10 productivity traps to avoid
If you fail to set concrete goals, crystallize key priorities or be more judicious about time spent in meetings, you could be throttling your progress.
Is time management a recurring goal or resolution that you make year after year? Well, you’re not alone. A staggering 82% of people don’t have a time management system.
Thankfully, this is the time of the year to rectify this problem. The key is to eliminate time management errors, such as the following 10 mistakes:
1. Falling into the time management trap.
“Time management promises us that if we become more efficient, we can make space to accommodate all of our to-dos comfortably,” writes Dane Jensen for HBR. “And yet, time management is like digging a hole at the beach: the bigger the hole, the more water that rushes in to fill it.”
After all, with so many demands, blocking out an hour for downtime in your calendar “is akin to setting off a signal flare announcing your capacity.”
As a result, you tackle a new project, assist someone else with their priorities or commit to unnecessary meetings.
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