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9 Time-Wasting Habits You Can Ditch Today :
Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list? Do you ever wish you had more hours in the day? If so, this is for you. In today’s fast-paced world, it’s more important than ever to be productive. But how can you achieve more in less time? The answer lies in developing good habits. By incorporating a few simple strategies into your daily routine, you can dramatically improve your productivity and take control of your time.
1. Chasing perfection
After a point, more work does not equal better results.
What to do:
• Learn about the pareto principle: What 20% of my effort is giving 80% of the results?
• Learn about the law of diminishing returns: Increasing investments into something gives proportionally smaller profits.
2. Multi - tasking.
Society and corporate culture glorifies this. The reality is, multi tasking does not work.
What to do:
• Pomodoro technique:
• Choose a task.
• Set a 25-minute timer.
• Work on the task.
• Take a short break.
• Repeat.