{"id":9228,"date":"2017-09-06T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitek.com\/?p=9228"},"modified":"2019-12-11T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T13:01:16","slug":"productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;re like most people, there aren&#8217;t enough hours in the workday to check off all of the items on your &#8220;to do&#8221; list. To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. If you choose the latter route, here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">1. Give yourself deadlines.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Establishing your own deadline for open-ended\u00a0assignments will help you to focus on the task at hand and hold you accountable to meeting a completion date. You&#8217;ll be surprised at how much you can accomplish when you&#8217;re watching the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">2. Improve your concentration by taking breaks.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Some people have the misconception that taking breaks throughout the workday will cause them to lose momentum and focus. In reality, giving yourself brief brain breaks throughout the day will help you to maintain a constant level of performance and complete the project faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">3. Enforce\u00a0the two-minute rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Throughout the workday, you&#8217;ll encounter a number of tasks that can be completed within a short period of time. If a\u00a0task can be completed within two minutes, take care of it immediately. Enforcing the\u00a0two-minute rule will prevent you from having to back-track to these tasks later in the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">4. Limit meetings.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Most employees would agree that meetings are the biggest productivity drainers in the workplace. Before accepting a meeting invitation, determine if you would be able to accomplish the meeting&#8217;s goals via a phone conversation or web-based meeting as these two avenues could help you to be more productive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a05. Avoid multitasking.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Contrary to the popular belief, multitasking will actually cause you to be less productive. Also, taking on too many assignments at one time can impact the quality of work that you perform. Instead, give your focus to one assignment at a time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">6. Make the most of your commute.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">By using your commute to take conference calls and respond to voicemails, you&#8217;ll buy some extra time in the workday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">7. Minimize distractions.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Get a jump start on your day by arriving to the office before your team members. You&#8217;ll\u00a0be amazed at how much work you can accomplish with\u00a0an hour or more of quiet time at the office. Turn off notifications on your email and phone to help you stay focused.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Use these productivity tips to help you get the most from your workday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like most people, there aren&#8217;t enough hours in the workday to check off all of the items on your &#8220;to do&#8221; list. To be productive, you can either&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[87,121],"class_list":{"0":"post-9228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-our-blog","8":"tag-digitek","9":"tag-small-and-medium-sized-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ARLINGTON\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arlingtonindustries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vic B.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ArliDotCom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ArliDotCom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vic B.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Vic B.\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/78990151233c764576006ce45a8a5269\"},\"headline\":\"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"digitek\",\"Small and medium-sized business\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Our Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/\",\"name\":\"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":540},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ARLINGTON\",\"description\":\"ARLINGTON is Your Best Source for Office Machines &amp; Supplies\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ARLINGTON\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Arlington-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Arlington-Logo.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":323,\"caption\":\"ARLINGTON\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/arlingtonindustries\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ArliDotCom\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/arlington-industries\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCFvLGsiwc42BWJCcp3TkPaw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/78990151233c764576006ce45a8a5269\",\"name\":\"Vic B.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Vic B.\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arli.com\\\/author\\\/vbutler\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON","description":"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON","og_description":"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work","og_url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/","og_site_name":"ARLINGTON","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arlingtonindustries\/","article_published_time":"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Vic B.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ArliDotCom","twitter_site":"@ArliDotCom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vic B.","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/"},"author":{"name":"Vic B.","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#\/schema\/person\/78990151233c764576006ce45a8a5269"},"headline":"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday","datePublished":"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/"},"wordCount":397,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg","keywords":["digitek","Small and medium-sized business"],"articleSection":["Our Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/","url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/","name":"Productivity Tips to Get the Most from Your Workday - ARLINGTON","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-11T13:01:16+00:00","description":"To be productive, you can either choose to work longer hours or work smarter. Here are several time management strategies\u00a0to increase\u00a0productivity at work","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/productivity-tips-to-get-the-most-from-your-workday\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shutterstock_562244602-1000x540.jpg","width":1000,"height":540},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/","name":"ARLINGTON","description":"ARLINGTON is Your Best Source for Office Machines &amp; Supplies","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arli.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#organization","name":"ARLINGTON","url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Arlington-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Arlington-Logo.png","width":1000,"height":323,"caption":"ARLINGTON"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arlingtonindustries\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ArliDotCom","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/arlington-industries\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFvLGsiwc42BWJCcp3TkPaw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arli.com\/#\/schema\/person\/78990151233c764576006ce45a8a5269","name":"Vic B.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/caa5cc548c658d93729fd51c2ffad9197ea270963bcf60bd65f4b94fcf094ed8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Vic B."},"sameAs":["https:\/\/arli.com"],"url":"https:\/\/arli.com\/author\/vbutler\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17117,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9228\/revisions\/17117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arli.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}