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The fast track is a leadership and healthy life column of Strauss Zelnick, co-founder of ZMC, an investment company focused on the media; And the President and CEO of interactive software to take two, one of the largest video game companies in the world. Zelnick is also an avid participant in #TheProgram, a New York fitness group. If you have any questions for him, tweet them to@BESTLIFEONLINELINE-OR Send us a message onFacebook-Use the hashtag #Skstrauss.

Most of us are looking for ways to be more productive. The self-help industry is booming - according to Marketdata, it is worth nearly $ 10 billion a year. Sometimes it seems to me that life has become an endless quest to make more - be faster, better, more efficient. And most of theadvice I read is not very helpful. It's too easy and too complicated and too complicated and under-drawn.

I look at the world of self-improvement through a different lens - what do you want? If things are good as they are, how about leaving things alone, enjoying life and continue? But if you feel that you need help getting a day of work done in a day, there are some small adjustments that can give big results.

If you want to get things, you need to know in advance what you want to do in the first place. I keep my personal and professional calendar on Outlook and I plan meetings, meals and training sessions well in advance. And I scan it regularly so that what I plan to reflect what I want to achieve.

Here is a step-by-step action plan. And for more advice, here isMy top tip for multitasking.

I got up at the last moment and I rushed to go to the gym or office of a meeting. I would sometimes show a few minutes late. And, in any case, I would feel stressed because I started my day. I realized that he logical to sleep 15 or 20 minutes of sleep and get up early to get a little bit more gently, take a cup of coffee, check my upcoming program and even respond to some emails of the night. I arrive at my first appointment a few minutes earlier and I am relaxed when I do it. For me, it's just a better way to start the day.

I use the transit time to make up for email. When I'm in the office, I prefer spending time talking to people in person or on the phone. To be in a car or on a bus or metro car, when you are literally prisoner for someone else's calendar - is a great time to make up for written work and free yourself for face-to-face interactions later . My advice is to choose two important emails and write during your journey (unless you drive; in this case, put your device and keep your eyes on the road). And as you look at your swips, here are more tips for doing soThe best part of your day.

A fascinating podcast recently by people toLongform.org FeaturedThe New York Times The East African correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman, a great writer who did more than any other journalist to enlighten one of the most complex areas of the world. During the conversation, however, Gettleman became involuntarily a self-help guru, but briefly. "The choice is the very definition ofstress, "he says (I paraphrase and took his comment off context).

But that's true: the daily burden of choosing among the many things required of you can be incredibly buzzing. Trying to be all things to all people all the time is not just stressful - it's impossible. So when you arrive at the office and you are facing a range of potential tasks, ask yourself these questions: Will I add or learn something? Will I create value? Will I be service? Will I appreciate this? If there is not at least one "yes" buried there, I do not do it.

You must move away and clean your mind. Personally, I like to eat with friends and colleagues and business associates.

In addition, I certainly do not afraidcold call Someone I want to meet and ask for lunch. I learned to have a very thick skin. While tending by hand and asking, I met people really interesting and developed great relationships. And when I am inevitably refused from time to time, I do not take it personally.

And in any case, it is a much better way to spend your time of lunch than watch Facebook or read on today's political chaos. And talking about lunch, here'sThe best restaurants for a power lunch in each state.

I think the Pomodoro method, a time management work technique that suggests you to work for 25 minutes, then take breaks, is about correct. The truth is that no one can work endlessly and intensely for hours and hours without stopping. Breaking your day in pieces that no longer exceeding more than 90 minutes, then to eat or drink something, exercise, talking to colleagues or friends - is a great way to refresh and recharge.

And if you feel soft in the afternoon, simply leave the desk. Walk around the block, climb your stairs, make people watching-nothing to erase your mind before coming back. Finally, if it did not please you, here is my secret weapon: espresso.

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