The Little Interruptions Are Killers

The Little Interruptions Are Killers

Those little interruptions during the workday aren’t just annoying. They cost your company money. When interrupted, it takes an average person eight minutes to return to their previous task.

Consequently, if you are interrupted twice an hour at work, you will spend approximately a quarter of your day trying to get back on track. That’s a lot of lost productivity.

To help you achieve maximum effort at work

  • first, try to sit away from the office talkers,
  • secondly, keep your door closed if you need to concentrate, and
  • thirdly, stay away from the internet/social media.

I recently read this from Inc. Magazine,… “According to a survey by market research firm uSamp, while social media use can encourage coordination among employees, there’s no denying it’s a huge distraction.”

Other ways to eliminate those little interruptions are

  • Turn off your cell phone ringer,
  • Be sure to only attend meetings that are required of you, and of course,
  • Get organized.
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If you spend half your waking hours at work, that means you spend almost a half-hour each day being unproductive at work.

What are some ways that you cancel out those little interruptions in your day?

 

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Janet Schiesl

Janet Schiesl

Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.

She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.

Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

Janet Schiesl

Janet Schiesl

Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.

She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.

Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

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