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How to set achievable goals
How to manage time for personal and professional life
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Controlling Productive Procrastination
Monitor Your Time
The key to using productive procrastination to your advantage is to keep it under control. Keep the miscellaneous tasks under half an hour.
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Sometimes the best use of your time is to do nothing
Take Breaks
Take the time to recharge and completely turn your mind away from your obligations once or twice a day. This helps reduce stress and improve your outlook on the day.
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Don't get started on a whole new project!
Keep Tasks Simple
- Stick to a routine
- Keep your focus on a relevant area
- Find accountability partners
- Avoid falling into old habits
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A Word of Caution
Productive procrastination is a quality tool when used in moderation. But don't give “meaningless” tasks the role of being productive just because you want to feel better about how you’re using your time.
It’s a good practice to adjust your productivity shortcomings and acknowledge the proc...
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Can Productive Procrastination Be A Useful Tool?
Procrastination is that urge to distract yourself from important tasks. Productive procrastination is a nice way to tell yourself that you're not really procrastinating because you're still being productive in some way.
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Using Procrastination to Your Advantage
- Smaller Tasks: Break your project into bite-sized pieces using task analysis. Re-ordering yo...
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19. Conquer Procrastination
Set goals to overcome procrastination by breaking tasks into smaller steps and using time management techniques.
Schedule 'Procrastination Time'
Schedule non-working time into your day so that you allow time for cleaning your desk, taking a walk or whatever else it is that keeps you from your work.
Having this time blocked in your calendar may eliminate the guilt associated with procrastination. A refreshed mind is a product...
Manage your time
If you want to manage your time better, you have to know where it goes first.
How do you know your time? Keep an activity log. An activity log is exactly what you imagine — an hour by hour record of what you’re doing throughout the day.
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