I recently realised that I wasn't using my time, energy and creative in the right way - I simply did too much with too little effect. Based on my own experience and a couple of books, I did a talk on how to improve efficiency and get more (of the right things) out of your day.

1. Manage your day

2. Inspired by

3. Problem
We don’t have enough time

4. Why…
We let other people dictate our agenda
We do too much with too little effect
We haven’t decided what is important

5. So what do we do?

6. Set a focus and follow it strictly.
- Learn to say no

7. Set a focus and follow it strictly.
- Handy tips
• First thing your should do every morning is to figure out what is
most important that you get done today. Stick to this plan, and
prioritise everything accordingly.
• Don’t do whatever is thrown at your, but evaluate it according to
your schedule.
• Insist on an agenda for meetings and ask about urgency
• Be honest about what you can get done in a day, and say no to the
other thing.
• Make your own daily backlog

8. Work in the morning - routine in the afternoon
- Defend your creative time

9. Work in the morning - routine in the afternoon
- Handy tips
• We are most creative and inspired in the morning - don’t spend this
time doing routine task like answering emails, doing time registration
and doing scheduling-meetings. This time is for problem solving
• Book yourself out in your calendar in the morning to avoid meeting
invitations

10. Work in sprints - with a timer
- Kill the background noise

11. Work in sprints - with a timer
- Handy tips
• Our entire office, our computer and our phone is set up to distract
us. Turn it off and work focused for an hour at a time.

12. Get away from your work
- Make time to play

13. Work in sprints - with a timer
- Handy tips
• We cannot work focused and creatively for long periods at a time.
So get away from your desk