{"id":1147,"date":"2017-12-24T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/2017\/12\/24\/10-common-time-management-mistakes-that-are-slowing-you-down\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T07:30:00","slug":"10-common-time-management-mistakes-that-are-slowing-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/10-common-time-management-mistakes-that-are-slowing-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Common Time Management Mistakes that are Slowing You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;by @openviewventure&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/labs.openviewpartners.com\/common-time-management-mistakes\/#.Wj7f67b3nOQ\">10 Common Time Management Mistakes that are Slowing You Down<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MAS-34yk7fg\/Wj7i3a4nZSI\/AAAAAAAAC2M\/JbEcq74XLvMDIV_nCxbwFsWXWESmMpNIACK4BGAYYCw\/s1600\/Time-management-1400x400.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MAS-34yk7fg\/Wj7i3a4nZSI\/AAAAAAAAC2M\/JbEcq74XLvMDIV_nCxbwFsWXWESmMpNIACK4BGAYYCw\/s640\/Time-management-1400x400.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">1. Failing to prioritize<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 Learning how to prioritize is a process and you\u2019ll need time and experience to find out the most efficient technique, that is, the one that works best for you. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">2. Starting your day late<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 Starting your day late triggers a domino-effect. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">3. Ineffectively scheduling tasks<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 The easiest way to balance your time is to find out what your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/pages\/article\/newHTE_79.htm\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\">peak time<\/a>&nbsp;is and allocate that time for doing top-priority work \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">4. Procrastinating<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 try breaking the task into manageable pieces. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">5. Failing to manage numerous distractions<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 Whether it\u2019s the phone that keeps ringing or notifications that you keep getting from either chat or social media groups, they interrupt our workflow and break our creative process. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">6. Undervaluing the time something will take to finish<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 writing down the amount of time you will need to complete each one of your tasks on your to-do list. She also recommends, doubling the time \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">7. &nbsp;Multitasking<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 doing many things at the same time prevents you from focusing on all of your tasks equally and takes much more of your time than completing your tasks in a sequence. \u2026 multitasking isn\u2019t for everyone so choose your battles carefully. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">8. Being busy vs being effective<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 you must constantly ask yourself:<\/div>\n<ul style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 30px 0px 30px 60px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">Is this useful?<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">How does this contribute to the ultimate goal?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 instead of doing one task each day, do the three days of minor tasks in one afternoon. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">9. Being a perfectionist<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 you should strive towards getting the best performance, you need to keep in mind that you don\u2019t have the luxury to complete every task to perfection. \u2026 This goes back to prioritization. \u2026<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: openviewbold, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 35px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">10. Skipping on breaks<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: openviewregular, &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u2026 No matter whether you are working on urgent tasks or completing some minor errands, setting some time aside to have a break is simply an imperative. \u2026<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;by @openviewventure&nbsp;10 Common Time Management Mistakes that are Slowing You Down 1. Failing to prioritize \u2026 Learning how to prioritize is a process and you\u2019ll need time and experience to find out the most efficient technique, that is, the one that works best for you. \u2026 2. 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