Where does your time go?
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Where does your time go?
Time. You don't have enough of it. Nobody does. Time is limited. So, it's important to use the time that you have more effectively. Where does your time go? The best inside, new year’s resolution is See story “The best new year’s resolution is making better use time. of your making better use of your time.” The 2nd installment of an ongoing series of articles entitled, The TELL them you saw it in MMM 1 Effective Businessman, asks, “What do you do withwww.TheMachineryFinder.com your time?” Phone:(847)298-8600 Fax:(847)635-8976 Industrial Corporation Website:www.raco.com 2100 South wolf road des plaines, il 60018-1996 E-mail:sales@raco.com 56" BULLARD Dynatrol Hi Column Vertical Boring Mill, 60" Vert., Ram & Side Hds., 3 Jaw Power Chuck w/4 Jaws, 4 Station Pwr. 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All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most of us take time for granted. We take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and vital resource. Nothing else, distinguishes effective business people as much as their use of time. The problem is human beings are ill-equipped to manage their time. Time. You have enough of it. of Nobody does. Time is limited. it's important to use the time to that youthe have more effectively. Time. Youdon't don't have enough it. Nobody does. Time isSo,limited. So, it's important use time that you have more effectively. The best new year’s resolution is Themaking best new year’s better use ofresolution your time. is making better use your What do you do with your time? And of where does yourtime. time go? By Thomas Joseph Lynch The 2nd installment of an ongoing series of articles entitled, The growth and uccessful Effective businessBusinessman, people do not start asks, “What do you dobusiness with youractivity. time?” People? You can with their tasks or plans. They start with hire, fire, promote, or demote according to their their time. Initially, they start by finding out job performances but you can’t rent, hire, or buy where their time goes. Secondly, they cut back time. Byunproductive Thomas J. Lynch demands on their time. Then, they Metalworking Machinery Mailer begin to consolidate their discretionary time into The supply of time is inflexible. No matter how uccessful business people do not start with their tasks or emergency contingency for storing it. Time is perishable. large continuing blocks. They use a three-step great the demand the supply never goes up. There plans. They start with their time. Initially, they start by Yesterday’s time is gone forever and will never return. process: 1) where recording their 2) they managing is a pricetime forisitalways and no emergency contingency for in very short supply. finding out their time goes. time. Secondly, cut back Therefore, unproductive demands on their time. Then, they begin constoring it. Time is perishable. Yesterday’s time is their time. 3) consolidating their time.to This Within limits of different processes, we can sometimestime subsolidate their discretionary time into large continuing blocks. forever and will never return. Therefore, three-step process is the foundation of business gone the stitute aluminum for copper. We can substitute technology for They use a three-step process: 1) recording their time. 2) maneffectiveness. is always in very short supply. labor. We can use more knowledge to create a better application aging their time. 3) consolidating their time. This three-step S S process is the foundation of business effectiveness. There are three parameters in business: time, There are three parameters in business: time, money, and people. money, and people. Time is the most unique Time is the most unique resource. The other two major resources resource. two quite major resources like like money and The peopleother are actually plentiful. The demand formoney money and sets people the limitsare for actually economicquite growth and business plentiful. The activity. People? You can hire, fire, promote, or demote accorddemand for money sets the limits for economic ing to their job performances but you can’t rent, hire, or buy time. TELL them you saw it in MMM The supply of time is inflexible. No matter how great the but we can’t replace time. Everything requires time. It’s the only true condition. work of takes place in time and uses up we time.can Yet Within the All limits different processes, most of us take time for granted. We take for granted this unique, sometimes substitute aluminum for copper. We irreplaceable, and vital resource. Nothing else, distinguishes can substitute technology We can use effective business people as much asfor theirlabor. use of time. The problem is human beings are to manage their time. but more knowledge toill-equipped create a better application we can’t replace time. Everything requires time. The relevance of a time sense can be affected cont.byonpsychological page 13 experiences, too. As my friend, Pat Witherspoon, says, “All living clock’ inside themselves. My only 12 things have a ‘biological www.TheMachineryFinder.com problem is I really get my stuff together around 2 am in the The relevance of a time sense can be affected by psychological experiences, too. As my friend, Pat Witherspoon, says, “All living things have a ‘biological clock’ inside themselves. My only problem is I really get my stuff together around 