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Five Productivity Killing Mistakes to Stop Making
What you can do to reclaim more time from your days and get more done
If you feel unsatisfied at the end of each workday about having accomplished too little, you’re hardly alone. Research shows that only one out of four people leave the office each day with a sense of satisfaction at having completed the tasks that they planned to take care of. People often feel that they’ve been busy all day, but haven’t done anything that matters. Certainly, life isn’t meant to be a productivity race, but people do feel better when they know that they’ve met goals and solved important problems.
If you have trouble staying as productive as you’d like, it’s possible that you are making a few mistakes in the way you approach your work. It can help to be aware of these mistakes and to address them.
You overestimate how much uninterrupted time you have
Thinking strategically, building skills, and taking on creative projects can all require the ability to devote large, unbroken chunks of time to them. While it can seem each morning like you have all day to devote to the work that you need to get done, phone calls, quick questions, emails, and meetings can get in the way. Research done at the time tracking app RescueTime has…
