The untold factor of getting more done
Clock ticks.
You woke up.
Some housekeeping and then kick-start your day by writing the tasks in the to-do list.
Most of us, when we set our goals, we completely focus on ourselves, not our environment and not others who’re living with us.
Your environment consists of all beings living with you, it can be your family or roommates, or anyone else.
Of course, the probability of getting the task done is more dependent on you but understand that they also play a crucial role in the process. They have access to interact with you anytime and interrupt you anytime until and unless you strictly ask them not to disturb you. And that’s not possible for everyone and all of the day.
So, getting more done is not completely up to you. There are other factors too in the equation that need to take care of. And the environment is one of them.
How to handle this?
Observe them. Understand them and then plan.
Observe and note down the common pattern, when they interact with you the most, disturb you the most, when they’re busy with themselves, notice and write down each and everything that you can think of us.
But why? How this will help?
It will help you to maintain a good relationship with them and get more done.
How?
Let me walk you through the story.
You woke up at 8, completed all of that rudimentary activities by 9 am, and then wrote down the tasks in your to-do list, every task with some time deadline to be completed by. You’re all set, and working on your task, then suddenly at some point, someone comes and disturbed you, talking to you continuously, and you know you’ve to do the shit and it does not allow you to waste your time. This will result in frustration and anger towards them, not a good thing to have in a relationship.
If you’ve already done the above exercise, then up to some extent, you would already know that this person has this behavior and he/she will interrupt at this point. Knowing this earlier will let you handle the situation with more calm.
So, always consider the environment beforehand.
In relationships, lack of love is not the problem, lack of understanding is. - Chanakya
Action to take: Along with your tasks, also write down the activities the other ones around you do and the effect of those activities on you. And then notice the pattern. See, which time slot is more optimal and good for you to get the shit done. Allocate the high ROI task to this time slot, and other ones accordingly.
Peace and Power,
Rishabh Garg