Develop a culture of doing things right in the first go.

 

 

  • If you are correcting a draft note or a letter, go through it thoroughly ensuring that you won't need to correct it again. Make this a habit. Striving for perfection is merely an excuse.
     
  • Attempt the tasks in the order of priority.  Do not move on to the second job without finishing the first - the one with the topmost priority.
     
  • Do not do two tasks at a time except the ones, which can really be done simultaneously.

 

Challenge yourself

Allocate different time-slots to different kinds of jobs. Challenge yourself if you are really stuck. Can't you carry on with the report leaving space for the data that is awaited so that by the time you finish with the job the awaited data too arrives.

 

Let the poster on the wall facing you constantly stare at you with the words, “Do it now! Do it now! Why not now?”