Thursday, July 24, 2008

Interruptions - Everybody's Got 'Em

Everyone gets busy on the job. You’ll have a computer screen full of documents that you’re working on simultaneously, an inbox full of unread e-mails, three phone lines ringing, and someone standing impatiently in front of your desk.

Office technology makes everything seem more urgent. However, writer Anya Martin offers some concrete advice to pushing through the interruptions.

Martin suggests taking the following steps to putting the productivity back into your workday.

1. Prioritize
2. Be Polite
3. Silence Socializers
4. Turn Your Desk Around
5. Multitask
6. Do It Now
7. Turn It Off
8. Race Away from the Rush

Hopefully if you take these into consideration your day will be… hold on a second, the phone’s ringing.

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