Take a quick break every hour to evaluate what you have done and refocus on what you should do next.
- STEP 2 (1 minute every hour) Refocus.
- Set your watch, phone, or computer to ring every hour.
- When it rings, take a deep breath, look at your list and ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively.
- Then look at your calendar and deliberately recommit to how you are going to use the next hour.
- Manage your day hour by hour.
- Don’t let the hours manage you.
An 18 minute plan for managing your day - Harvard Business Review