How to be more productive

How to be more productive

 1)Read the quotes below. Do you agree or disagree with them? Why ?

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” ~ Tim Ferriss

I'm disagree because if you are only focus on the productivity, u can lose the social links and the human side. Being productive is good but , you need to be busy too.

“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of  holding meetings.” ~ Thomas Sowell

I'm totaly disagree with that because the meetings are so important in decisions making and i'm sure that the meetings make people who hold them more productive.

“Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.” ~ Andrew Grove

I'm disagree , it's can't be possible to be productive with stress because the stress makes us make mistakes and it's so bad for the mental.

2)Which of the factors listed below badly affect your productivity at work? Why? 

-Procrastination, for sure, it makes u less productive because you maybe miss an opportunity.

-lack of a daily plan, without daily plan, you can be more productive because you don't really know what do you have to do

-noise in your work environment, it's can reduce your concentration

-cluttered desk or space, to be more productive , you have to be as comfortable as you can

-interruptions from coworkers, it's like work with noise , it's can reduce the concentration and the productivity

3)Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions

a) Kyle takes his work seriously and is sensitive …at…… criticism.  

b) We need a system to keep track …of…… all our expenses.

c) They are extremely fortunate to have such a professional as Richard ……to…… charge.

d) Pay attention …of…… what she's saying because she won't explain it a second time.

e) The first few months he was running the company, Randy didn’t really feel …to…… control.

f) Remind me …of… this conference because I'm likely to forget about it.

g) She wanted her money to be used …for… the benefit of poor children.

5)Discuss questions below.

-the first tip, the second and the fourth are the most importants according to myself.

-Which of them do you use in your job regularly? I use regulary the fourth tip in meetings in my job

-What are your own ways and methods of boosting productivity at work? I write all the tasks i have to do in my job day to be more productive.

6)Add two more synonyms to words in boxes.

-Goal= a target, a reason

-Accomplish=achievement, attainment

-figure out =work out, solve

8)

a)you have to write the main task(more difficult to accomplish) at the top of the list

b)A stretch goal is a big task that even you don't know how and when it will be possible to do. The speaker tells example like « start his own company » or « figure out a brand new supplier for my company »

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