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Are you as productive as you could be? Do you feel as though you\u2019ve got plenty of time to get everything done? If so, then give yourself a pat on the back. You\u2019re in a tiny minority. For the rest of us, we\u2019d love to squeeze another hour or two out of every day. Fortunately, there are ways you can do just that. Here are some of the biggest time waster\u2019s in most people\u2019s day, and how to defeat them:<\/p>\n
Your Email, and You<\/strong><\/p>\n For most people, email is the single biggest time sink in the day. It\u2019s just so easy to get lost in your inbox. You probably get upwards of a hundred emails a day, and if there\u2019s an unopened message in your box, you feel as though you\u2019re letting someone down by not responding. That\u2019s what creates the false sense of urgency and the need to constantly check it.<\/p>\n Get out of that habit. Set aside twenty minutes, three times a day for checking and responding to email. For the rest of the day, close out of it, don\u2019t look at it, and don\u2019t think about it.<\/p>\n Your Cell<\/strong><\/p>\n Smartphones are fantastic creations, but they also increasingly chain us to our work. How many times does your smartphone beep or chirp during the course of the day? Dozens? Scores? And when it does, you probably reflexively reach for it to see what\u2019s up. Before you know it, you\u2019ve spent ten or fifteen minutes texting, reading, or responding in some form or fashion.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t do it. Get out of the habit. If you have to, turn your phone off for long stretches of the day so you can focus on the stuff that really matters.<\/p>\n Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n The best policy here is don\u2019t even go to those sites during the day. If you do, then in the blink of an eye, an hour or more is gone and you\u2019re left wondering where the time went.<\/p>\n Finally, let\u2019s close out this discussion by saying a quick word about multitasking. Most people do it because it makes them feel like they\u2019re accomplishing more, but more often than not, you\u2019re actually less productive when you try to do multiple things at once, so get out of that habit too. Focus on one task at a time, knock it down, and then move onto the next.<\/p>\n If you put all of these ideas into practice, starting today, you can easily find yourself with an hour or more, every single day. That\u2019s huge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you as productive as you could be? Do you feel as though you\u2019ve got plenty of time to get everything done? If so, then give yourself a pat on the back. You\u2019re in a tiny minority. For the rest of us, we\u2019d love to squeeze another hour or two out of every day. Fortunately, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n