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time management identifying-the-ten-biggest-time-wasters   by thomas devos

in Time Management   (submitted 2009-10-16)


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Beware! Time thief is everywhere, and you can no see them. Most people have not realize what time wasting is happening all the time. Have you calculate that how many hours spent on watching TV? Is your email inbox has been checked many time of one day? Is every phone call important enough to cost you so much of time there? Everybody can guess out that it is too many. The time thief is surround us with out make us have the sense on them. Why so much people in the worlds have not reached there goal? It is not because they are not smart enough; they do not hold good goals. It is the result of the most important resource have been stolen, it is time waste.

There is no contribution the goals you are going to reach if you are doing something time wasting. The time thief is so hateful that you usually do not realize it when you are wasting your time.

Unfortunately, the activity to identify the big time wasting itself is something wasting time. Will you feel glad to record every thing you have done during one day? Maybe you are not willing to do. Whatever, we have to do it. To have a good time management, we need to identify the 10 big things which waste your time.

Everybody is facing the time wasters during his working day. The time waster may caused by poor planning, interruptions etc. you are able to eliminate them once you have identify them. If you have different job you will have different kinds of time wasting. The top of "ten biggest time wasters" should be meeting especially when you are in a corporate world. Meanwhile here is a list of common time waster, maybe you are bothered by the item listed in it.

Everybody's list holds some same tasks which are time wasters. You and I are both facing pool planning, interruptions everyday. You have the chance to remove the time waster from you to-do list if you have identified it. Different people will have different biggest time waster. Your different time waster should be 'meetings' if you are in high cooperation working stats. Here is a time waster lists, to find some familiar to you, and take a shot it from your to-do list.

1. Meetings - especially low effective meeting, it's really something hell. 2. Interruption - from IM like ICQ, MSN 3. Pool planning - which does not use your talent and energy well 4. Interruption - from telephone 5. Interruption - from personal visitors. 6. Delegation of your tasks 7. Poor communication 8. Inability to say "no" 9. The goals is not S.M.A.R.T 10 clutter desk

Some list item is familiar to you? Just find it out. And give it a shot! Make a well use of your time!


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Thomas Devos has been writing articles for nearly 14 month. Come visit his latest website over at http://www.glasscoffeetableshop.com which helps people find the best Lift Top Coffee Tables and information they are looking for when doing home decorate.



 

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