2 am in the morning, but I don’t have anybody to talk to.” My son has made numerous trips to China over the past two years, and his mind and body will lack a reliable time sense after the “jetlag” of a 14- hour flight from Los Angeles-toShanghai, or vice-versa. Military and police interrogators have found that if you keep a person inside an enclosed room, with the lights on, for a few hours that people lose their ability of gauging the elapsed time. They’re likely to underestimate or overestimate the time spent in the room. Therefore, if we rely on our memory we don’t know how much time has been spent on our many duties. A good test is to write down where you think you spend your time and how much time is spent for each endeavor. Then, put these time estimates away for a few weeks or a month. In the meantime, keep an actual time record on yourself. You may be very surprised when you compare your actual time record against your assumptions of where you were spending your time. Sometimes business people will put down where they know time should be spent but the time records will show little or no time was spent in this important area. My time records show I spend hours as a kind of dispatcher, keeping track of orders, and bothering the production department TELL them you saw it in MMM 13 with calls about them. These efforts are important but this is not my job. All of the orders were going through expeditiously under the capable and watchful eye of our production manager with no help needed from me. My intervention usually meant things would be delayed. When I looked at my time log of what I was actually doing compared to what I was supposed to be doing, I couldn’t believe it. It took two-or-more time logs to convince me that a record, rather than memory, has to be trusted when it comes to your use of time. The demands of time To be effective, you must manage your time and know where your time goes. It’s easy to waste time and be unproductive. Many of us spend time on things that aren’t important. The higher you go up in any organization, business or government, more demands will be made on your time. A big time-waster is ceremonies. As a business executive there’s little you can do to get out of it. Whether it’s an employee retirement party or a ceremonial function that fits under the broad banner of business politics, you have to be there. These functions contribute little to your company, entertainment, or self-development. Every executive wastes a lot of time on matters which, though apparently have to be done, contribute very little or nothing. The problem for the business owner or manager is their tasks require, for minimum effectiveness, a fairly large amount of time. To spend less than the minimum time to address these important tasks is sheer waste. You’ve got to spend the amount of time that it takes or you’ve accomplished nothing and usually have to start all over again. An effective business plan may require six or eight hours, at least for the 1st draft. It makes no sense to invest seven hours into the effort by spending cont. on page 14 www.TheMachineryFinder.com better use of your time. cont. from page 13 only 30 minutes twice a day for a week-and-ahalf. You’ll more than likely end up with a blank sheet of paper. I approach business plans like Colonel Ralph E. Roppe showed me how to write speeches for 5th Army Commanding General, John “Iron Mike” Michaelis, during my last six months in the army. Colonel Roppe showed me a vacant office without a telephone and ordered me, “Lock the door and don’t let anybody in. Sit down with your material and tackle the writing for three-or-four hours without interruption, and you have a good chance to come up with a preliminary draft.” Roppe’s definition of a preliminary draft was the one before the 1st draft. Once you have a preliminary draft, you can work on it in small installments by rewriting, making changes, and editing it sectionby-section, paragraph-byparagraph, sentence-bysentence, and word-by-word. The same goes for a business plan. You have to put in three-to-four hours in a single stretch to set up the preliminary draft, and it must be done in one stretch without interruption. If you’re interrupted, usually you’ll have to go back and start over again. Therefore to be effective, every business manager needs to be able to use time in large chunks. To use small dribbles of time is a waste of time even if you achieve the total number of hours that you would in your single stretch effort. This is very true with time spent working with people. People are time consumers, and most people are time wasters. To spend only a few minutes with people isn’t productive. If you want to effectively serve a customer or be served by a supplier or employee, you need to spend a large amount of time with them at the very minimum. The managers who think they can discuss plans, concepts, direction, and performance with a TELL them you saw it in MMM cont. from page 9 cont. from page 14 customer, supplier, or employee in 15 minutes with the enlisted men Knowledge managers (many business owners and managers believe them and why. They must was needed in military this) are deceiving themselves. If you want to understand the work of the commands, too. The term, Knowledge managers, like field grade officers in a military command,aare collectively responsible for allwho aspects of the to business make an impact, one needs probably at least people have use “A