Balancing,PLay,and,wORK,amp,#5 business, insurance Balancing PLay and wORK: Leveraging Time, Part 2
Small offices have unique needs, and thatincludes document shredding. Designed with the smaller business inmind, the Dahle 20314 is a cross-cut shredder that offers Level 3security and brings you into compliance with federal regulations. The As we all know to live in this world we have to perform some activity by which we can earn money. There are many activities by which we can earn money and meet the standards to live in this society. And from one of them is franchise. Franc
In this article we suggest some ways to "work smarter",or achieve more by multi-tasking - multiplying ourproductive time so we have more time to PLAY!For example, we may choose to drive the car, listen tomusic or an audio book, or talk on our hands-free cellphone.Our brain is certainly equipped to assist us achievethis efficiency. How many times have you been drivingin your car and found yourself thinking aboutsomething other than your driving -- you have norecollection of the last 5 miles of road, yet you weren'tin an accident?Confused? Don't be. The playful use of time changesfrom situation to situation. This is just one moreexample of PLORK being a continuing life theme!Multitasking Examples:1. Work another file on your PC while downloading alarge file or document from the Internet or localnetwork.2. Sign letters while conversing on the phone.3. Listen to language tapes or music or audio bookswhile getting ready in the morning or driving the car.4. Use a hand-held digital recorder to dictate notes,thoughts, memos, sales calls, business plans whiledriving. [Later you can use software to download yournotes directly into the computer without retyping].5. Hate to exercise? Build exercise into your daily routine.Examples: Walk to lunch, climb the stairs, park the carfurther away and walk, do isometric or stretching exercisesat your desk, move your phone off your desk so you have tostand and move every time it rings (you'll also sound betterand feel more powerful if you're standing rather thansitting).6. Take thinking or processing work to a meeting,seminar or conference.7. Use different color or different style hats to indicatewhen you're changing roles. A small project team Iworked on recently did this so everyone knew what"hat" (role) we were wearing (performing) at any giventime during the day.8. Think, plan your day, etc. in the shower, or if youtake mass transit, on the trolley or bus. I know this willsound compulsive to some of you, but I have an acrylicboard in my shower & a grease pen available to jotdown ideas when they come to me. (Why do the bestideas seem to come when it's least convenient tocapture them?)9. Get co-workers to send you audio rather thanwritten reports, and friends to send cassette "letters"so you can listen to them while driving. Many emailprograms now make it possible to record messages thatyou can download to digital recorders for replay later.
Balancing,PLay,and,wORK,amp,#5