Time Management - Marc Mancini
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<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
18. How many paid vacation days a year does the average American<br />
worker get?<br />
5.1 days 7.4 days 9.7 days<br />
6.8 days 8.7 days 10.1 days<br />
You get: _____________________________________<br />
19. How many paid vacation days a year does the typical German<br />
worker get?<br />
6 days 10 days 15 days<br />
8 days 12 days 18 days<br />
20. The average person squanders how much of his or her life looking<br />
for misplaced things?<br />
2 months 8 months 2 years<br />
5 months 1 year 4 years<br />
You waste: _______________________________<br />
Answers are shown on page 131<br />
Any surprises? In some cases you probably guessed low, in<br />
others, high. You may have projected estimates from your own<br />
life onto those of the average American.<br />
Any conclusions on why a gap exists between your experience<br />
and those of others? Has the data led you to make certain<br />
personal or philosophical observations?<br />
Many of the answers to this quiz came from Michael and<br />
Robert Shook’s fascinating book, It’s About <strong>Time</strong>! (New York:<br />
Plume Books, 1992). It contains hundreds of other similarly<br />
intriguing facts. These surprising statistics should remind you of<br />
how easily time leaks from our daily existence. For example, who<br />
would think that we waste five years of our lives waiting in line?<br />
In a survey a few years back, executives identified the six<br />
greatest time wasters in business. The following sections discuss<br />
these results and examine strategies that can help you<br />
meet each challenge.<br />
<strong>Time</strong> Leak #1: Socializing<br />
TEAMFLY<br />
That the participants polled indicated “socializing” as the number-one<br />
time leak is quite telling. It suggests that:
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