soldier’s general”, or command. In business, knowledge managers are responsible half-an-hour and usually more. In addition, ifforyou their knowledge output. was given to American different aspects of the enterprise: marketing, sales, producwant to build a human relationship, you tion, need finance, etc. Their relationships with other knowledge manThey need a good deal of generals like Omar Bradley agers on the outside are especially important to the company but infinitely more time. Successful business is all information, discussion, and Zachary Taylor. are especially time-consuming. about human relationships. instruction—all these General Taylor would The knowledge manager makes greater time demands than the things take time. This ‘dress-down’ to mingle manual worker on their superior as well as on their associates. A business executive or military commander is time demand is manual madework not with his troops by wearing Knowledge work can’t be measured the same way served by knowledge people who help movecan,the one can’t tell a knowledge manager in a few words, whether only on their superiors rumpled clothes and a they’re doing the right job and how well they’re doing it. You can direction of the company or military command. b u t e q u a l l yis 75 o npieces-antheir widebrimmed straw hat. tell a manual worker, “Our piece-per-hour-rate Collectively, they know more about the company hour and you’re only turning 61.” However with a knowledge subordinates. These things Zach “Old Rough and manager, you have to sit down and think through with them what or command than anyone else. In Colonel Roppe’s must be done to know Ready” Taylor was very should be done and why. U.S. Army, information was doled out on a “need whether the knowledge popular with his men and Knowledge managers direct themselves. They must understand to know” basis. This was determined by rank. The manager is doing a they fought hard for him. what achievement is expected of them and why. They must same is true in business. satisfactory jobtheir orknowlnot. Without this type of understand the work of the people who have to use edge output. They need a good deal information, discussion, This isoftime consuming. exchange, business instruction—all these things take time. This time demand is made Knowledge managers executives and knowledge not only on their superiors but equally on their subordinates. Zachary Taylor shown in military uniform in a Whig presidenZachary Taylor shown in military uniform in a These things must be done toThe know knowledge whether the knowledge manmanager managers may lose tial banner. Taylor was elected president in 1848. ager in is doing a satisfactory job or not. This is time consuming. Knowledge managers, like field grade officers Whig presidential banner. Taylor was elected must be focused on the enthusiasm and become president in 1848. a military command, are collectively responsible results and performance The knowledge manager must be focused on the results and per- Without this type of exchange, business executives and knowl- time-servers, or they direct formance for all aspects of the business or command. In goals of the entire operation g o a l sto ohave f any t h eresults e nort peri r e edge managers may lose enthusiasm and become time-servers, or their energies inwardly formance at all. This means that they have to set aside time to they direct their energies inwardly to just their business domain business, knowledge managers are responsible to have anytheirresults or from performance their business domain and away from and away the opportunities to and just needs of the organization. direct their vision from theiroperation work to get results, and from Yet, have these leisurely greatopportunities deal of time, especially for different aspects of the enterprise: marketing, area of expertise to the outside, in which performance at all. This alone, means that they to setsessions asidetake athe and needs of the organization. in a relaxed and unhurried atmosphere. The challenge is to make lies. 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If hurried, it turns friction. companies rest on chunk and without much ule, and ask, “What should we at the head of this company this volatile mixture. The more people are together, the more about your work?” “ What doOctober you want issue to tell me regarding this of TheMachineryFinder.com) interruption. “Where do you see opportunities we need to time they’ll take to interact with each other, and less time will be The knowledge manager makes greater company?” time exploit?” “Where do you see dangers that we may not see?” available to them for work, accomplishment, and results. demands than the manual worker on their superior “What do you want to know from me about company?”business executive must Meanwhile, thethiseffective Mixing personal relations and work relations is The best GM executive ever Sometimes it’s a good idea to go down to the lower levels of your as well as on their associates. Knowledge work take the time to sit down with their knowledge tricky and timeconsuming. 