Getting Things Done!

Every­day we are over­whelmed by the intense amount of work in the office.  You strug­gle inter­nally of whether you can com­plete the tasks on time.  You feel demor­al­ized hav­ing to do all these work.   Some­times, it makes you won­der the num­ber of week­ends you are burn­ing.  And if you are given more week­ends to burn on these tasks, will it ever help in get­ting them done?  Yes, you can com­plete the tasks (maybe not now) but at a later stage of time.  Your mind is cre­at­ing men­tal block in get­ting the work done.  Yes, you may not like the work, but it has to be done some­how (and by some­one), right?  So, how do you clear these men­tal blocks in you to achieve the pro­duc­tiv­ity and get things done?

1. Do not allow your­self to be inter­nally over­whelmed – The first thing you should do is that you should not allow the many tasks on hand to over­whelm you.  The prob­lem with most of us is that we allow our­selves to be over­whelmed with all the tasks on hand work.  Think­ing that you will never get to com­plete all the tasks.  This will cre­ate the first imme­di­ate mind block, telling you that you can­not com­plete ALL of them.  Now, you surely can com­plete SOME of them right at some point in time?
2. You can do it – The next thing you should tell your­self is that with all these work that you have, you still WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THEM!  Give your­self a pos­i­tive propo­si­tion that you can see the light at the end of the tun­nel.  Give your­self hope that you can fin­ish all of the work on your plate.  When peo­ple start to think that they can­not do it, the sub­con­scious mind will also trig­ger, rein­forc­ing the behav­ior to act in a way that you will never see the light at the end of the tunnel!
3. There will be always new work com­ing no mat­ter what – Yes, we must see the light at the end of the tun­nel even­tu­ally.  That is for one task.  There will always be other new tasks pop­ping into your sched­ule.  We’ve got to rec­og­nize it because we have to face it and not allowed our­selves to be demor­al­ized when they enter into your sched­ule.  You’ve got to man­age it!  Know which tasks you should be putting pri­or­ity on.  Or you can stay focus on the cur­rent one and get it out of your to-do list first!
4. Put one thing at a time – This will allow you to focus on task at a time.  Sure, there will be hun­dreds and thou­sands of things to do, but you have to start at one point.  One point we repeat!  So put one task that you are com­fort­able touch­ing it first.  Do not worry about the oth­ers; you will com­plete the cur­rent one even­tu­ally and this will get your gear going to com­plete the sub­se­quent ones.
5. Rec­og­nize that you may not com­plete every­thing – How­ever, if you can’t fin­ish every­thing after how much focus you’ve put, it’s not the end of the world.  Rec­og­nize the fact that you can­not com­plete every­thing on time.  The good part is that you’ve got your engine started and worked on your best effort in com­plet­ing tasks.  This will give you a morale booster in your sub­se­quent tasks!

These men­tal blocks are inef­fi­cient and unpro­duc­tive to an indi­vid­ual when they need to get work done.  It is def­i­nitely not pro­cras­ti­na­tion, but sheer pres­sure that is built inter­nally, cre­at­ing these men­tal blocks, restrict­ing you to com­plete your task.  The under­ly­ing prin­ci­ple is per­se­ver­ance.  If you believed that you can reach the fin­ish­ing line, you will do what it takes to get you to the fin­ish­ing line.  Stay focus on the task.  Make belief that you can com­plete it.  Do not be affected by the new tasks that come along the way (there will be always).  Com­plete the task and even­tu­ally, you get your gear going for the sub­se­quent ones.

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