First thing to do when you want to be more efficient is to get organized. When you have everything in order and you have a plan, it’s much easier to see things through. Second, take one step at a time, don’t look at the big picture as it may scare you by it’s greatness. Go step by step and you’ll be surprised how you progress.
Concentrate on getting good at what you are doing. Get more knowledge, both in practical sense and theory. Read material on your subject, copy the ways of people you admire at work and in everyday life, and try to be like them. Invest your time, get interested in what you are doing, because if you don’t like what you are doing, you won’t be good at it. If you can’t like it, switch to something else. Same in personal life. Don’t spend your time with someone who does not want to spend time with you. You deserve better than that.
In general, the rule is, what you put in is what you are getting out later. No effort is wasted if you work hard. It will all pay off. Nothing good comes easily or without an effort. So, the classic law is work hard and you’ll be rewarded. Also, there will be disappointments, it’s a must, they key is to keep going forward. More specifically, 1)get organized, 2)have a plan, 3)be persistent and 4)keep the faith.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with getting more things done. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Getting More Things Done
- Being a parent is constantly offering challenges. Just last week I had situations with 2 of my sons where I felt I didn’t know what to do. After some time away from the situation (and the boys) it allowed my husband and me to reflect on the best way to approach what was causing conflict and hurt to each of us. By approaching the boys one on one with reason and asking them questions and their opinion about how to proceed, things have worked out and we are able to move forward.
- Communicate with someone who did not understand me and I had trouble understanding them as we were both speaking on a technical subject, using the same words but talking about different things. It was frustrating because I wasn’t getting an important question I was asking, and it was very important for me to get the answer so I could proceed with my work. In the end, we rescheduled the discussion to a later time.
- Have a lesson with a teacher that I dislike. Every time anyone asks a question she looks at you as if you were stupid, but in fact she doesn’t know a lot. Also, as I handed in my homework she looked at me and questioned my work without even reading it.
- Having a co worker that….. has gone and given the wrong information to a customer and they then come and complain and abuse you. The reason this is frustrating is becasue she does it everytime I work with her and I have mentioned something to my manager about may helping her and going through the procedures. It seems that nothing has been done and it is just frustrating hvaing to deal with that every week.
- I had a friend who committed to going to lunch with my family to celebrate their birthday, however after going out to celebrate with their family we went downtown and my friend got drunk hanging out with my brother and some of our friends. This was frustrating because my girlfriend had committed to being at lunch the next day at noon with my family and grandmother and couldn’t handle herself. She said she wanted to practice moderation and limit herself, and even asked me to help her out, then totally ignored me dt and got drunk. This is the second time this has happened and it is extremely disappointing. I was forgiving the first time, and this time, and I tried to help her out while she was drunk and falling around, but I was disappointed and she could tell. We ended up working together to make to and through the lunch with my family and everything was ok, but it was still a frustrating show of a lack of responsibility.
- I had this colleague in office who used to inflate the senior officers by praising them and sometimes he did the same to me. I always know he is Fake and I always get frustrated. Sometime I don’t accompany him to work, he comes to me with his wet eyes and says he needs me. What a fake personality. He irks me.
- I have had to deal with finding energy to clean up the house (recently moved in) because I have been working the graveyard shift (11pm-7am) full time for months now. It’s frustrating because your sleep pattern is messed up, I haven’t been able to get good sleep due to the heat of the day waking me up. So when I have a day off I just want to rest and not work.
- I KNOW I sound horrible listing this..but it is a frustration I cannot figure out WHY it bothers me so much and what to do to reduce and accept it! Listening to customers talk about non-sense as if it has value for long periods of time. They will shop for 20 minutes in my store and spend 12 minutes talking to me about how much they do not like the “non-Disney brands” vs. authentic Disney and how they spent all week working on getting the “right one”. All I can think is ‘ I do not care and I have so much real work to get done. It drives we wild and happens all day every day.
- I was at work and and frustrated with my time management. I felt like I had a lot I wanted to get done and I was helping others with tasks and do mine in the presses but at the end of the day I knew I could have worked faster and harder but I didn’t meet my goals for that day. I often struggle giving 100%(+) if other seem to only be giving 50-80%.
- I was baking a cake for my sons birthday party on sunday, but the fondant kept cracking so I did it over and over againg till the cake came out right. It was frustating because I had to come to work the following day and I hade so little time to sleep (2 hours)
- I’m currently taking up 3 thesis subjects and my group (all the same persons in all thesis) are so frustrating to work with. They always put work last and put play first. They are quite annoying during meetings because they always come in late (even when they choose the time). Whenever I have things to do and can’t attend meetings they always talk about it over and over (I’ve only done this once, dentist appointment to remove my impacted wisdom tooth). I try to distance myself from all their negativity by not hanging out with them as often but they always make little remarks about it like “let’s all go to the mall.. oh wait.. only 8 out of 9 of us are going to go” or something like that.
- It was frustrating because of doing the group assignment, it is hard to get one of the group mate to finish his work on time, he get the work done nearly come to the deadline, and it is short of time to check the work and make it to be the best.
- Reconciling some client’s accounts at work and explaining the reason for an action taken to my husband This was frustrating because in reconciling, I was not sure of what to look for and I could not ascertain where the issue was coming from on time. it was frustrating not to know what to do… In explaining the reasons behind an action to my husband, it was frustrating that he did not trust me to have done the right thing.
- The most frustrating part of my work last week is the problem in giving accurate data to my customer. I have many problems in inventory system. I really wanted to improve the system and execute best practices but I don’t have any idea what are best practices in inventory management. My customer is very much disappointed because he keep on giving feedback to me. I really want to understand and focus to improvement inventory system but I don’t have enough time to spend in material control job. I handle two jobs, production and material control.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve done in the past few days is last time my friends invited me on get together at evening time, and at the same day I had to work. I went to the get together in the evening and it was lots of fun,but I had to finish up my shool work in the same evening, and there was no enough time. I was tired from my work, I went to the party with my friends so it was lil frustrating to me even though it was in weekend.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve has to do in the last few weeks is repeat directions and re-guide teachers after I’ve explained everything and sent our reminder emails and have all the information in a information document. It is a waste of time and keeps me from doing my other jobs.
- The most stressful was to finish two pieces of coursework and prepare for an exam that was 1 day after the 2 coursework were to be handed in, at the same time I caught the flu and I have commitments with my friends on the very night of the exam a couple of weeks prior yet still I broke my promise for the sake of it.
- Three days ago I was at the gym and I broke through on three of my major lifts for the first time in three weeks. I have been steadily working to improve my strength and I have taken to it to new heights. That day though I also picked up an abdominal strain, and now have the hard task of trying to refrain from training until it heals. The issue is, it is extremely difficult for me to standby and watch the potential risk of losing all that I have gained. Whether in my head or not, I want to jump right back in and continue my progress to push my self.
- Wasted my valuable time with social networking. the reason why it was considered frustrating was that I could have used it for preparing myself for the tests that is upon me or could have utilised it productively. I so want to improve my drawing skills, which I am not even giving it a try