ability to organize things physically. A structured approach to this often helps for better information retrieval. Questions like “Where did I put that important letter?”, tend to be frustrating, and especially when you are in a hurry. Two good measurements for your level of personal organization are: 1) the size of your email inbox, and 2) the tidiness of your desk at work. You know what I mean.
As third, we have good old time management. Notice how I list time management as a part of personal productivity. For me, time management means things like managing tasks and email efficiently, and having an orderly way to manage your calendar. This is undoubtedly a enormous productivity booster.
Keeping yourself mentally healthy is crucial in society today. We are constantly faced with different pressures from the left and right. If you are not able to cope with stress, you might see your productivity sink through the floor. Ways to keep yourself mentally healthy include meditation, socializing, and living in the present moment.
We have all also faced the challenge suddenly to come up with solutions to difficult problems that are not easy to solve. What should we do in such situations? There are generic ways to solve problems. They allow you to reach a conclusion and motivate it to anyone, even if you are not completely familiar with the field in question. I recommend using these methods in such situations.
Last but not least we have decision making. We all know people who cannot make even the smallest decision, as they simply don’t have the guts to do it. What do I say again? There exists tools to help persons like this.
Putting in some effort and studying the areas above will help your personal productivity. That is guaranteed.
The author, Harri Jussila, contributes regularly to his blog Time Management Solutions, which is fully dedicated to time management and personal productivity. In addition to other articles around managing time efficiently, there you can also find a more comprehensive productivity definition.
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