Tracked every 15-30 Minutes
I tracked what I was doing every 15-30 minutes and was shocked by how much time is lost doing things that do not benefit my growth. I found that my recovery potential is around 3 hours.....3 hours!
That's 3 hours of others coming to me to assist them with what they need or want. When I really looked at that, they had all of the tools and resources to think and do the work themselves. Don't get me wrong, I love to be of good help, but letting people use my talents only for their lazy benefit is not acceptable without a return on my investment. What happens is that I'm pulled from my focus, my tasks, my responsibilities to find out that they have the means is crazy.
I'm reclaiming my peak focus time for no interruptions or at least ones that can wait. Protect your focus family, it's the best time to get big wins in.
Jamal, isn’t it fascinating to find out that we think we got our day planned out when it’s just in our mind until we write it down and we see how much time leakage there is. This exercise was an eye-opener.