1. 5 WAYS TO BE PRODUCTIVE WHEN
THE PRESSURE IS ON
When everything is a priority, how do you remain calm and complete all
your tasks on time?

2. Be motivated from inner self
 The key is "being able to keep up the intensity
even though there's no external
accountability," says Sharon Melnick, a
business psychologist and author of Success
Under Stress.This means you need to be able
to "manage your stress levels and stay
motivated even when you're not," she says,
because once you allow yourself to get
stressed, you end up losing your ability to
think critically.

3. 1)PRIORITIZE
 . Learn to properly prioritize. This is not as easy as it
sounds. Most of us have multiple competing priorities, and
they all seem urgent.
 The best strategy is to figure out what your real priorities
are through a process of clarification and communication.
"Clarity is your best time management tool.When you feel
overwhelmed, you can invariably trace it back to a lack of
clarity somewhere in the chain of how priorities were
decided.
 Make sure you make time regularly to think about your
daily tasks and responsibilities and decide on what’s the
most important thing for you to do to keep up with the
changing industry and evolve in your expertise.Then
prioritize your list based on this understanding

4. 2)FOCUS-No multitasking
 2. Practice “serial mono-focus” instead of
multitasking. Most of us think that we’re
getting more done when we multitask, but the
truth is, we actually aren’t able to truly focus on
our tasks, and we "lose efficiency and focus each
time we have to switch between topics and
projects."
 It’s so distracting that over the course of the day,
it can actually take you 30 percent longer to
complete a task and you end up making more
than twice the number of mistakes

5. 3)Time conscious people are not
always available
 Don’t always be available.Throughout the day, we encounter
frequent interruptions that waste our time. In fact, Melnick says
that on average, office workers are usually interrupted seven
times per hour, which amounts to approximately 56 times every
day, wasting an astonishing 2.1 hours per day.
 When it comes to daily interruptions, you have three options:
allow, cut it off or triage. If you decide to allow (or accept), then
give the issue your full attention and resolve it immediately so it
doesn't interrupt you again at a later time. If you decide to cut if
off, turn off your email notifications or keep your phone on silent
during this time.This way, you’ll have more control over others
contacting you. Last, if you opt for triage, you should “allow a
brief interaction between you and the interrupter solely to
determine how to deal with the interruption

6. 4)Communicate thoroughly with
open agenda(no hidden)
 4. Communicate your plans when you’re not
available.When you’ve decided that you need some
time to be “off the grid,” you should inform others of
your plan.
"Our addiction to digital devices has more to do with
an underlying need to feel wanted and important.
[We believe that] being a successful member of the
middle class society is showing our dedication to
professional work and being available at all hours of
the day.
 However, this dedication doesn't mean that
you’re actually productive—just that you’re
available.

7. 5)Time wastage v/s
relaxation
 Identify time wasters. Pinpoint exactly what it is that makes you
waste time throughout your day and ask yourself why you do
them. For example, if you’re surfing theWeb, ask yourself why
you’re doing it. Is it because you’re bored? Or trying to
brainstorm new ideas? Once you figure out why you’re doing
these unproductive habits, you can begin to curb those habits
and become a more productive person.
 In a continuous work environment, you will always have too
much to do and not enough time to do it. From emails to instant
messages, there’s so much technology at our fingertips that it’s
easy to get distracted.As this technology makes us more
available and our stress levels increase, we need to be able to
focus on the most important things and eliminate what makes us
least productive.