Here's how you can eliminate common time-wasting activities and boost productivity in your career.

Boosting productivity in your career involves identifying and eliminating time-wasting activities, prioritizing tasks effectively, maintaining a structured schedule, delegating tasks efficiently, utilizing productivity tools, and continuously refining your approach for optimal efficiency and success. Preparing a list of priority tasks and working on them accordingly. Manage your time according to work.

Here are some suggestions for eliminating time-wasting activities and boosting productivity in your career: ? Make a to-do list each day ? Set clear goals for what you want to achieve; break big tasks into smaller steps ? Turn off phone and email notifications while working ? Say no to tasks that are not important ? Avoid multitasking - focus on one thing at a time ? Delegate work when possible ? Use productivity apps for better time management

One of the biggest time wasters at work are meetings that go on for too long and/or ones that don't have a purpose. Very specific goals need to be set, and meetings shouldn't turn into "complaining sessions." Also, people need to be held accountable for the goals of the previous meeting if their responsibilities have not been met.

Our productivity increases when we have time and space to rest, replenish, and rejuvenate. When we take time - even short breaks - we gain cognitive and emotional space. This helps us reflect, gain perspective, and contextualize our experiences, our motivation throughout the day, our choices and decisions, our behaviors, and our attitudes. Time and space away from work gives us the capacity to reflect and observe what might be needed, and what could be changed or adjusted in our lives, our relationship with work and career, and even in our workplaces. When we take time and space for rest and replenishment we in fact feel more connected, engaged, and invested in our work, and we are far more productive.

One thing I found helpful is the self-awareness of the concept of a break (around 15 -30 mn ): Every person has his perspective on break; for some, it means detaching yourself from everything, in other words, taking a nap, for others it’s related to the feeling of being mentally disconnected by concentrating on another task such as reading, and others relate it to physical activity such as doing some stretching exercises … Breaks are essential to our wellbeing but it’s spent in different ways even in the same work environment. That is why before taking one, we should ask ourselves: what will make me feel relaxed, and good and give me the energy to go back again to work? Is it a mental activity? Is it spiritual? Is it physical?

Taking time out for systems thinking and streamlining is highly underrated. Is there something that leaves you feeling - I wish I could get this done faster? Find, create or outsource systems that will help you reach your goals faster. Such systems could be in the form of software tools or even people that are better at specific things than you are (speaking from my entrepreneurial experience).

Any opportunity to automate back-and-forth interactions can be immensely helpful in enabling you to focus on working with clients and developing programming. - Schedule meetings with tools like Microsoft Bookings or Calendly and automate follow-up and reminder emails. - Collect intake information with tools like Microsoft Forms, Google Forms, or Typeform. - Save commonly used resources and explanations into an easy-to-access response bank, or one through your email provider - if available.

Evaluate how you spend your time. Give yourself time to work and time to have breaks. at 25/5 rule works well - Work for 25 minutes, then take a 5-minute break. Block time in your diary for different tasks. Give yourself space to work - declutter your work area. Don't look at your phone :) - Reduce the notifications you get on your phone or better still silence your phone Daily To-Do Lists: Start your day by listing tasks in order of priority. Focus on completing the most important tasks first. Limit Multitasking - stay on one area at a time.