Time Management: One Click Away
View CommentsWhen I stand at someone’s computer, as that person is about to show me something he or she is working on, I have to look away. I’m fully aware that everyone needs to organize their systems to their way of working.
I’m also fully aware that too many folks don’t do that. It’s painful to watch how much time folks lose because they don’t. Watch yourself for a day.
Count the clicks it takes to get to the documents you access every day.
I have seen an editor open 14 levels of folders to get to a document that is her current daily project. Every morning she goes through 14 clicks to get to what she’s working on.
An easy solution is a daily work folder on your desktop. One click and you are where you need to be. When the document is complete, you can move it into your organizational structure.
Fourteen clicks a day over a month, or two, or thre, over three, or four documents, how much time would that be?
Liz Strauss
Behind every Successful business is an Outstanding Manager. — PVM
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