Be more productive whenever work happens

I often get a lot of comments or questions about how to manage unscheduled work – or work that you have no control over. And the truth is, whether you are working in an office environment, travelling regularly, working from home or doing manual labour, there is always going to be an element of your day that you can’t control. So, how do we manage this for better performance and productivity?

Do you ever find that your most creative ideas and strategies come to you at the oddest times? Like when you’re in the shower, walking home from the train station, or in bed at 3:00 am!

Let’s face it, as a society we love a good list of things to stop, start, change etc. And generally, we try to steer clear of the “one-size fits all” approach, as we now know from neuroscience no two brains are the same, so we can’t expect one size to fit everyone.

At NEP we deal with people who have all sorts of goals. Some examples include to achieve your KPIs, change careers, start your own business, get the promotion, lead your team to success, achieve more with less effort, be happier, and the list goes on…

We talk a lot about energy. Anyone who has done one of our coaching programs, workshops, seen us speak at an event or even just had a regular conversation with us will know that. Energy is at the core of what we do, how we do it and ultimately how productive we are at doing all of that. We’ve discussed energy management previously and how this differs from time management – time is fixed, energy we can create more of. Energy can increase and decrease depending on how we use it, how we create it and how we invest it.

I’ve had some similar conversations with many people lately about what high performance really is. The majority of the time, after getting into the nitty gritty of it all, the response I get most often is, “It’s pretty simple really, isn’t it?”. Yep, pretty simple. Yet not always easy to implement. And, unfortunately, in this fast paced, technology driven world we now live in, most of us believe there must be a magic pill, the “one big thing”, the secret sauce to creating sustainable high performance. And, to be honest, there is. You just need to work for it.