Time Management - Two Important Things I Learned this Last Week

This last week I learned a great deal about being more productive. During a typical day most of us are fairly unproductive, right? Be honest now. We could probably stay focused and work a half a day and spend the other half doing something besides trying to convince ourselves we worked a whole day. But chats in the hall and office, internet excursions, trips to the copier making sure we walk by the bosses office so he or she can see we are busy, e-mail etc… can make for non productive moments and some times days. Be honest now… 

 

Two questions

 

1. How many minutes do employees devote to a project before getting distracted?
2. It takes workers how many minutes to get back to the original task after a distraction?

 

I will post the answers in my blog tomorrow and teach you how asking one important, but simple question, at the end of each day can increase your productivity 10 fold. I will also explain why checking e-mail can ruin your day. Stay tuned…

 

In the meantime what are your thoughts? Why does time management rarely work?

 

Mike Rogers

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Comments

[Lisa Miller]

Thank you for sharing your article. It was concise and the two simple questions were very thought provoking. I'm going to share the blog post tomorrow at our staff meeting.

Thank you

[Mike Rogers]

Hi Lisa,

I am glad you enjoyed it and can share. I am not sure you will get this or not, but I also have part 2 to this article which give you the answer to the two questions. There are also two great ideas for managing your time. Please let me know if you receive this.

Here is the link to part two of the post http://www.teamworkandleadership.com/2009/09/time-management-two-important-things-i-learned-this-last-week-part-ii.html

- Mike