Imagine what you could do with an extra hour each day to put into your business. Time to invest in innovation, space to evolve your thinking and the chance to move to the next level. So how do you do it, and how should you use it? We\u2019re sharing some ideas for improving your productivity and what some tech businesses got out of having an extra hour in each day.<\/p>\n
Freeing up time is easy if the task has a high enough priority.<\/p>\n
Dirk Schuler, Founder, Le Wagon Bali<\/p><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n
You needn\u2019t necessarily make radical changes. Many productivity gurus, like Tim Ferris in his best-selling book, The 4-hour workweek<\/a>, make bold promises, like that you can increase your productivity tenfold. These guides have merit, but it\u2019s often small hacks that add up to make the biggest difference. Take, for example, David Allen\u2019s two-minute rule<\/a> (if it takes less than two minutes, do it now) from his Getting things done<\/a> method recommends always choosing action over procrastination.<\/p>\n
Adding a carefully chosen skill to your arsenal can also make a big difference in how much time you have. Learning to speed touch-type at age 15 landed me an office job to support my studies and has won me back perhaps months of my life compared with some of my two-finger-typing peers. What small hacks in your line of work could give the most back?<\/p>\n
Invest in good IT, especially cybersecurity<\/h2>\n
For companies that rely on tech to get things done, IT plays a big part.
\n<\/p>If your IT systems run smoothly, so do the teams that rely on them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
But if troubles hit, you could spend much time dealing with malware that disrupts workflow, or worse, leads to a data breach<\/a>. With reliable IT security, you\u2019ll spend less time maintaining your tech and more time innovating.<\/p>\n
What would you do with the extra hour a day?<\/h2>\n
Kaspersky asked three innovative tech enterprises in three countries to test the 25-hour day theory. What\u2019s the best way to use the extra time to build your business?<\/p>\n
Making the magic happen, with language<\/h3>\n