Business is a Waste of Time "Wasting time over wasted time is just more wasted time” The benefits to business of effective time management.

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Time…….

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5. Good time management is
The ability to plan and control how you spend the hours in
your day to effectively accomplish your goals.
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6. Poor time management is….
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a waste of a precious resource

7. How we waste time
• Starting the day unprepared
• Procrastination
• Perfectionism
• Indecisiveness
• Lack of delegation
• Distractions
• Too many obligations
• Wasting time on the web, social networking and texting
• Ineffective “to do” list
• Email
• Forgetting you need a break
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8. Time wasting – the cost
• Stress & pressure
– Work life balance
– Exhaustion
– Inefficiency
• Missed opportunities
– Lack of focus on growing the business
• Deadlines
– Poor quality work
– Financial penalties
– Reputational risk
– Loss of new business
– Poor morale
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THE EISENHOWER BOX

10. Remember the 4 Ds
• Delete
• Do
• Delegate
• Defer
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Nikki Williams
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