BOTTOMLINE: Eliminating one or more of these can add not only TIME, but purpose and discipline to your daily routines, increasing the freedom you have to do other MORE importanting things with our time. Replace one or more of these bad habits with good habits.
- not having a plan; lacking direction
- failing to set priorities; trapped by indecision
- unable to say no
- attempting to take on more tasks than you can possibly handle
- failure to delegate; trying to do everything yourself
- scheduling activities so that you have too much or too little time for something
- putting off something that should be done today
- focusing on how busy you are; avoiding priority work
- suffering from personal disorganization; unable to find things because of clutter
- jumping from one activity, project, item to the next instead of getting one thing done
- leaving tasks unfinished and having to rethink what you were doing in order to finish up
- getting bogged down by the details instead of keeping your goals in mind
- starting a project without enough information
- lacking skills to accomplish what you intend
- being kept waiting
- being interrupted by the telephone (or email, or IM, or.....)
- socializing during time set aside for your priorities
- being interrupted by visitors who drop by -- and letting them take control
- not getting to the point of the conversation; not saying what you mean
- holding a meeting without an agenda
- not using your commuting or travel time wisely
- watching tv (or surfing the 'Net) when you had planned on doing something else
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