Time Wasters: Self-Sabotage

[Michele]

This tutorial uses the worksheet Time Wasters: Self-Sabotage.

It’s from the Productivity & Time Management module of My Business Organizer.

Productivity & Time Management – Time Wasters: Self Sabotage

This is a powerful worksheet for business owners who want better time management, but who:

* Feel like they’re always getting in their own way
* Undermine their own hard work
* Suffer from competing goals.

Step 1: Type Of Self Sabotage

Think about the time you waste through self sabotage.

Common ways that entrepreneurs sabotage their time management include:

* Over-committing - Taking on more than they can handle, leaving them immobilized and ineffective under the pressure
* Procrastinating - Putting things off and losing precious time
* Indecisiveness – Avoiding decisions that end up costing time and energy
* Multi-tasking – Having to re-do poorly completed tasks, costing more time in the long run
* Unassertiveness – Failing to say no, or ask for what they need, leading to extra tasks on their do-to lists.

Think about your own business. List the main ways you sabotage your time.

Step 2: How Can You Reduce or Eliminate This Time Waster?

For each way you sabotage your time, think about what you could do differently.

For instance:

* If you over-commit: Could you look honestly at your schedule and set limits for the amount of work you can comfortably accept for each day, week or month?
* If you procrastinate: Could you keep a time log, snapping you out of denial about the cost of your habit?
* If you’re indecisive: Could you make a conscious choice to make decisions quickly, even if it means you have to change your mind sometimes?
* If you multi-task: Could you experiment with single-tasking, and see if it increases your productivity?
* If you’re unassertive: Could you read a book, take a class, or get some coaching to help you increase your assertiveness?

For each of the types of self sabotage you listed, brainstorm ways you could reduce or eliminate this time waster.

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[sabo]

good morning,
I have joined up; however I cannot access the above link to download the Worksheet for 'timewasters'. My computer can't connect, for some reason. Please advise.
Thanks!
Sabo

[sabo]

I have it now!
Thanks!
Sabo

[Michele]

Glad you go it.

[jetdlee12]

Thanks Michele another good tips you have come up to and I also downloaded the file I think this will also help me out. I am working in a company where I spend most of the time in front of the computer and it is hard to deal with time wasting sites. Then I find this tool that helps ease my time wasting problem. Using this tool and your tips I'm sure that I will definitely overcome my time wasting problems and I can be more productive.