Efficiency Tip #10 - Interruptions

Schedule your interruptions. It may not always go to plan but you are more likely to keep singular focus for longer amounts of time thus increasing productivity. Interruption scheduling may look like this: 8am - 10am - Finalise quote 10am - 10.30am - Call back all phone messages and respond to email (interruptive potential) 10.30 - 12pm - Management meeting 12pm - 1pm - Emails, calls and misc (interruptive potential) 1.30pm - meeting with Bob Having others take your calls, turning email alerts off and then scheduling when you will deal with them assist in getting the most important items achieved. Most calls and emails are not urgent and if they are, then at least the interruption is minimal