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Five ways to increase happiness at work no.3: Prioritise

Five ways to increase happiness at work no.3: Prioritise
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Posted: Wed 2nd May 2012

How can we work more productively, be happier and decrease our stress at work? Every day this week, we're featuring a happiness tip from wellbeing expert Sinead MacManus. A yoga fanatic, Sinead is the founder of 8fold and author of The Business Yogi: How to be Happy at Work. Here's tip number three from Sinead:

3. Focus on a small number of priorities - and get them done

If you have 63 items on your daily to-do list, guess what? You won't get them finished by the end of the day. There is a real psychological boost to crossing off everything on your list for the day, and finishing work on a high. Try it for yourself. Tomorrow morning, instead of the giant to-do list, take a Post-it and write 1 to 3 Most Important Tasks that you want to get done. Without distraction (no email, no Twitter, no phone), work on your first priority for the day until it is complete. Take a break, and start on number two. By the end of the day, you will have crossed off everything on your list - a great day!

Read Sinead's other happiness tips

Share your happiness tips!

We'd love to know what you do that makes you happy or reduces your workplace stress. Please let us know in the comments below or in our forum and we'll pick a selection for a fresh happiness post next week. Photo credit: Purple Slog

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