Comments on: Interview: Biggest Time Waster

By: m

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:05:15 +0000

great reading !

By: Rukshali’s Weblog

Rukshali’s Weblog — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:10:54 +0000

[...] blog has interviewed more productivity experts than you can shake a Blackberry at, and has compiled the ultimate master list of the biggest timewasters, according to the experts. See if you can identify yourself in any of these scenarios, and think [...]

By: Karen Anderson

Karen Anderson — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:22:57 +0000

I was surprised to see that no one listed “trying to change other people’s behavior” as a time waster. People certainly spend a lot of time thinking about it, and doing it, and it’s rarely effective (in fact, it often achieves exactly the opposite of what’s intended).

By: Productivity Expert Interviews Recap at Productivity501

Productivity Expert Interviews Recap at Productivity501 — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:02:20 +0000

[...] What is the single biggest way people waste time without even realizing it? [...]

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Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:13:30 +0000

[...] can read the very interesting answers at the online post The Biggest Time Wasters on the Internet. Some of this stuff is so sadly [...]

By: Review: Productivity501.com | Thought Outflux | Anirudh Sanjeev

Review: Productivity501.com | Thought Outflux | Anirudh Sanjeev — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:49:18 +0000

[...] I first discovered this site a month or so ago, after Sindhu pointed it out, and linked to one article which was an interview with productivity experts, on what’s the biggest time waster, and believe me, spending fifteen minutes reading this behemoth of an article isn’t one. The question went: What is the single biggest way people waste time without even realizing it?[link to article] [...]

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By: Kadir

Kadir — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:43 +0000

Dear all,
In my opinion, the biggest way that people wast the time is to work aimless and dont have any plan for further life.
Some people seems so busy with nonsense works even they have very big and more important works.

By: My Productivity501 Answers » Advice on organized and productive living through lifehacks and GTD » Organize IT

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:30:23 +0000

[...] without even realizing it?” You can see my answer below, and the collection of other answers here Not de-cluttering and simplifying their lives. Knowing where everything is saves on time and [...]

By: Xtreme Computers 3 Productivity Questions «

Xtreme Computers 3 Productivity Questions « — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:06:05 +0000

[...] 1. What is the single biggest way people waste time without even realizing it? [...]

By: How I Gained an Hour a Day by Ditching My Productivity Tools

How I Gained an Hour a Day by Ditching My Productivity Tools — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:21:03 +0000

[...] to Mark Shead’s interview series, I was forced to examine some time-wasters for my contribution. A couple of days later, my real time-waster occurred to me — my productivity system and [...]

By: Your Turn -- Three Questions at Productivity501

Your Turn -- Three Questions at Productivity501 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:06:42 +0000

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By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:55:41 +0000

@meandering – The idea behind not wasting time isn’t to avoid relaxing. It is to give yourself the ability to focus when it is time to work, so your work time is as minimal as possible. Once your work is don’t you can concentrate on activities you enjoy and that you feel are valuable.

I doubt that most people would really rank television as high on their list of enjoyable valuable activities.

By: meandering

meandering — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:50:36 +0000

Some interesting ideas, but some activities that are called time-wasting are ways of relaxing or can be high up on the priorities list. For me, for example, long phone calls are value-added activities and it makes me happy when I can allow myself to spend so much time on talking to a friend, communicating at length.

What I would like to the list of time-wasters are all sorts of so/called office politics, backbiting, slagging others off and sabotaging other people’s efforts. That got to be the no.1 timewaster.

We mustn’t get too obsessed with efficiency, otherwise we become machines ourselves. Chill out a bit, guys!

By: Saturday roundup 16th June 2007

Saturday roundup 16th June 2007 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:35:20 +0000

[...] Thank you to Mark Shead from Productivity 501 who helped me with some information about my e-mails problems when my PC crashed. Mark also has posted a great series of interview questions where has asked personal development bloggers from around the globe to answer three questions. You can read the first of his questions and answers here. [...]