Optimized Productivity: How To Become Laser Focused On What Matters The Most

People waste 21.8 hours a week on activities that don’t matter.

Half of the average work week is spoiled by activities that extract time, your time being the ultimate investment. David Finkel polled his business owner clients, and the amount of time wasted is scary:

• 6.8 hours per week on low value-tasks that someone else could perform.
• 3.9 hours each week in escaping reality, like scrolling social media.
• 3.4 hours a week handling low-value emails.
• 3.2 hours a week dealing with low-value interruptions
• 1.8 hours a week handling low-value requests from co-workers
• 1.8 hours a week putting out preventable fires
• 1 hour each week sitting in completely non-productive or wasteful meetings.

The things you say yes to prove what’s most important to you.

I’ve been there.

Some days, I’m still reacting to the whirlwind of the day. Early in my career, I felt everything was vital to my success. Every idea. Every email. Every interruption. I’d constantly be reacting to the whims of the day, only to discover that I only kept the ship floating, but it wasn’t moving.