Now, you’re expecting me to say that if you want to get more achieved during your working day then get up an hour earlier and maybe get to your desk in time to pack in one more hour of work.
Well you’d be wrong!
In fact my view is that this is almost completely counter-productive if you skimp on sleep all the time. Let me explain…
Get more done by adding to your sleep, rather than skimping on it!
When you’re tired, have you ever noticed that there are a lot more stupid people around? They’re everywhere. On the roads and trains as you travel to work. And once you get to your desk you meet dumb folk all over the building. Making your life a misery.
In fact the basic truth is that all of us have shorter fuses when we’re tired. So cutting out yet more sleep and consistently arriving at your desk an hour earlier might not only fail to improve your workflow – it could also contribute to your achieving less, rather than more, in your working day.
Now a better solution could be to add an extra hour to your night time sleep. And whilst at first sight this idea would seem to give you LESS time to work or play, in reality as you’ll be functioning much better, it will make you a good deal MORE productive. Your decisions will be more focused. Your people management skills much better.
And best of all, all those stupid people who sometimes surround you will have just seemed to have disappeared. Funny that.
Dan Jacobs
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Dan is Sales Director and chief philosopher at PrintHouse Corporation. What he doesn’t know about producing good business printing he makes up for with his pearls of wisdom around the office. Give him a call today about your next Design or Print job on 020 8963 0123. Or just to chew the fat about why tiredness makes you less productive and tolerant.
