6 Workplace Time-Sinks You Need To Eliminate Immediately

Whether you’re working a dream job, or even a “meh, it’s fine” job, rocking your career feels great. How good does it feel to strut into a meeting, knowing you are fully prepared? Or stand in your boss’ office for a performance review, and hear him or her shower you with praise? Answer: It feels good. Really good.

But no matter how effective you are or interesting your work is, everyone suffers from productivity issues from time to time. Sometimes, you know it is happening, like when you get caught up in a hilarious conversation with co-workers, or wait for 30 minutes for your computer to reboot. Other times, you might not even realize you are being unproductive, like when you are attempting to multitask, or compulsively checking email.

According to David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity,” “You don’t actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it.”

What you should do instead: There’s no way around it: You need to upgrade. Even if new and shiny equipment may initially seem like a huge financial burden, the costs to efficiency will quickly catch up.

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The Huffington Post