居家办公效率提升指南：专家分享6个实用技巧

新冠疫情期间，众多企业开启了远程办公模式，以减少员工通勤途中的感染风险。但如何在居家环境中保持高效工作？英国《独立报》特邀GoDo商业组织创始人、生产效率培训师凯伦·埃尔-怀特，分享她关于最大化居家办公效率的建议。

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Distinguish between work and home mode

区分工作模式与家庭模式

One of the biggest perks about working from home - slowly moving from bed to the sofa five minutes before you start - can also be your biggest challenge, says Eyre-White.

埃尔-怀特指出，居家办公的一大便利——上班前五分钟从床上挪到沙发上——同样可能成为最大的挑战。

Don’t forget that you are there to work - so set yourself up the right way, get dressed and brush your teeth at the start of the day rather than sitting in your pyjamas for eight hours. “Switch from home to work mode,” she says, by having something you physically do to “flip the switch”.

别忘了你是在工作——因此要以正确的方式做好准备：起床后穿好衣服、刷牙，而不是穿着睡衣坐八小时。她建议通过某种身体动作来“触发转换”，从而“从家庭模式切换到工作模式”。

“Maybe it’s walking round the block, making a special kind of tea, or lighting a candle at your desk. It doesn’t matter what it is but do it without fail to create a strong association in your mind,” she says.

她说：“可以是绕着街区走一圈，泡一杯特别的茶，或者在桌上点一支蜡烛。具体做什么不重要，但一定要坚持，从而在脑海中建立强烈的关联。”

Be realistic about what you can achieve

设定切合实际的目标

“A wide, open day working from home can feel full of possibilities. 145 things on the to do list? No problem! Don’t fall into the trap of being over-ambitious,” says Eyre-White.

“居家办公时，开放的一天似乎充满无限可能。待办清单上145件事？没问题！但不要陷入过于雄心勃勃的陷阱。”埃尔-怀特提醒道。

Instead, she recommends being realistic and then possibly achieving more than you set out to; and feeling satisfied, rather than feeling disappointed you didn’t do everything.

相反，她建议设定现实的目标，这样反而可能超额完成，并从中获得满足感，而非因未完成所有事项而失望。

She suggests choosing three to five things to do and aim to get the majority done before lunch. “We all slow down in the mid-afternoon and having a lot of your list under your belt will give you the momentum to power through,” she recommends.

她建议选择三到五项任务，并争取在午餐前完成大部分。“下午三点左右我们都会精力下降，如果大部分任务已经完成，你会更有动力坚持到底。”

mid-afternoon [mid 'aftə'nu:n]：n.下午三点左右

Work in short bursts

分段工作

In the office your day is broken up by everything from meetings to water-cooler chats, lunch breaks and even toilet breaks, but when you are sat at home on your own with no face-to-face interaction planned it can be easy to just work for long, unbroken periods.

在办公室，一天被会议、茶水间闲聊、午餐甚至洗手间打断，但独自在家且没有面对面交流计划时，很容易长时间不间断工作。

“When we’re in the office our day is normally broken up with meetings. Although this can be frustrating, they divide the day up and create natural chunks of time,” explains Eyre-White. “ In contrast, a day at home can be very unstructured.”

埃尔-怀特解释说：“在办公室，会议虽然令人烦恼，但会将一天划分为自然的时间块。相比之下，居家办公则可能毫无结构。”

In order to be productive she recommends imposing structure on yourself. For example, working in 45-60 minute chunks of focused work followed by a short break. “This can be an effective way to break the day up and maintain your concentration levels,” she says.

为了提高效率，她建议主动为自己设定结构，例如每专注工作45-60分钟，就短暂休息一下。“这是分割时间、保持专注的有效方法。”

Don’t forget to take breaks

别忘了休息

It can be difficult to tear yourself away from your laptop if you’re worried people might think you’re slacking off, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take breaks. “Just because you’re feeling comfy at home, it doesn’t mean you don’t need a proper break,”says Eyre-White.

担心被认为偷懒而难以离开电脑？但这并不意味着你不该休息。埃尔-怀特说：“在家感觉舒适，不代表你不需要适当休息。”

comfy [ˈkʌmfi]：adj.舒服的；轻松的

“Leave your desk for lunch and take advantage of being at home to walk the dog and blow the cobwebs away for half an hour in the afternoon. You’ll return feeling refreshed and more productive for the rest of the day.”

“离开办公桌去吃午饭，利用在家时间遛狗，下午花半小时打扫房间。回来后会感觉神清气爽，全天效率更高。”

This also includes making sure you make time to make proper meals and drink water regularly, rather than snacking continuously throughout the day and then crashing in a sugar slump at 3pm.

同样重要的是，确保留出时间做正餐、定时喝水，而不是整天吃零食，导致下午三点血糖骤降。

Manage distractions

管理干扰

Being in an office gives us a limited number of ways to get distracted but when you start working in a new environment (especially a very familiar one) it can be easy to let yourself get distracted.

在办公室里，分心源有限；但当你开始在一个新环境（尤其是非常熟悉的环境）中工作时，很容易让自己分心。

“There are a lot of potential distractions when we work from home,” says Eyre-White. “So proactively manage things which might interrupt your focus.”

“居家办公时潜在干扰很多，”埃尔-怀特说，“因此要主动管理那些可能打断注意力的事情。”

She explains: “Keep them limited to short breaks in between chunks of focused work. A change of scene is all we need to give our brain a break, and it’s the perfect time to put a load of washing on or empty the dishwasher.”

她解释道：“将这些干扰限制在专注工作之间的短暂休息时段。我们只需要换换环境让大脑休息，此时正好可以洗一桶衣服或清空洗碗机。”

Be sociable

保持社交

Unless you're self-isolating, working from home shouldn't mean that you don't leave the house at all or don't see anyone for two weeks - ensure you still keep up social interaction.

除非自我隔离，否则居家办公不应意味着足不出户、两周不见任何人——确保保持社交互动。

“If you’re the kind of person who'll miss your colleagues when you work from home, build opportunities for socialising in to your day,” says Eyre-White, who recommends trying to call colleagues rather than always email or Slack messaging.

埃尔-怀特说：“如果你是在家办公会想念同事的人，就在白天创造社交机会。”她建议尝试给同事打电话，而不是总发邮件或Slack消息。

英文来源：独立报

翻译&编辑：yaning

来源：中国日报网