Top Time Wasters
There are so many treasures (another’s trash for sure) that I come across with people. Today I wanted to share a list from a photo copy that I’m confident is from the 1990’s. It’s all grainy just like you would expect from a paper that is a photo copy of a photo copy of a photo copy. I also assume that this was from some sort of business setting but it can totally translate to any setting.
It intrigued me because almost completely these are still true. Sure we probably have to change some of the wording to meet our current technology but other than that, the same things… waste our time. Or at the minimum greatly interrupt. I want to elaborate on each and every one of these time wasters but I won’t. I will let you just be aware in your own life now that you will have read them.
The 15 Leading Time Wasters
Telephone interruptions.
Visitors dropping in without appointments.
Meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled.
Crisis situations for which no plans were possible.
Lack of objectives, priorities, and deadlines.
Cluttered desk and personal disorganization.
Involvement in routine and detail that should be delegated to others.
Attempting too much at once and underestimating the time it takes to do it.
Failure to set up clear lines of responsibility and authority.
Inadequate, inaccurate, or delayed information from others.
Indecision and procrastination.
Lack of or unclear communication and instruction.
Inability to say “No”.
Lack of standards and progress reports that enable a company manager to keep track of developments.
Fatigue.
(source unknown)