Become more efficient – structure your workday

Try to set your alarm half an hour/an hour earlier and please resist hitting the snooze button!

Before you leave for work, spend half an hour sending out emails that don’t require a response straight away.  Most people check their emails first thing and will then have these fresh in their mind.

Apparently the peak time for having coffee is 9.30am-11.30am, a caffeine boost has been proven to be most effective at this time. Get your toughest work done 9.00am-12.00 as after lunch, your energy levels will dip.

Take a real lunch break, leave your desk, have a walk and clear your mind.  If you can’t leave your desk, try to do something not work related, to re-focus your mind.

Make 2pm another email interlude, it has been proven that 2pm is a time for people opening their emails.

As your energy levels dip again late afternoon, try to do some exercise after work, which will re-energise and re-balance.

Try to get a good nights sleep and avoid alcohol during the week, it is very tempting to have a drink after work, but all this will do is deplete your energy levels.