How to Waste time and not cheat your employer!

How to Waste time and not cheat your employer!

According to a July 2005 survey conducted by Salary.com and AOL, Americans waste more than 2 hours each day at work costing companies $759 Billion annually. That's 2x as much wasted time as employers expect. The top culprits...internet surfing (44.7%) and socializing (23.4%). And now, with March Madness right around the corner, a March 2008 Inc. report, says the NCAA basketball tournament costs our economy $2 Billion in lost productivity.

So, here's how to get in your time wasting and still not cheat your employer. Begin planning every day in advance! According to time management experts, this will save you as much as 2 hours per day because you will get started and stay started instead of doing one task and then stopping to figure out what you should do next.

So at the end of today, make a list of everything you did not get done, that needs to be done tomorrow. Then, add as many things as you can think of to the list. Once you have completed the list, prioritize it. That is re-order the list from most important to least important. Tomorrow morning, when you come in, pull out your list and get to work. Don't stop to visit your Twitter account, Facebook page or ESPN.com until you have completed the most important item on your list. Then, maybe reward yourself with 5 minutes of surfing or a coffee break. As soon as the 5 minutes is up, get back to work and do your next most important task. And so on and so forth until the end of the day.

Try it, take 10-15 minutes at the end of today to make your list. If you will do this, you will find that you are not only being more productive, but that you are staying in integrity because you are giving your employer the full day's work you promised when you accepted the job.
Ron McNutt is a certified FocalPoint Coach in Charleston, South Carolina.

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