Sunday, June 29, 2014

Harvard Business Review: When to Schedule Your Most Important Work

When to Schedule Your Most Important Work

If you work with a team, chances are your inbox is often flooded with invitations. Internal meetings, client conference calls, the occasional lunch request. Assuming you have some control over your calendar, how you respond to these offers generally depends on two factors: the value of attending the meeting and your availability. Rarely, however, do most consider a third factor in our decision-making criteria: the time of day when you are at your most productive. By now, you've probably noticed that the person you are midway through the afternoon is not the same person who arrived first thing in the morning. Research shows our cognitive functioning fluctuates throughout the day. If you're like most people, you'll find that you can get a lot done between 9:00am and 11:00am. Not so at 2:30...

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