{"id":38,"date":"2012-02-05T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2012\/02\/05\/increasing-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2015-02-18T00:32:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T00:32:03","slug":"increasing-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2012\/02\/05\/increasing-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/02\/Efficiency-Gauge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/02\/Efficiency-Gauge.png\" alt=\"Efficiency-Gauge\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/02\/Efficiency-Gauge.png 300w, https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/02\/Efficiency-Gauge-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Another week rushed by. I assume this is mostly just due down to ageing- the older one gets, the quicker one&#8217;s life passes. Scary! Scary thoughts are things I&#8217;m trying to avoid, so wont contemplate this time passing issue again. Instead I&#8217;ll think about how I can pack more into my week. So, how does one guy go about doing this and without making detrimental sacrifices? I&#8217;m just one person without any support so can&#8217;t ask my team or friends for help in speeding up my achieving efficiency . Unless of course I could create a team or develop friendships for this?<\/p>\n<p>I read articles in magazines and blogs and extracted a few tips like how to plan your days, organizing, only devoting so much time to certain tasks before moving on to the next one and cutting down on perfectionism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My own favourite Efficiency self discoveries so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research how to be efficient: It cuts into your day to start with, but the benefits have a lasting impact for a lifetime to come. A newly discovered efficiency routine must be implemented of course!<\/li>\n<li>Kill two birds with one stone: Listen to an audio book while the gym or or eat while browsing the internet.<\/li>\n<li>Rush: Remind myself to act as though every task within a day has a tight deadline. (Has proven tough to maintain)<\/li>\n<li>Plan your movements: Make sure I&#8217;m completely finished in one area of the room\/house\/city before moving to save going back and forth several times and be conscious of the quickest way to go from one place to another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Untested\/difficult Efficiency ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn from others: Spend time with others to discovery how they do things quicker than you.<\/li>\n<li>Learn to read and write quicker: Despite having been using a computer most days for the last 12 or 13 years, I&#8217;ve never learned to touch type or speed-read.<\/li>\n<li>Pay for time: Sometimes its quicker\/more cost effective to pay someone to clean your car than take an hour off work whereby you would earn double the cost of a car clean if you stayed there. Although cleaning a car or doing any chore can deliver other benefits- form of exercise, sense of achievement, so must be considered carefully.<\/li>\n<li>Healthy lifestyle: More energy to increase productivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a healthy lifestyle is one of my transformation goals anyway, I will get to test this one out. Eating at regular intervals- small meals every 2-3 hours should, according to all the theory, increase energy levels. For me, this will be a challenge, but also a habit I&#8217;d like to get in to, and one I will start to cultivate from now on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week rushed by. I assume this is mostly just due down to ageing- the older one gets, the quicker one&#8217;s life passes. Scary! 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