Family First: 5 Tips for Leaving Work on Time without Sacrificing Performance
How to be a top performer and still get home for dinner.
A recent viral Reddit post gave everyone a collective kick in the chest:
PSA: 20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids
It’s brutal because it’s true. And yet, society still stigmatises people who leave work on time.
Screw society.
Your family won’t thank you for obeying norms instead of being effective and organised. It’s possible to leave work on time and still outperform your colleagues. It’s all about being ruthless with your time.
Here are 5 tips for doing exactly that.
1. Don’t Check Email in the Last Hour of Work
You won’t leave on time if you check your email at 5.25pm.
Email is a never-ending firehose of other people’s problems. A quick “last check” of your email will become a whack-a-mole game that never ends. Suddenly, it’s 6.30pm and you have no idea where the last hour went.
