These days, no one can afford to waste time at work

RT, LLC Westlake Village, CATen Logical Steps for reducing Wasted Time at Work & Traps to AvoidThese days, no one can afford to waste time at work. Thanks to widespread dow nsizing,workloads are piling up. Unfortunately, extra hours in the day are not. Maximizing your time at work can mean the difference between leaving at a reaso nablehour (i.e. holding onto your sanity) and staying late unnecessarily. You’ve got a life outsidework. Don’t you want to live it? There are countless ways you waste time on the job. Sometimes, it’s unavoida ble. Othertimes, it can be overcome with a minor shift in your approach. Either way, the first step toaddressing time wasters is to identify them. Instant MessagingWhile instant messaging can be a useful intra-office tool, its generally informal (an dinstant!) I/M can bet productivity’ws orst enemy. How many times has a discussion about 1something work related quickly degenerated into a half-hour gossip session? And there’ salways someone with a lot less to do who will tempt you. If you can’t disconnect completely, at least set your status to “Busy” for a good portion of the day. This will help deter frivolous chatter. If someone insists on bothering you with non-work related chit-chat, tell them (politely) that you are in the middle of something and ask if you can pick up the conversation another time (maybe during your lunch break?). Don’t feel bad about it – no one will fault you for your silence if you’ve got ...