From the course: Productivity Tips: Finding Your Rhythm

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Making the most of extra time

Making the most of extra time

From the course: Productivity Tips: Finding Your Rhythm

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Making the most of extra time

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- What do you do with those extra moments of time? You know what I'm talking about? Those little minutes here and there, perhaps where you're on the bus or you're waiting for someone to arrive. What do you do with that extra time? Here are a few options to consider to make the most of that time. Number one is perhaps the important. Do nothing. Does that sound strange? I believe that there's a lot of value in just allowing ourselves to enjoy where we are and just experience the quiet. We do not have to constantly stimulate ourselves. In fact, sometimes that gets in the way of productivity. Number two is checking, particularly checking your e-mail or your voicemail. Now this is different than the full-fledged processing that I describe in Time Management Fundamentals. This is simply glancing through a list of e-mail and asking yourself one question, can this wait until my processing time? If it can, then you just leave…

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