Brain Bites - Managing Interruptions and Procrastination
Strategies to manage and reduce interruptions and avoid procrastination
Description
Learn how to stay focused despite interruptions and how to regain focus quickly after an interruption.
Are you struggling to get through your task list? Are you constantly being interrupted by people and notifications? In this Bigger Brains course, you will learn the types and sources of interruptions, strategies for limiting diverse types of interruptions, and how work focus styles and work environments affect responses to interruptions. You’ll also learn helpful ways to communicate your availability and “do not disturb time” to coworkers and family members. And you’ll learn how you can avoid interrupting others unnecessarily.
Finally, you’ll learn tips for overcoming procrastination and practical steps for how to begin and complete a project you’ve been putting off. By using this process, you’ll be able to overcome procrastination and move forward productively!
Topics covered include:
Differentiating between interactions and distractions
Describing how work focus styles and the work environment affect responses to interruptions
Applying strategies to minimize interruptions and improve productivity in a remote work environment
Discussing and applying methods to reduce notification interruptions
Discussing and applying methods to decrease interruptions from people
Using a simple question checklist to decide if interrupting someone is warranted
Applying simple methods to reduce the impact of interruptions on your time and productivity
Explaining the Pomodoro technique
Identifying reasons why people procrastinate
Defining comfortable misery, as it relates to procrastination
Applying a 3-step process to move forward on overwhelming projects
If you want to learn how to stop unnecessary interruptions, reduce the impact of necessary interruptions, and reduce the frequency of procrastination, this course is for you!
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What You Will Learn!
- Differentiate between interactions and distractions
- Describe how work focus styles and the work environment affect responses to interruptions
- Apply strategies to minimize interruptions and improve productivity in a remote work environment
- Discuss and apply methods to reduce notification interruptions
- Discuss and apply methods to decrease interruptions from people
- Use a simple question checklist to decide if interrupting someone is warranted
- Apply simple methods to reduce the impact of interruptions on your time and productivity
- Explain the Pomodoro technique
Who Should Attend!
- Anyone who wants to learn how to stop unnecessary interruptions, reduce the impact of necessary interruptions, and reduce the frequency of procrastination