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What are the most common ways people waste time?
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Sanghita Dey
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Joining meetings with no agenda! If the organizer doesn't structure the meeting, 90 times out of 100, it's gonna be a waste of time!
@david_tedaldi1 Agreed! This is why I make sure to always include an agenda in my invitations.
Distractions.. Watching 1 youtube video that leads you to 4 more hours worth.
How many of us has this happened to? 🤣😂
1. Checking social media
2. Browsing the internet
3. Sending and receiving emails most of the time
4. Working on tasks that are not necessary or unrelated to work
5. Focusing on personal goals rather than working towards company goals
Getting overly worried about productivity hacks and time management. There's a time and place but I feel like it falls under the 'doing work that doesn't move the needle' umbrella sometimes.
Multitasking. You can only do one thing at a time. Our brains are not set up to work on 3, 4, 5 things at once. If you want to make the most of your time you should be time blocking your calendar and working on only one thing during that time block - whether it's 20 minutes to get through email, then 1 hour to focus on a certain project, 45 minutes to get through a workout without looking at your work phone/email, the list goes on. One thing at a time.
1. Meeting without agenda, clear feedback, and next steps. https://twitter.com/devyanigupta is solving this
2. Ticking things off a to-do list that don't really move the needle.
Waiting for the right time. But they don't know that the time they are living in is the right time.
@rafay_nadeem Sure, but there is no high productivity without breaks imo. Does social media count as a break?
IMO, the most common ways people waste time. "They just keep looking for the best way you can do it." In a nutshell, Try it Before You Buy it. That way, you do not waste time.
