THE PRIORITIES
Organisation and self-discipline
Now that you are free to take decisions and arrange your time, you have got to be sticking to an even more strict schedule.
No one will be there to make sure you arrive on time at your office, deliver on time your solution or meet your target; no one, but you. The hard bit is to understand that you are doing it for yourself.
I recommend:
- have regular breaks
It can vary from an individual to another, but I'm used to have a break (and a Kit Kat) every 2 hours. Not only you prevent burn out: that point where your mind doesn't work anymore; but, relaxing will help you regenerate to recover a high productivity and that will give you smaller chunks to measure your achievement.
Have a look at the Pomodoro technique
- Give yourself a time limit for every task.
It takes 10 minutes to recover from an interruption:
- self-distraction: you know how it is to while away the hours surfing or cruising on Facebook. Trust me, you can loose hours of your precious time without you even realizing it
- external solicitation: real emergencies are rare. So, if you receive a phone call or an email, let it be.
- making a ToDo list of all the tasks you have in mind (whether private or professional) and according to the milestones you want to reach
- before starting a day, list only 3 tasks you want to have to be done by the end of the day.
From there, do not think to any other tasks.
It is important that you take care of you and listen to yourself.
An intensive social life
You are demanding to yourself for great efforts and concentration.
To balance that, you need even more time to enjoy with your friends, setting your mind free, talk about the fantastic achievement you had during the week, sharing your new knowledge.
Support from friends and family is the fuel that will keep you going on.
Organisation and self-discipline
Now that you are free to take decisions and arrange your time, you have got to be sticking to an even more strict schedule.
No one will be there to make sure you arrive on time at your office, deliver on time your solution or meet your target; no one, but you. The hard bit is to understand that you are doing it for yourself.
I recommend:
- Time management:
- have regular breaks
It can vary from an individual to another, but I'm used to have a break (and a Kit Kat) every 2 hours. Not only you prevent burn out: that point where your mind doesn't work anymore; but, relaxing will help you regenerate to recover a high productivity and that will give you smaller chunks to measure your achievement.
Have a look at the Pomodoro technique
- Give yourself a time limit for every task.
It takes 10 minutes to recover from an interruption:
- self-distraction: you know how it is to while away the hours surfing or cruising on Facebook. Trust me, you can loose hours of your precious time without you even realizing it- external solicitation: real emergencies are rare. So, if you receive a phone call or an email, let it be.
- Plan your week like your days
- making a ToDo list of all the tasks you have in mind (whether private or professional) and according to the milestones you want to reach
- before starting a day, list only 3 tasks you want to have to be done by the end of the day.
From there, do not think to any other tasks.
- Set short term objectives
It is important that you take care of you and listen to yourself.
An intensive social life
You are demanding to yourself for great efforts and concentration.
To balance that, you need even more time to enjoy with your friends, setting your mind free, talk about the fantastic achievement you had during the week, sharing your new knowledge.
Support from friends and family is the fuel that will keep you going on.
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Author - Kevin Simonnet
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