Cut Off Your Time Stealers

Think about the activities that steal too much of your time. For many of us, we spend too much time dealing with email. For others, we spend too much time IM'ing.

One way to deal with such time stealers is to put yourself on a time budget for those types of activities. For example, you can set a fixed block of time each day to deal with your emails. That way, you won't be distracting yourself all day long, and spending more time than it deserves. It may also force you into focusing only on the important emails, delegating some emails tasks where practical, and thus improving your overall time and task management.