Competitive conditions make person work more effectively
One of the ways how to motivate yourself to accomplish similar unpleasant tasks faster is to compare the time that you spend on them each time. Person is organized in such a way that the calculation of expended time will encourage him/her to compete with himself/herself and work more productively. Use this human characteristic for your career's welfare. If you track the tasks that are already completed and compare the time they took, you will unconsciously want to cope with them faster next time.
"Compare Actual time" To Do List
- If you tend to procrastinate with the accomplishment of unpleasant tasks, don't become upset about it
- When you accomplish each of unpleasant tasks, record the time that you spent on it
- Motivate yourself by comparing the time that you spent on the similar tasks earlier
- Use software to track completed tasks, enter their Actual time and compare it
Action plan
- Start your task management software
- Set filter to display only completed tasks
- Enter Actual time for each task
- Compare the time that you spent on them
See also:
Ease the access to often used tasks
CentriQS Tracking Tasks Solution Task Time Tracking in CentriQS is very flexible. Users can track time they spend on tasks both manually by entering actual/remaining task duration or adding time logs and automatically by using task timer that adds time logs when you pause or stop it. Task property "Deviation" informs users whether they are "On Schedule", "Ahead of Schedule" or "Behind Schedule" by calculating the difference between "Estimate" and "Actual+Remain". |
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