Three types of activities are keeping you busy:
Type 1: Bad
These are the things you should not be doing. They are wasting your time
but still you do them. Stop it! For example, I just received a message
from someone who never received the package I sent her. Now I have to
spend my valuable time sending her another package. This sucks.
I’m a writer and speaker, not a fulfillment agency. This is not how I
want to spend my time. The challenge here is to figure out how to get rid of the bad activities.
Type 2: Good, But…
These are the things you should be doing, but they take too long.
They are also wasting your time because you’re being inefficient. For
example, I received a message from someone asking me about pricing for
my keynote talks and I spent a few minutes answering it. This is silly,
because I work with standard fees. The request is great but my response
is slow. The challenge here is to figure out how to be more efficient.
Type 3: Good, And…
These are the things you should be doing, and you’re not doing them well enough,
probably because you’re wasting your time with type 1 and type 2
activities. For example, I received a message from someone offering me
to collaborate with Happy Melly. Wonderful! Sadly, I hardly have time to
schedule a call with him. I merely sent a brief note (for now) while he
deserves a deeper conversation. The challenge here is to figure out how to be more effective.
Which types of activities are sucking up your time?
Source: http://www.noop.nl/2014/08/three-types-of-activities.html
