Trying to keep your schedule light? Trying hard to work according to the plan
? Or do you focus more on increasing your productivity? It is believed that when you have a busy schedule it leads to uncompleted tasks, frustration, work-stress, which ultimately doesnt help in increasing the productivity of work you are doing. But again you must have faced certain pressure headed situations in your life when you have worked your best, performed your best. Sometimes a busy schedule DOES indeed help you accomplish more and here are 3 reasons why!
Sense of Urgency
Whenever people are faced with a busy schedule it is quite natural that this creates more of a sense of urgency to get things done! Having more to do give you less time to 'kill' and actually helps you focus more on the scheduled tasks at hand! Nothing contributes more too increasing productivity than paying greater attention to what it is you are trying to accomplish! When you focus more your efforts tend to result in fewer mistakes!
Elevates Energy Level
Ever notice how when you are faced with a busy schedule, your energy level tends to 'ramp up' in anticipation? This is the largest reason why there is such a need for vacations from work, simply to allow your body and mind to relax! Here again having much to do also tend to make you focus more which of course as already explained above, cuts out distractions and leads to increasing productivity! At the end of the day your reward is being able to look back at what you accomplished which is a heck of a lot better than feeling guilty about being such as slacker!
Motivated By Progress
The more you're able to accomplish the better you tend to feel and this empowers you to continue working! Increasing productivity is far easier and more enjoyable to do when you are self motivated to do so as opposed to feeling threatened or forced! With that being said nothing motivates you better than being productive and seeing the 'proof' of what you can accomplish! This gives you greater confidence and a stronger motivation to continue forward and get more done!
You can't expect to accomplish much when you plan your work so that your agenda is not too challenging! Sometime a less than busy schedule helps to reduce stress and frustration. Increasing productivity is simply a matter of getting better at what you do but how can you do that when you do NOT challenge yourself?