From the course: Adaptability and Resilience for Production Workers
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Adjust your routine without losing focus
From the course: Adaptability and Resilience for Production Workers
Adjust your routine without losing focus
You can't control change, but you can control how you show up. One minute your shift's going smooth, the next someone calls out a tool breaks or the plan changes completely. That's just how production works. And staying productive means learning to adjust without spiraling. So how do you keep your focus when things shift? Step one. Don't fight the change. Accept it fast, pause, take a breath and say to yourself, all right, what needs to happen now? Step two. Reprioritize. Ask your supervisor or your coworkers, what's the most important thing to knock out first with what we've got? When the schedule changes your priorities need to shift too. And step three. Simplify. Eliminate extra steps. Combine tasks where you can or buddy up to work more efficiently. Adjusting isn't about being perfect. It's about staying adaptable when the day takes a turn. One way to stay focused when you encounter an unexpected change is to understand what the end goal is. You know that your job is to get…
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