7 Tips to Improve Your Personal Productivity [Photo Gallery]

Aug. 8, 2017
We're all looking for ways to boost productivity and improve performance without adding additional work hours to our day.

People often overlook an important principle when it comes to effectiveness and efficiency, which is you can’t be efficient until you learn how to be effective.  In other words, working faster doesn’t often mean success in the workplace. 

Productivity expert Rory J. Clark is the creator and innovator of Focus Selling, a performance system used by executives to exceed performance expectations when it comes to increasing profit. Clark’s goal is to inspire excellence in leadership, teamwork and performance through the renovation of individual mindsets.

 Here are his seven tips on how to be more productive and gain an extra hour in your work day. 

About the Author

Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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