Time Wasters |

Stress Cutting Into Your Schedule?

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Stephen Filed Under: Decision Making, Employee Schedule, OfficeTime, Productivity, Stephen Dodd, stress, Successful Business, Time, Time Management, time tracking, Time Wasters Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, organization, productivity, Stephen Dodd, stress, Time Management, Time Wasters

Stress impairs your ability to stay physically active. Interestingly enough, exercising can boost hormones that elevate your frame of mind. If aerobic workouts aren’t already a routine part of your day, consider a jog or burst training session before, after, or in between business hours for a mental pick-me-up.

Announcing the Winner of the 2015 Survey!

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, time tracking, Time Tracking Clients, Time Tracking Software, Winner of the time waster survey Tagged With: Decision Making, OfficeTime, organization, productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Tracking, Time Tracking Software, Time Wasters

A key finding from this year’s survey is procrastination is a major obstacle to being productive. Nearly half of the respondents to OfficeTime’s survey said they feel they spend too much time putting off doing more productive or necessary tasks each day.

Decision Surfing: Simple, Complicated or Making Gut Choices

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: Decision Making, Decision Surfing, OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Wasters, Uncategorized Tagged With: Decision Making, Decision Surfing, OfficeTime, productivity, Stephen Dodd, Time Management Tips, Time Wasters, What is the decision on hand?

Decisions, made by leaders who are focused on what really matters, have great impact. These decisions create opportunities, new situations and cultivate an environment where people and organizations are making an impact.

Empowering Your Time Management Through Cost Acknowledgment and Deadlines

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracker, time tracking, Time Tracking Clients, Time Tracking Software, Time Wasters, Uncategorized Tagged With: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tip, Time Management Tips, Time Tracker, Time Tracking Software, Time Wasters

The truth is that your Time Management will be compromised unless you put the car in gear and move your foot onto the accelerator. If you are going to stay still or work around the project but not on the project, you are “Getting Nowhere”. Maybe you can relate to this?

Time Management: Losing Procrastination Leads to Less Stress and “More” Time

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, stress, Time Management, Time Management Tips, time tracking Tagged With: Office Time, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Tracking, Time Tracking Software, Time Wasters

For all of us that have spent money and time on Time Management techniques, articles, blogs, webinars… the list is endless, I have this epiphany to share with you: Time management is a myth. Given that the day having only 24 hours, we can only manage ourselves within the timeframe given.

The #1 Silent Time Killer? …. E-Mail (Is ANYONE Surprised by THAT?)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Reporting, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, Top posts Tagged With: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tip, Time Wasters

According to OfficeTime’s most recent survey, 47% named e-mail as the biggest time killer. As a matter of fact, of those polled by OfficeTime, 40% admitted they spend an average of 1-3 hours a day dealing with email.

Tracking Payments and Retainers

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, time tracker, time tracking, Time Tracking Clients, Time Tracking Software, Top posts Tagged With: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, Time Tracker, time tracking Tagged With: Office Time, Time Wasters

OfficeTime does a great job of tracking time, a good job of invoicing, but comes up a bit short on the accounting side of things. Most companies don’t like to admit their product doesn’t do something well. But I like to see it from the buyer’s perspective. When I’m looking at a product, I want to know exactly what its strengths and weaknesses are. That’s the problem with most marketing material. It gives only glowing praise when you need an honest picture. But should we be trying to fill the role of an accounting solution?

How Tracking Time Can Change Productivity

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, time tracker, time tracking, Time Wasters Tagged With: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, Time Management Tips, Time Tracker, Time Wasters

There are many ways to improve productivity, and they all start from a simple analysis of “Times Tracked”. For example, to an individual, productivity will be measured by how much he or she accomplished – not how busy they were. A Time Tracking Analysis could provide information on the importance of the tasks accomplished and answer the question if any of the tasks could have been delegated. The analysis will provide us with additional information on non-productive times which decrease productivity.

The analyzed and timed activities will highlight key elements of possible improvement. The analysis will provide t

5 Top Time Wasters of 2012 (according to our bloggers!)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Stephen Dodd, Time Management, time tracker, time tracking, Time Wasters Tagged With: OfficeTime, Time Management, Time Wasters

You will notice that there are only FOUR top time wasters here. We’d love to hear what YOUR #1 time waster was for 2012. Share it here and give us your contact information, and maybe we’ll feature you in our blog next month! Time Management is one of the MOST important wins for OfficeTime and our time tracking solution – knowing what stands in your way helps us to serve you better.

2-Minute Survey: What are your BIGGEST time wasters?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Stephen Filed Under: OfficeTime, Time Wasters Tagged With: OfficeTime, Survey, Time Wasters

2-Minute Survey: What are your BIGGEST time wasters?
At OfficeTime, our #1 initiative is to make your time more valuable to you. Please take our 3-minute survey to help us do that! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/officetime_2013. PS, We’re giving away an iPad mini to one lucky survey participant – so be sure to answer all 10 questions and leave us your email at the end! We promise we won’t spam you or sell your email address — but we need some way to contact the lucky winner!