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As a population, we’ve never been so busy.
More and more demands on out time.
We get this.
We know.
Because it’s the same for us.
But……….
That doesn’t always mean that we’re using the time available to us as smartly as we could.
When we say that we “don’t have time” for something…………
That’s often only part of the story.
Because, ultimately, we all have the same amount of time.
168 hours a week.
10,080 minutes.
It’s how we use that that is key.
Every few months, I fill in a 15 minute log for three days.
Record what I’m doing for every 15 minute block.
I usually do it on Excel, because I’m a geek.
But we can do it with pen and paper.
Or notes on our phone.
Any way we like.
It’s pretty eye opening.
It makes us realise how long we’re spending doing some thing we could be doing quicker.
Or not at all.
How we can gain extra efficiency by ‘batching’ certain tasks more.
Doing all tasks on a computer together, for example.
All things in certain places or using certain equipment.
There’s a nice little acronym you can use.
DEAL.
Define – get a clear definition of what we’re actually doing
Eliminate – just stop some of it
Automate – put processes in place, batch things and so on to minimise the time and effort required as much as possible
Liberate – free up your time
Can’t always be done, of course.
But I’ve never had anyone do it find that they haven’t been able to free up some time, based on what they’ve seen in this 15 minute log.
They’ve all found it’s created them time.
Every single one.
But not everyone I’ve ever recommend it to has done it.
Only a few of you reading this will give it a go.
And what’s the reason every single person has given?
For not doing something that will make them more time?
“I haven’t got time”.
Much love,
Jon ‘Lord’ Hall and Matt ‘Piece’ Nicholson
P.S. It’s myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting if previous approaches you’ve tried are just about giving you more stuff to do on top of your already busy and challenging lives. And that’s not worked out for you long term.
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