Supercharge Your Work Day By Doing These 4 Basics

What are the basics to a productive workday?

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When we are new to work we forget the basics. It’s like we are so focused on driving fast that we forget we need to petrol in the car to get it going.

I’m not quite sure what it is about a new environment that makes us through the rule book out the window. It’s like all of a sudden we are in a new place so we think completely new rules apply. When you first start work there is a lot of adjustment to do, there will be lots to learn but the one thing you need to stay close to is the basics.

The things you’ve learnt up until this point will be your anchor to get you through the first year.

You need to use your anchor to your advantage, don’t neglect the basics.

Here’s what I learnt when I was new to the working world.

Between year 0 and 1 will be the hardest. The first couple of months you will feel a sense of excitement and novelty, the working world is completely new and it feels cool right? New people, new places, new things that are expected of you. The overwhelm to your senses make you feel disorientated and excited at the same time.

Once the novelty wears off though, you will be left feeling confused. The dust settles and you are…