{"id":22426,"date":"2020-08-26T16:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=22426"},"modified":"2020-08-26T05:19:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T02:19:07","slug":"how-to-increase-productivity-while-reducing-working-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-increase-productivity-while-reducing-working-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can You Increase Productivity While Working Fewer Hours?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vantagecircle.com\/content\/images\/size\/w540h360\/2019\/03\/employee-productivity.png\" alt=\"8 Effective Ways To Boost Employee Productivity\" width=\"691\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">No matter what industry you work in, there never seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. That\u2019s why you always feel several steps<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> behind. And that\u2019s not good for your productivity or your health. So what\u2019s the solution? Is it working longer hours? Hold on\u2014did you know you can<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> get more done while reducing your regular working hours?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The answer to the questions above is very simple: you don\u2019t necessarily have to work longer hours at all; according to what <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0623\u0648\u0636\u062d\u0647 \u201c<strong>\u0628\u0648\u0628 \u0633\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u201c; the American writer; who said: \u201cResearch that attempts to determine the relationship between working hours <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Productivity drops sharply after 50 hours of work per week, and falls off a cliff after 55 hours\u2014 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0644\u062f\u0631\u062c\u0629 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">He added, \u201cSomeone who works 70 hours produces nothing more with those extra 15 hours, according to a study published last year by <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">John Pencavel of Stanford University.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Instead of putting in those extra hours, you can be more effective at work by focusing on what really matters. You can <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">get started as soon as possible by following these simple tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A short to-do list<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You\u2019ve just been assigned a major project. Naturally, your mind is racing with a million different thoughts: Where should you start? What will you need <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to get the job done on time? As a result, you start creating an enormous to-do list\u2014and that\u2019s where the problem begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Out-of-control to-do lists can be overwhelming and keep you from being as productive as possible, because you end up juggling multiple tasks <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and directing your energy toward unimportant tasks and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Instead, keep your to-do list short by focusing on just your 3 to 5 most urgent and important tasks, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">so you can focus on one task at a time before moving on to less important ones. When you do, you\u2019ll feel an increase <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Your productivity\u2014and your worries about work\u2014gradually fade away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u062a\u0642\u0633\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062a\u0627\u062c<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">When it comes to staying productive while working fewer hours throughout the day, we often focus on how long it takes to <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">finish something, rather than what we\u2019ve already accomplished in a day. For example, you\u2019ve just spent hours writing a 1,000-word post;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> which can be frustrating because it took up a large part of your day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But what happens if you focus on the smaller parts of the post you\u2019re writing? For example, you split it into five 200-word sections, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">format them properly, add headings, run a spell check, and add images. Suddenly <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You\u2019ll realize that you\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in that time frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In fact, recent research found that emphasizing hours worked and how they relate to results leads to what\u2019s known as a culture of inefficiency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0623\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0644\u0642\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Positive attitudes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The team working at Mind Tools said they are more effective at work when they have a \u201cpositive attitude.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">People with a good attitude take the initiative whenever they can. They\u2019re happy to help a colleague in need, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">pick up the slack when a colleague is ill, and make sure their work meets the highest standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A good attitude at work helps you set standards for your productivity, make sure you hold yourself accountable, and take <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Make decisions more easily, since they\u2019re guided by your intuition\u2014a quality that can be hard to find within organizations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But demonstrating ethical decision-making and integrity can open many doors for you in the future.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0628\u063a\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0638\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0648\u062c\u062f \u0648\u0642\u062a\u064d \u0643\u0627\u0641\u064d \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0644\u0625\u0646\u062c\u0627\u0632 \u0643\u0644 \u0634\u064a\u0621. \u0644\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0623\u0646\u062a \u062a\u0634\u0639\u0631 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0623\u0646\u0643 \u0645\u062a\u0623\u062e\u0631 \u0639\u062f\u0629 \u062e\u0637\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0631\u0627\u0621. \u0648\u0647\u0630\u0627<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[7741,21498,22015,22016,5071,4165],"class_list":["post-22426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-7741","tag-21498","tag-22015","tag-22016","tag-5071","tag-4165"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}