Does your company use project management software to track your projects and progress with each of your tasks? If so, how many of your assignments are in the red? You could attribute this latency to lack of motivation, too much work, or simply getting sidetracked and off task.
For example, you spend a lot of time chatting on the company’s IM system, sending personal emails, or reading news sites. If you’re guilty of any of these offenses don’t worry, most of us are from time to time. What you need to do now, so you keep the job you’re in, is reign in this loss of control and keeping your head in your work. There’s a great tool called “Quiet Hours” that will launch applications, files or folders after a set period of time. Lifehacker discovered this great product to help productivity in both work and life.
Quiet Hours s great in reducing distractions in your visual. Say you’re working on a tedious project, this tool should minimize your daily “activities” long enough for you to get a good chunk of work done, then as a reward it comes back on after your set time is up. It’s like rewarding yourself for doing your work, good concept right? Try it yourself, for Windows or Mac, and let us know how much more productive you are with it.
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