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An apt description for the top executive is “A soldier’s general”, was given to American generals like Omar how well they’re doing it. You can tell a manual regarding this company?” “Where do you see less time will be available to them for work, Bradley and Zachary Taylor. General Taylor would ‘dress-down’ decision-maker. worker, “Our piece-per-hour-rate is 75 pieces-ancont. on page opportunities weandneed to exploit?” “Where do accomplishment, and25results. to mingle with his troops by wearing rumpled clothes a widehour and you’re only turning 61.” Howeverbrimmed with straw hat. Zach “Old Ready” that Taylorwe wasmay not see?” “What do youRough see and dangers popular with his men and they fought hard for him. a knowledge manager, you have to sit downvery and you want to know from me about this company?” The best GM executive ever think through with them what should be done and Sometimes it’s a good idea16to go down to the Tell them you saw it in MMM www.TheMachineryFinder.com why. lower levels of your company to ask these same The larger the business the less time an executive questions that you ask your knowledge managers. will have. It’ll be important for them to know Knowledge managers direct themselves. They where their time goes and to manage the little must understand what achievement is expected of In reading military history, this leisurely exchange time they have The more people in the business, cont. on page 15 14 www.TheMachineryFinder.com cont. on page 16 TELL them you saw it in MMM 15 www.TheMachineryFinder.com try. The late-founder had the foresight to realize a long time ago that a business system would eliminate wasting time. The It records efficiency and costs. Still, many companies don’t founder came up with his concept when the same crises would record the time of knowledge managers and key executives, and happen year-after-year. It was wasting his company’s time and yet they do the most important work. costing him money. from page 16 The biggest waste of time is precipitated by the cont. from page 26 cont. from page 15 the more decisions arise. Fast decisions about anything are usually the wrong decisions. An apt description for the top executive is decisionmaker. geniuses instead we’re incompetents. The best we can do is put people and ourselves into a “near fit” position. To get work done with people requires a lot of time, thought, and good judgment. Very sparingly would he interject anything into the meeting. When he did it was invariably a question to qualify something that had been said and make sure that everyone understood the point being made. Today the workers have far more leisure time than the business executives in this country. The business executive is working longer hours and has greater demands on their time than ever before. With global competition increasing every hour of the day, the executive’s lack of time will worsen rather than improve. The problem is every executive can think of what they already know and do what they’ve always done but this isn’t good enough today. Our present global marketplace challenges us to make changes to succeed and even survive, but now we have less time to do it. Sloan would never make a decision at the meeting, but rather give assignments to the meeting attendees to check into matters presented at the meeting. Sloan took several hours to make a tentative judgment after the meeting. Later, the attendees would report to him with their findings individually. Then armed with the assigned findings of the meeting attendees, Sloan may take days or sometimes weeks to wrestle with the questions again. Only when he came up with the same answer several times would he go ahead and make the decision. Where some companies get in trouble today is the older generation wants it as easy as their workers and work the same short hours. In order to accomplish this, the business stays with old established practices and doesn’t warm up to innovation and technological change. It doesn’t work this way anymore. The reality is the demands of your business, your people, and your time forces you to change and innovate. Therefore, it’s imperative that business executives manage their time. Yet, one can only manage their time if they know where their time goes. At GM, Sloan had a reputation of making very astute decisions that spawned great results. He would patiently review his whole process to analyze his thinking in trying to come up with the best decision available. We don’t make as large a decision as Sloan or any other chief executive of a Fortune 500 corporation but just the same our decisions are just as important for the success and survival of our companies. The price of good decision-making is many hours of uninterrupted thought about our companies to hopefully come up with the right decisions. Record your time Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., may have been the best executive that General Motors (GM) ever had. He was a great listener. He kept copious notes of his meetings. Sloan rarely took over a meeting. He managed meetings. People decisions aren’t easy. Most of us aren’t TELL them you saw it in MMM You have to record your time before you know where it goes. We have recorded workers time by having them punch time cards and by incentive pay based on piece rates in manufacturing. It records efficiency and costs. Still, many companies don’t record the time of knowledge managers and key executives, and yet they do the most important work. It’s important for executives and managers to keep a time log on themselves and look at it on cont. on page 17 16 www.TheMachineryFinder.com cont. a regular basis. for The purpose the log is to help executive themselves. Executives waste out the It’s important executives and of managers to keep