Get It Together: Ditch the Chaos, Do the Work, and Design your Success

chapter 6

HOW TO GET GREAT WORK DONE

I’ve talked about goal-setting and the tools you need to be successful at work. I’ve also told you how to create a bullet journal and roll out new systems. Next, I’d like to focus on how to ensure that you are actually getting great work done.

CREATING A DISTRACTION-FREE WORK ZONE

Here at the Intern Queen office, we used to have an employee who was constantly distracted. Every time I’d look up, she was moving around the office. She was outside one second, then inside the next. Then she was off to get water, clean her desk, eat a snack, send a text, or water a desk plant. I rarely saw her working. I told her that in our small but always busy company, she needed to find a way to focus.

As someone who’s also ...