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clips or plastic picture hangers to the back of
your desk. Just fix the wires to the desk legs and
feed down to the plug sockets.
If you want to go full Pinterest, label tab stickers
to identify what each lead is for and where it’s
plugged in.
7. Keep a notepad for ideas and reminders
Ideas can hit at any time, and we all know that
even if we say we will, we will not remember
them the next day. Buy a small notebook and jot
down anything you want to remember or use
whopping 550% year on year in 2017. later. It’s particularly useful when you’re on the
Try a peace lily, bamboo, bonsai, or a succulent. phone and madly searching for a post-it.
The last one hardly needs watering. When you’re stuck for inspiration, or want to jog
your memory, refer back to it.
4. Learn keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts can help you screenshot, 8. Ignore notifications. Temporarily…
change your font size, or drag an email back from If you need to focus, you don’t need productivity
the jaws of being sent too early. apps or notification blockers. Just turn your
While you’re learning them all, pin a handy chart phone to silent and put it face down in a drawer.
to the wall in front of you. This cheat sheet is It feels strange at first, but push notifications
for both PCs and Macs. Soon though, they’ll continually distract us, and app developers keep
become muscle memory. giving us more and more to look at.
5. Schedule time for emails 9. Stand up every hour
It’s estimated we spend over 2 hours a The NHS advises we “move more, sit less.“ If you’re
day reading and answering emails. That’s a bit often at a desk, it could be slowing down your
disturbing when you think about how much metabolism and weakening your muscles and
office admin you can do in 2 whole hours. bones gradually over time.Stand up every hour,
Considering it takes an average of 23 minutes even just for a few minutes. Take calls on your
and 15 seconds to get back to the task when feet, walk for 20 minutes at lunchtime, and park
interrupted by something it’s worth also blocking further away from the front door.
out a particular time of the day that you use
specifically for a team meeting and replying to 10. Remember, multitasking is a myth
emails. It’s virtually impossible for a human to focus on
Allocate a specific time of day for answering more than one thing at once and do them both
emails, rather than swapping between tasks and well. Our brain switches between tasks quickly,
breaking concentration. For immediate stuff, pausing one and picking up the other.
there’s instant messaging, or even a quick chat. Have a to-do list, do each task individually, and
tick them off. You’ll work through it far faster.
6. Tidy up leads and wires
There are lots of ways to keep cables out of view.
Two of the simplest involve attaching bulldog theundercoverrecruiter.com
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