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Rules to Reduce Workplace Stress by Increasing Your Productivity

We all wish we could be less stressed and more productive.
There are many tactics you can employ; here are 25 you can try:
Daily Goals: Make sure to set targets each day in advance
Worst First: Deal with complicated tasks first instead of delaying these. Remember that even small victories can set tone for an ultimately productive day.
Peak Times: Your peak cycles of productivity must be identified
and the most crucial tasks should be scheduled during these times. You can do minor tasks during non-peak periods.
No-communication zones: Allocate time for solo work where you can focus. Schedule interruptible and light tasks for open-comm and challenging tasks for no-comm times.
Mini-Milestone: When you start a task, make sure that you properly identify the target that needs to be reached before you decide to stop working.
Time-Boxing: Give yourself fixed period in making dent in a particular task. Do not worry on how far you get, starting something is often the hardest part!
Batching: Similar tasks like errands, making phone calls or more can be knocked on a single session.
Early Bird: Wake up early and report straight to work and deal with the most urgent or important tasks.
Cone of Silence: Work in a place with no distractions like library.
Tempo: Try to do things faster. Type, read, walk, move or facilitate tasks faster than usual.
Relaxify: Minimize your stress by creating and maintaining clutter-free and relaxing workspace.
Agendas: Offer comprehensive meeting agendas in advance for this improve meeting efficiency and focus.
Pareto: This is the 80-20 principle wherein 80% of tasks' value comes from 20% effort.
Ready-Fire Aim: Beat procrastination by taking action at once after goals has been set.
Minuteman: Upon getting the information needed in making decision, give yourself one minute to make actual decision.
Deadline: Set deadline for completion of tasks and use this as focal point in order to stay on the right track.
Promise: State your commitments to others.
Gap Reading: Read in order to fill odd periods.
Glittering Prizes: Give yourself a reward for every task that you have successfully accomplished.
Continuum: Identify the tasks that need to be dealt upon with on the following day and begin the tasks when that day strikes.
Slice and dice: Breakdown complex projects into smaller yet well-defined projects.
Single handling: Once you started with a task, stick with this until it is 100% done or completed.
Randomize: Select a random piece of large projects and complete these.
30 days: Identify new habits you would like to establish and stick with these for one month.
Optimization-identify the techniques and process that you often used and write these down step by step. Refractor these on paper for ultimate efficiency.
By following even some of these rules, you can reduce the workplace stress and increase your productivity!

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