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Increase your productivity, abandon the 8hour workday

Any company trying to achieve more is constantly seeking ways to improve employee efficiency and effectiveness, to find techniques to help their teams work faster/smarter/better... they're constantly seeking an edge. 

Then why do so many companies stick to the 8-hour workday -- and why do so many entrepreneurs do the same thing? 




4 Tips for Improving Your Productivity
For my daily workflow at Buffer I’ve made four distinct changes to better implement the above research. Here's what works best for me:
  • Manually increase the relevance of a task: It can be hard to maintain focus, especially if what you're doing doesn't have a deadline. Overriding your attention system, and adding your own deadline together with a reward can significantly improve task completion, according to researcher Keisuke Fukuda. 
  • Split your day into 90 minute windows: Instead of thinking about an 8, 6, or 10 hour work day, split your day into four or five 90-minute windows. That way you will have, say, four tasks you will get done more easily.
  • Plan your rest so you actually rest“The fittest person is not the one who runs the fastest, but the one who has optimized their rest time,” says Tony Schwartz. A lot of the time we are so busy planning our work day that we forget about “how” to rest. Plan beforehand what you will do to recharge: Nap, read, meditate, get a snack, etc.
  • Allow zero notifications: One of the best ideas I’ve ever had was to follow Joel’s advice on zero notifications. Having absolutely no alerts on my phone or computer that breaks my focus has been a huge help. If you haven’t tried it, try to turn off every digital element that could become an alert.





Now it's your turn: What do you think is the best way to structure your work day?

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