Five tips to get the most out of your workday

Taking breaks during the workday is important for workers to replace workplace “resources” - energy, motivation, and concentration. 

These resources are limited and they need “charging” by doing activities that require less effort or use different resources than normal work or are just something the worker enjoys.

Divide tasks into smaller pieces so you can work through a more manageable series of assignments.

Use the higher energy levels you have in the morning to do a small task you don’t feel like doing, such as phoning someone you have been reluctant to contact. You’ll give yourself the mood and energy boost that comes from a small achievement.

Don’t be tempted to multitask. Our brains are not suited to dealing with multiple streams of information or doing multiple jobs at the same time.

The more tasks we try to do simultaneously, the slower we complete them and the more mistakes we make.