#120: Where Did All My Time Go?

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Where Did All My Time Go?
Are you exhausted at the end of your day and wondering where your time went? After a long work day did you ever look back and ask - what did I do today?
If you're working hard and the time is flying you may not be productive, but just plain busy. Today's show gives you a simple self-check to see where you spend most of your time.
You might be spending your time in the wrong areas and it could be hurting your performance. Wouldn't you want to find out before your boss sits you down and instead of a pay raise, you get written up for poor performance?
In today's show, we're going back to old-school tools - pen and paper. Pop in an earbud to find out how to perform a simple self-check of your time and maybe gain some of it back, without sacrificing performance.

Chapters
[01:00]
In today's fast-paced job world, we're asked to do more with less.
[01:43]
There's a difficult question we may need to ask ourselves.
[03:50]
Here's an old-school way to catalog your work day.
[05:01]
Log down what you do every 30 minutes, but only list a single item - what took the most of your time.
[07:40]
If you don't see a pattern after a couple of weeks, it's possible there is one specific week you haven't logged down yet.
[08:47]
If you see repeat entries, but they align with your job role, then you may need to dive down one level deeper.
[11:40]
Here's a head-scratcher question for you. "Do you know if all the activities you do are providing value to your company?"
[14:20]
Back when we started out we likely had a list of job responsibilities. Years later, we're likely performing our tasks on auto-pilot.
[15:07]
If you regularly generate updates or reports, you don't want to miss out on this!
Mentioned Links
CGME: Ep 54 - Adding Value to Your Job