a time log on chief He instituted a well-thought out system that was hammered themselves and look at it on a regular basis. The purpose of the by input from everybody floor-sweepers up to his way son you think and work your schedule more effective time of others as wellfrom as the their own time. The log is to help you think and work your schedule more effective- who would eventually succeed him as the corporation’s chief Your ly. time will butifonly if you’re find outofficer. if you’re doing it is to ask other people. Your use time use willimprove improve but only you’re diligent in keep- to executive Collectively, the company reduced crises and ing in a time log on yourself every diligent keeping a time logday.on yourself every Effective executives regularly ask, “What doclerks I do other “what to do?” dilemmas down to a routine where could manage them. The founder’s definition of routine meant day. To improve your use of time, you must find and stop doing tasks that wastes your time and takes you away from unskilled people without judgment were now skilled to do what shouldtobe doing?” To be that don’t need to be done by you. Ask yourself the question, what it tookyou a near-genius do before. The system put able in placeto wasask a “What if I didn’t do this?”or “What if Tammy did this instead of systematic, step-by-step process that the founder felt was the best To improve your use of time, you must find and this question and get an honest answer in return me?” If the answer to the 1st question is “nothing”, then stop it. approach for all of his dealerships. stop doing tasks that to bethen done If the answer to the 2nd don’t questionneed is, “Tammy”, have by her do means you’re an effective executive. it. Presently, you’re doing many things that will never be missed. About three years ago, I decided to reduce my working staff. you. Ask yourself the question, “What if I didn’t Afterwards, I was concerned the slimmed-down staff would be do this?”or “What if Tammy did this instead of Rise and systemize Extra-curricular activities outside of your business in the name of too small to do the work. I found out this isn’t the rule. I’ve is an excellent start. Ask is yourself, “Does this talked to many other businessmen that did the same thing that I’d me?” Ifbusiness the answer to theplace 1st toquestion “nothing”, activity contribute anything to my business or my self-improve- done around the same period. What we found out was a larger then stop it. If the answer to the 2nd question is, I have a good friend who works for one of the ment?” Begin to learn how to say, “No.” I’ve found out that I’ve work force spends more time interacting rather than working. “Tammy”, then tohave her asdoa it. Presently, effective business organizations thatyears I know been invited functions polite gesture andyou’re the invitee most Today, we’re far more productive than we were three ago thought I’d turn down the invitation, and didn’t know what to do and we’re doing more work with less people. doing many things that will never be missed. with me when I showed up. Think of it this way, what if you were inundated of withyour extra-curExtra-curricular activities outside ricular invitations and offers that you couldn’t possibly fulfill? business name business excellent Your in onlythe option wouldof be to file them inis thean waste paper basket. You did it because you had no alternative. Every invitation place to start. Ask yourself, “Does this activity should be looked at in this light, even if you get only one. contribute anything to my business or my selfimprovement?” Begin to learn media howhas tobeen say,promoting “No.” the For years, the business-to-business idea of delegating a busy executive’s crucial work. Delegating I’ve found out that I’ve been invited to functions my important work is wrong. I’m paid for doing the vital work. as a polite gesture and itthe I’d isturn It implies by delegating thatinvitee I’m lazy. thought The litmus test “what’s enough forand yourdidn’t time and what’swhat not.” to A meeting down important the invitation, know do where nothing is probably going to happen can be attended by with me whenelse. I showed someone Getting ridup. of such chores that can be handled by somebody else, so you can get back to what’s important is improving your effectiveness. Think of it this way, what if you were inundated with extra-curricular and offers thatexecutive you The biggest waste ofinvitations time is precipitated by the chief Record your time by keeping a daily time log. themselves. Executives waste the time of others as well as their couldn’t possibly fulfill? Your only option would Record your time by keeping a daily time log. own time. The way to find out if you’re doing it is to ask other be to file them in the wasteregularly paper basket. people. Effective executives ask, “WhatYou do I did do that wastes you your time you away from whatinvitation you should be it because hadand notakes alternative. Every doing?” To be able to ask this question and get an honest answer This is a fairly reliable symptom of overstaffing. A rule of thumb shouldin be looked at inanthis light, even if you get of. It’s a family-owned auto dealership company. return means you’re effective executive. is if the business manager is spending more than 10% of their only one. They car dealerships across the country. The time own with personnel problems such as feuds, frictions, disputes, Rise and systemize and