To fail…Take stock of which habits are producing the better results for you, and desert them. Substitute them with habits that see to it there’s no forward advancement. Even better are habits that induce reversion. Watch lots of television. Consume fast food. Keep away from exercising. Make Facebooking the high spot of your day.

Be careful… If you have the right habits you may just succeed.

Effective work habits are critical to business success. If individuals waste time, are unproductive and lack organizational and time management skills then they are not going to be able to serve the customers or clients of the business well. By instituting some small changes to work habits it is possible to bring about much greater efficiency and production.

The Path

To be most productive it is essential to work with minimal interruption to be able to remain on task. It goes without saying that some careful thought to timetabling and then scheduling can help to create time slots with minimal interruption so that tasks can be properly attended to.

Emailing can be very distracting to business. There should be a policy of individuals not attending to personal emails during work time. Emailing is a critical component of many businesses.

In such businesses it is important to allocate a definite time to work on accessing and dealing with emails for example on the hour. Emails should then be worked on for only a given time frame to ensure that time is still free to be productive and to deal with important business tasks such as marketing.

Paper work has to be very well organized and should not be allowed to accumulate. It is important to allocate a time to deal with incoming paperwork and there should be instituted a policy of only handling a piece of paper once.

Paper should be dealt as paper management is critical. A lot of incoming paper is literally rubbish and should be placed in the bin. Just clearing out every bit of unnecessary paper can be very good for morale.

It is important to prioritize all work to be done. It is a good habit to draw up a list each week of what is to be accomplished and essential that important project work not be left to the last minute.

Everyone in the organization should be made aware of the pitfall of procrastination. Ensure that important work is attended to well and on time.