Often without thought, we allow time wasters to gobble up chunks of our day. It can happen so easily. You can prevent these “minute maulers’ from doing their damage by trying one of the suggestions in the book "Yes, You Can" by Sam Deep & Lyle Sussman below.Enjoy your new found time:
- When planning a new activity, anticipate all that might go wrong so that you won’t be forced to fight fires when an expected crisis occurs.
- Don’t answer the telephone during a meeting or project if it disturbs the flow of progress or causes you to waste other people’s time.
- Keep your desk and office organized so you have quick access to what you need. Put things in a place where you won’t have to hunt for them.
- Delegate effectively so you are not busier than your subordinates and can make the best use of your time.
- Communicate with the intent to be understood so you don’t have to send the same message twice.
- Improve your listening skills so that you’ll never be paralyzed by uncertainty about what someone has asked of you.
- See that the meetings you attend start and end on time and that there are no unnecessary deviations from the agenda.
- Stand up when unwanted visitors get past the pit bull who should guard your office. Come around from behind your desk and meet the person near your door.
- Stop thinking about what you have to do and do it.
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.”
-Benjamin Franklin
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”
-Charles Buxton
“We all find time to do what we really want to do.”
-William Feather
Ronald D. Worth, CAE, FSMPS, CPSM
CEO
SMPS National
