CHAPTER 3

Time Management

Just Where Did My Day Go?

Game Changer: A primary root cause of inefficiency is the mismanagement of time. When we take control of our days through planning and methodical task execution; when we focus on outcomes rather than the hours worked, efficiency gains can be substantial.

It is wonderful how much work can be got through in a day, if we go by the rule—map out our time, divide it off, and take up one thing regularly after another. To drift through our work, or to rush through it in a helter-skelter fashion, ends in comparatively little being done. “One thing at a time” will always perform a better day’s work than doing two or three things at a time. By following this rule, one person will do more in a day than ...

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