“The average person gets 1
interruption every 8 minutes, or approximately 7 an hour, or 50-60 per day.
The average interruption takes 5 minutes, totaling about 4 hours or 50% of the
average workday. 80% of those interruptions are typically rated as "little
value" or "no value" creating approximately 3 hours of wasted time per day.”
Busy people
may spend a lot of time at work, but that doesn’t mean that they are focusing
on the things that are going to make them more productive. As a start-up
company which has a limited time, money and resources, you would want to make
sure that you or your fellows are as productive as possible. According to a new
survey by America Online and Salary.com, top time wasting activities in a normal workday are as
following:
|
Top Time-Wasting
Activities
|
(%)
|
|
1 Surfing Internet (personal use)
|
44.7%
|
|
2 Socializing with co-workers
|
23.4%
|
|
3 Conducting personal business
|
6.8%
|
|
4 Spacing out
|
3.9%
|
|
5 Running errands off-premises
|
3.1%
|
|
6 Making personal phone calls
|
2.3%
|
|
7 Applying for other jobs
|
1.3%
|
|
8 Planning personal events
|
1.0%
|
|
9 Arriving late / Leaving early
|
1.0%
|
|
10 Other
|
12.5%
|
|
Top Time-Wasting Excuses
|
(%)
|
|
1 Don’t have enough work to do
|
33.2%
|
|
2 Underpaid for amount of work
|
23.4%
|
|
3 Co-workers distract me
|
14.7%
|
|
4 Not enough after-work time
|
12.0%
|
|
5 Other
|
16.7%
|
To be able to
reduce this time-wasters from your day, the key is to identify them. But how do
you ascertain out whether you or any of your fellow workers have poor time
management symptoms? When do you recognize that it is time to pay attention to
your time-management?
We will address these topics in
our next upcoming blog: Poor Time-Management Symptoms
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