How much of your day is spent on highly productive activities?
If you are like most people you probably have no idea. You might even be under a mistaken illusion that you are very productive.
"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days." Zig Ziglar
The reality is that there are so many distractions that take our focus on a given day that the actual time spent on high return, productive activities ends up being severely impacted.
- How often do you look at the news?
- How often do you check social media?
- How often do you go for a coffee ... and of course the free, company supplied coffee isn't good enough you need to go three blocks away and join the afternoon line-up at Starbucks!
- How often do you stop by a coworkers desk to chat about the weekend, the game, the concert or the evening plans?
- How often do you process all the non-important emails because it is mindless work and you know the "real" work will require effort?
- How much of your time is spent thinking about what to do rather than doing it?
- How much time do you spend researching that new prospect rather than actually doing something?
- It takes discipline.
- It takes change.
- It takes focus.
- It takes good time management practices.
