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Ideally, would love tips and trips to function at a higher level than people usually do, but anything to even avoid being inefficient etc would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
2. Keeping well named, properly sorted, highlighted / bookmarked judgements, so that refering back to them becomes easy.
3. Keeping notes of each matter so that if I have to pick up a file after a long period, I can read the notes and recap the matter fast
4. Keeping several notes for To Do Lists, Billing, Follow Ups, etc
1) I split work into long focussed sessions and short agile sprints.
Long sessions for drafting / reviewing / structuring / strategic thinking. These require uninterrupted time, no social media or phone interruption and i generally do them in stretches of 1-3 hours (with very limited breaks). This only happens once a day.
Short agile sprints to respond to mails with quick fire comments / delegating / delaying / denying things. These are bulk of the day but all small small things.
2) Second thing that has worked for me best is music. I have music that helps me stay focussed (and it's not some special music / is the usual bollywood, pop etc). So that helps me a lot.