Getting the job done...

You may have read my earlier article on information overload or even the one where I rant even more about e-mail, I came across an article which gave some top-tips on being more productive in your work, much of which focussed around minimising distractions, particularly e-mail. The thrust of the article basically proposes the following rule and guidelines, I thoroughly recommend that you read Ole Eichhorns article, it's old but oh, how applicable:

• Big Rule:
  
• It takes three hours to get anything done.


• Guidelines:
  
1. Turn off your email client, put your 'phone in "do not disturb".


2. Isolate yourself.


3. Get good headphones (and some MP3s loaded up!).


4. Warn colleagues when you're "in the zone", to minimize their interrupts.


5. Minimize meetings and schedule them to avoid three-hour windows.


6. Become self-aware about warping off and try to un-stuck yourself.