Business-Service-Emptiness — categories of time management used to analyze the productivity of the time used.
Deeds are actually productive activities that will be appreciated and paid for by someone.
For example, I completed an order, served a client, taught a lesson, completed negotiations …
Service — we are not moving forward from this, no one will pay us for this, but without this we cannot move on.
Made a plan for the day. We talked with a colleague who was offended by the boss, brought her to her senses. The issue was resolved with the fire department. We warmed up, bowed, restored the stiff back and legs. The money was counted again. Removed unnecessary things from the table.
Emptiness — time spent, the result is zero. In business language, such cases are sometimes called Time Eaters or Time Eaters, in direct communication — Emptiness or Bullshit.
What did you do yesterday half an hour after talking with the boss? — Well, bullshit …
Emptiness sometimes turns out to be unconstructive negotiations and overgrown meetings. More often these are computer games during working hours, while traveling through the endless expanses of the Internet, prolonged smoke breaks, leisurely and cheerful conversations over another cup of coffee — all that you successfully distract yourself from work.
By the way, did you remember to write this down in yesterday’s business? Remember the criterion: more than 3 minutes …
After adding up all the time in each of these categories, draw a pie chart of your use of work time. If your result looks like Chart #1 (ratio 7/1/2), give yourself a round of applause, if your result leans towards Chart #2 (ratio 5/2/3), you should probably change something.
Analyzing work time using these categories: To Do, Service, and Void immediately paints a very colorful picture and paints a compelling perspective on your life when you change it.
How can you reduce the amount of Service in the volume of the day’s activities?
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