Punching a time clock makes no sense for professionals. Their contribution is not the time they spend on their work but the value they create through their knowledge.
1. Know your priorities
Many things that you do at work are probably not the best use of your time. For instance, many professionals often spend much more time than necessary perfecting relatively low-priority tasks.
Understand what really matters to you, your boss, and your organization, and then be willing to be less than perfect on your lower-priority tasks.
2. Avoid meetings like the plague!
In the same spirit, most professionals would agree that many business meetings are incredibly wasteful — they typically last too long, they usually fail to produce concrete results, and they are sometimes completely unnecessary. Yet, just as a misplaced focus on hours allows perfectionism to persist in the workplace, it also allows employees to keep scheduling redundant, poorly run meetings.
3. Don't forget to recharge
On the other side of the coin, an organization that places too much emphasis on time spent at the office probably neglects the importance of time spent away from the office. In order to be productive at work, professionals need to be able to recharge, physically and mentally.
4. Exercise every day and get enough sleep
On the physical dimension, sleep and exercise are often the first two personal activities to face the chopping block when professionals have to increase their hours spent in the office.
5. Avoid burnout
Long hours at work wear people down mentally. All too often, I see professionals work to 8, 9, or 10 every night and go into the office every day of every weekend, even if there is no real crisis. While these professionals might be increasing their output over the short-term, this type of overwork inevitably leads to burnout.
So you should assertively protect your personal time. That means being firm with your boss about times when you are not available — family dinners or your child's soccer games, perhaps.
6. Don't be afraid to speak up
Obviously, asking for more flexibility at work is easier said than done. But while I certainly can't guarantee that every request will be successful, I can state with confidence that there is little harm in asking politely.
Believe it or not, most bosses understand your desire to spend some time with your children or enjoy a romantic dinner with your spouse. Your boss can't address your needs unless he or she knows what they are!
对于职场人来讲，掐表计时是毫无意义的。他们的贡献不在于花在工作上的时间，而在他们的常识所创造的的价值。
1. 知道什么对自己非常重要
你做的工作中大多数都不是最能有效借助时间的。譬如说，不少员工都把时间花在健全那些并不那样重要的任务上。
知道什么是对你个人，老板，和所在的组织来讲非常重要的事情，然后想方法花更少时间在那些不是那样要紧的事情上。
2. 像躲避瘟疫一样避开会议！
同理，大部分职场人感觉不少会议都是在费时——它们总是持续时间非常长，最后却没能得到什么实质的结果，大部分状况下这类会议根本没召开的必要。不适合地关注花了多少时间，会导致完美主义者坚持要在工作中达到肯定的工时数，也会导致重复的计划和非必须的会议安排。
3. 不要忘了给自己充电
从其次讲，假如过多的强调职员花在办公室的时间，就会忽略了工作以外时间的重要程度。事实上，想要工作高效，职场人士需要常常地给自己充电，这包含精神上和身体上。
4. 坚持天天训练和保证充足的睡眠
在身体层面上来讲，只有充足的睡眠和常常的体育训练才可以保证职场人可以长期工作。
5. 不要让自己身心俱疲
长期的超额工作会叫人精神崩溃。我常常看到有的人，天天工作8到10个小时，甚至周末还常常到办公室加班，仿佛如此做并没什么风险。尽管超负荷地工作会这类人在短期内提升工作成就，但长此以往，他们最后会让自己身心俱疲。
所以，你应该掌握保护我们的私人时间。这意味着当你有事的时候——参加家庭聚会或者孩子的足球比赛，你应该立场坚定地对老板说不。
6. 不要畏惧，大声说源于己的想法
非常显然，“需要更灵活的工作时间”是一件说起来容易做起来难的事。虽然我不可以保证每一个请求都会成功，但我可以一定的是，礼貌地需要是不会有多大坏处的。
不管你相信与否，事实上大部分老板都能理解你想多跟孩子在一块，或者想跟配偶吃顿烛光晚餐的想法。假如你不说，老板又如何会了解你的想法呢！
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