The 3 Biggest Time Wasters
by Amanda Young
Have you ever stopped and consider how much time you have during the day? How about during
the week? How much of this time do you spend on activities and people that waste your
valuable time? What are your time waster during the day? Sometimes we go through life
surrounding ourselves with activities and people that take away our time. Once time is gone.
It is gone forever. Only by realizing what and who takes away are time will we move forward
to the next level.
Time wasters are poor decisions or not making a decision during our day. They cost time and
also money. It is a vicious cycle. Poor decision making and being indecisive is like a
tornado. It goes round and round. It destroys everything goals, dreams in your path. It
becomes a habit. Look at you life right now. What were you doing 1 year ago? What were you
doing 3 years ago? Does it look about the same? It is based on the decisions that you made.
There are 3 biggest time wasters. Your ability to deal with them will determine where you
will be in the next year.
1.Procrastination. Procrastination is one of the biggest time waster of them all. You
probably have heard or even know people that live their lives in quiet desperation and end
up retiring poor. Have you meet people that go through life that find every reason or excuse
not to do it today. They do it over and over. They make excuses day after day. Then one day
their lives are OVER.
2.Not making decisions. Not making decisions rob more time than you realize. It cost you
money too. It can produce unnecessary tasks. Decision making requires courage and moving
forward. When you are wishy-washy, you are unable to make decisions with family, kids, or
careers. Nobody likes to follow someone that is indecisive not even kids.
3.Putting out fires and taking care of emergencies. This is a huge time waster. When you are
about to settle down to do a task or go to work. Something unexpected happens and pulls you
away from that task or work. This sometimes rolls from minutes into hours and hours. The
greatest leaders throughout our history thought ahead and determine all the things that
maybe go wrong. Then they would plan in advance. If something did happen, they could move
quickly or delegate it. They would get it done. Poor leaders trust in luck. Crisis will
happen just don’t pitch a tent next time.
Most valuable skill you can develop is a sense of urgency. Get on with it. Make things
happen. It is the most powerful factor. It can move you forward no matter what situation we
are in right now. Most important way to improve your decision making is you are not perfect.
A not perfect decision made immediately goes far then not a decision at all. When fires do
occur think before you act. Action without thinking leads to failure. Just be objective.
Live your life if it was your last day here on earth everyday!
Amanda Young, founder of The Time Mastery, specializes in helping people get more done in
less time in their career and personal life. To learn more on how you can get more done and
gain balance in your life today. Grab your free simpleology course at
http://www.thetimemastery.com
