Time killers

External interference

Interference from the outside is the fruit of our work environment; events that distract attention and deprive time control. These time killers are as follows:

• delay in leaving the house (keys forgotten at home?);
• delays on the road (turn to the minibus);
• chatter with colleagues (such as communication);
• computer problems and Internet access;
• email (spam);
• meetings;
• search folders, pens, etc. (search for cups for coffee);
• phone calls;
• refresher courses;
• visitors;
• listening to voice mail messages.

Interference

In addition to external time-eaters, there are internal ones that eat up your time from the inside: your character traits and personal qualities that cause idle work, and as a result, stress and the awareness that you don’t have time. It is necessary to get rid of them, but it will be more problematic than getting rid of external killers. Internal interference is a part of our life and it is very difficult to get rid of habits. Among the internal interference it can be noted:

• inability to refuse and say NO;
• the habit of grabbing everything at once;
• wrong estimate of terms and volumes of work;
• the desire to always be helpful and help everyone;
• natural slowness;
• no record keeping habits;
• excessive sociability;
• unwillingness to set the dead line for the job / job;
• the habit of starting to work without providing yourself with everything you need;
• not the ability to prioritize;
• the habit of checking email (blogs, forums, RSS) or other information on the site every 5-10 minutes;
• Odnoklasniki.ru and Vkontakte.ru (and up to. Social networks)
• lack of rest (constant sleepy-depressed state);
• habit of relying entirely on memory;
• natural confusion;
• the habit of postponing daily affairs at the end of the day;
• not able to follow the project;
• smoking habit.

An impressive list turned out, is not it? Many of our actions are due to the norms of behavior in society. If a colleague doesn’t have a nice time to talk to us, then interrupting him and sending him to work is considered not polite and we have to listen to him. Similar events are not counted by us as part of the work process. But let's imagine how much time it takes to go and pour hot water into the cup from the cooler or stroll to the station for a pack of paper that has ended. Minute by minute, time is spent and it flows into the evening. Can we get rid of the time killers? We can and should, but first we need to realize that they exist and how strong they are. Just understanding how much time external and internal interference takes will help to achieve the best efficiency. What time killers do you have that I missed and did not add to the list? How do you fight them?