Seeking advice on how to be most productive: I feel like I spend a LOT of hours in front of my laptop but don’t get as much done. Doesn’t help that there are constantly Slack messages and emails that I keep responding to. How can I maximize my time spent working? Would love to hear what works for you all

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1. Focus mode on iPhone that only allows calls from key clients and senior leaders
2. time box diary to specific tasks to start measuring how long it takes you to complete specific tasks
3. Keep a log for first week of your average times
4. Then try to beat those times by getting faster and smarter as you’ll find shortcuts etc
5. Mute Teams / Slack etc unless it’s relevant to your deliverables or key meetings

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Block time on your calendar when you need hyper focus. Use the screen share feature to block IMs

Or just block out a few days in the week, to work on only your own tasks/priorities.

Sometimes, I wake up early and work on those hyper focus tasks from 7 to 9 AM.

In summary, if you don’t manage your time others will manage it for you.

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field meetings and messages during the day. play some video games, organize your priorities (important), hit the gym, have some food, work at night with the tv on super low volume. i think a lot of people have succumbed to brain fog during covid and chosen to lean into the idea that more hours to be in front of the computer means i have to be doing something. you should figure out a personalized system that works for you and what i described above works very well for me and no one bats an eye, but i also recognize what i described probably isn’t suitable for a lot of people

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24 hr SLA for most emails.

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haha nice

I block off time on my outlook when I know I require no interruptions. Of course I can’t help when a senior leader throws a mtg in regardless

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