How Coffee Can Boost Productivity in a Business Environment

This is a guest post by Jonny Rowntree.

Whether you?re an entrepreneur reading this or an employee at a well-established business, we?ve all completed a heavy night working after hours before that results in you heading off home to a very late night leading to the disappointing wakeup call from your alarm in the morning telling you that you?re late for work. You rush out and get to work on time but you realize you?ve had no breakfast and you?re running low on energy. Motivating yourself is key and you?re not even thinking about productivity in the workplace yet ? hell, you?re probably clockwatching while reading this.

How can you motivate yourself quickly and efficiently?
Before you start, create a plan of everything you need to do in a day?s work and list them based on priorities and due dates. Don?t create targets yet as they probably aren?t going to be as useful as you might think ? more on this later.

You should step out for air every couple of hours or so if your employer allows you to do so and you have time to. Not only will it give your eyes a break from the computer screen but you can live in real life for a minute or two with the rest of us rather than the virtual reality within your computer screen. This is the most effective option, especially if you work in a small office and don?t want to run the risk of being caught away from your desk.

If you can?t get out of the office, the next best thing is to walk around the office. Find something meaningful you need to do like visit someone at their desk to talk about something or collect a document from the printer but stretch out the time it takes by two minutes. This should give you sufficient time to wake up and open your senses a little more if you haven?t done so already. This is very effective if you work in a large building setup like a maze with multiple hallways leading to large rooms.
While you?re up on your feet, try grabbing something to eat. Fruit is a cheap and good way to help get the nutrients you need to wake up as well as containing a snack and a drink in one. If you can?t find fruit, turn to the vending machine. Most offices have coffee vending machines with items along with coffee that cost next to nothing for employees to purchase. Either of these options will provide you with something to help you wake up ? caffeine or sugar. Although it may not be the best option for your wallet, it certainly works for most.

No matter which tip you choose to follow from the list above, don?t procrastinate about it. By doing this, it can affect your work through stress whilst creating more incomplete work for you to struggle through after work hours resulting in that long stay at the office again.

To finish off, you should create goals to complement that list you made earlier as it will make managing time and projects easier on yourself. Remember to stick to them and don?t go off on a tangent. You should consider making them flexible and not sophisticated or weak as it?s important that you achieve something you have personally set so you leave work with a sense of personal achievement.

Source: http://blog.reserverr.com/2012/12/20/how-coffee-can-boost-productivity-in-a-business-environment/

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