at a Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts to grab coffee and a donut. Both
are bad ideas. Remember it’s about productivity, not time, and
drinking a protein shake gives you energy and alertness all
morning, boosting your metabolism so you’ll actually burn more
calories than if you skip breakfast. And as fast as your dash into a
donut shop is, making a shake is faster than parking, walking in,
waiting in line, waiting for your coffee, and walking back out.
5.
Never watch live TV. Why? Because of the commercials. Just
DVR every show you want to watch so you can skip through the
commercials. Unless it’s a real-time sporting event or the
Bachelor is giving his final rose, do you really need to watch a TV
show the moment it’s broadcast?
6.
Don’t watch TV at all! David Meerman Scott is a marketing &
sales strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of 10
books including
The New Rules of Marketing & PR and
Newsjacking. In an interview for this book he told me:
According to Nielsen, the average American spends 158 hours each
month watching television! That's 1,896 hours per year. Damn. That
would be enough time to write an awesome book or start a company. You
want a six-pack? Exercise instead of watch TV. Eliminate television and
you gain nearly two thousand hours a year. Imagine what YOU could do!
7.
Use your drive time wisely. Think about how many hours a year
you spend driving in the car. Commute times, driving to clients,
long trips to your parents’ house. Even if you just drive 30
minutes each way to work, that is over 200 hours a year, or almost
10 days of time. We often reflexively just think of this as dead
time on our calendar and crank up our favorite music and tune out
the world. Instead, think of phone calls you need to make—
whether work related or to friends and family members. Consider
listening to podcasts (which can cover the daily news) or “how to”
programs or even learning a foreign language. Of course you can
use podcast apps like Stitcher (
www.Stitcher.com
) to easily find
great programs and listen to them at 2x the speed to save even
more time!
8.
Never call people without setting an appointment ahead of
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