Start, Continue – How to Get Behind on Your Work

Start, Continue – How to Get Behind on Your Work

One of the best ways to prevent burnout is the Stop-Start-Continue exercise. In short, you would regularly review your work to determine what you should Stop doing, what you should Start doing, and what you should Continue doing. If you are taking on new work, you can’t just slide that into the margins of your already busy day.

Learning: Yes, saying “No” is hard, but to do great work and not burn yourself out – you must learn to say “No.”

References and Resources

Start, Stop, Continue: How to implement this retrospective model by Madeline Miles/Better Up; Type: Article

Does this resonate with you? How do you balance your work to get your best personal end product? We’d love to hear from you.

Focus Is Every…

Focus Is Every…

There is a lot of noise in the working world. Managing the onslaught, from Slack to Teams to Email to Texts to everything else, is critical. Below are three ways to control the noise and boost productivity.

  • Time Blocking: Set aside two times daily for updates and reprioritize.
  • Turn off notifications to limit distractions.
  • Focus on essential tasks first.

Learning: Distractions block your quality and productivity – Limit them and control them (as best you can).

Have you figured out how to manage the noise? If so, we’d love to hear from you.