Time thieves Tutorial

Are time thieves sabotaging your productivity? Dive into our latest video 'Time Thieves' as we uncover the hidden culprits that drain your schedule, from internal demons like procrastination to external distractions such as emails and meetings. Empower your personal and professional effectiveness by learning practical strategies to reclaim your time and boost your focus. Don't let these time thieves win!

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our schedules without leaving us a second to breathe.

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They can be external or internal,

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and we will quickly review them in this video.

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Let's start with our internal time thieves,

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our personal organization.

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How much time do we spend looking for a document on our computer?

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How much time do we waste because our schedule is not updated.

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How do we collect and distribute information?

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Procrastination?

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Do we sometimes delay an essential task again and again?

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The difficulty to say no.

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Do we let ourselves get interrupted?

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Do we spend too much time helping others reach their

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objectives when we should be focusing on our own?

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Perfectionism.

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Are we slow to take action or make decisions because we are uncertain?

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Do we delay finalizing an action because we keep tweaking it?

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Lack of interest.

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Are we slow because both desire and enthusiasm have deserted us.

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Because we don't see the point in what we're doing anymore,

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you know,

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when we feel as if we're swimming against the

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tide and the smallest action seems heavy and unsurmountable

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because nothing is pushing us towards it,

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our energy reserves,

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though very full when it comes to exciting actions,

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are empty when you open such and such a file.

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And this lack of energy becomes more and more contagious

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to the point that other files end up demotivating us as well.

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Demotivation is one hell of a break.

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Keep in mind

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that these internal time thieves,

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sometimes called your own demons,

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are tackled in details in other videos in the time management course.

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Now let's talk about external time.

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Thieves are fake friends,

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interruptions,

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emails,

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phone calls,

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visits.

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Can you put devices and people on silent or isolate yourself?

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Have you found a balance between your speaking time and your listening time?

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How do you manage your emails?

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Conflicts.

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Do you waste time because of misunderstandings,

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disagreements with your work partners,

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your colleagues,

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your boss,

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suppliers,

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or clients?

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Conflict is an avid consumer of time and energy.

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Is there a resolution strategy in place?

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Meetings.

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Are the meetings that you attend efficient and productive?

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Can you decline some meetings for which your presence is not necessary?

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The Perfone study says that an executive spends

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16 years of their career in meetings.

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Down time.

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Are there any moments during the day when you waste your time,

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traveling time when you could be listening to a podcast?

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Time wasted while waiting for a colleague for a meeting or an appointment?

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Time wasted on a file that your colleague was late to turn in.

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Sometimes we are affected by the timings and delays of others.

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How can you benefit from these downtimes to make them alive and useful?

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Many points in this video are covered in specific videos.

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This was an opportunity to review them.

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What are your time thieves?

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