lack of cooperation departments, then thea work late-founder had thebetween foresight to realize long force is too large. People are getting in each other’s way. In a For years, has time ago that running a business would I have athe goodbusiness-to-business friend who works for one of media the most effective lean-and-mean machine,system people have roomeliminate to move business organizations that I know of. It’s a family-owned auto without tripping eachfounder other and can do their without been promoting the idea of delegating a busy wasting time.over The came upwork with his dealership company. They own car dealerships across the coun- having to explain it all the time. executive’s crucial work. Delegating my important concept when the same crises would happen yearwork Tell is wrong. I’m paid for doing the vital work. after-year. It was wasting his company’s time and them you saw it in MMM 28 www.TheMachineryFinder.com It implies by delegating it that I’m lazy. The litmus costing him money. test is “what’s important enough for your time and what’s not.” A meeting where nothing is probably He instituted a well-thought out system that was going to happen can be attended by someone else. hammered out by input from everybody from the Getting rid of such chores that can be handled floor-sweepers up to his son who would eventually by somebody else, so you can get back to what’s succeed him as the corporation’s chief executive important is improving your effectiveness. officer. Collectively, the company cont. on page 20 TELL them you saw it in MMM 17 www.TheMachineryFinder.com cont. from page 19 the resources to assist its customers in a number of ways, and I am looking forward to being a part of their team.” Press Release Prestige Equipment Announces the Addition of Fred Hochman, Co-Founder of North America’s Largest Machine Tool Financing Firm. P restige Equipment, a worldwide leader in buying and selling surplus equipment, industrial liquidations, and other industrial services, announced today that Fred Hochman, co-founder of Machine Tool Finance Corporation, has joined the firm as Director of Surplus Asset Programs and Director of Equipment Financing. of industrial-related services including appraisals, auctions, liquidations, and financing for its customers. “As part of the Prestige team, Fred will work with the many long-term relationships that he’s developed over the years, and create programs for Prestige to purchase or sell their surplus equipment on an ongoing basis,” said Mr. Lashin. “Fred will also familiarize potential customers with the many services that we can provide, as well as assist companies with their finance and banking questions. The primary focus of Prestige has always been a high-level of customer satisfaction and assurance, and Fred’s excellent reputation will enhance that.” “This is a perfect fit for us,” stated Prestige Vice President Paul Lashin, noting that Mr. Hochman began his career as part of a family-owned new and used machine tool distributorship before he co-founded Machine Tool Finance in 1985. By 1992 Mr. Hochman’s company, which was created to finance the U.S. machine tool industry, was financing more than $150 million dollars of new equipment annually Mr. Hochman commented about his own until it was sold to U.S. Bancorp, which it relationship with Prestige. “Both of our companies have known each other for remains a part of today. many years. I came from a professional Prestige Equipment is a New York-based and dedicated team of individuals and I worldwide provider and buyer of surplus am joining an organization that stands metalworking and fabricating equipment, out as a leader in the industry. The high with over 1,000 machines in inventory. professionalism at Prestige is the standard Prestige purchases entire plants, imports for the machine tool industry and Prestige new equipment, and provides a wide range also has cont. on page 20 TELL them you saw it in MMM 18 www.TheMachineryFinder.com Paul Lashin F o r F u r t h e r Prestige Equipment Information Contact: Vice President Brochures Work Stamping samples of a Michigan Fabrication Company Paul Lashin Prestige Equipment 35 Pinelawn Rd, Suite 203W Melville, New York 11747 paul@prestigeequipment.com T 631-249-5566 www.PrestigeEquipment.com "If a prospective customer can't come to your plant for an inspection, then bring the plant to them in a 4-color brochure." 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IF you could conserve a quarter of your day for the important tasks it would help you immensely. The answer is time management. When you’ve recorded and analyzed your time, you will know how much time you control. There are many options on how to implement this valuable resource: your quality time. Some executives will stay home and work for one day per week without any interruptions. constant motion. It’s not only keeping a time log and analyzing it but you must set deadlines for your time commitments or things won’t get done. When you’re running behind on your deadlines, then you know your time is slipping away. Time is the most valuable commodity you have. Unless you manage it properly, nothing else can be managed and management is your job. Your analysis of your time is the only way you can access your time and systematically analyze your work. This gives you the opportunity to think of the best way to use your time more effectively. 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