Well, the survey is in the books. The results have been tabulated and analyzed. Now is the time to announce the Winner. Mark H. Granoff entered OfficeTime’s time waster survey and thanks to the power of random numbers, he is the winner. Congratulations!
Mark is using the desktop version of officeTime; he was very excited to receive his iPad.
“I like it! Use it all the time to track time on projects. I have to admit that I probably don’t take full advantage of it. The most important piece of OfficeTime, for me, is that actual time tracking. Very easy to use, very handy, very accurate for my needs! Keep up the great work on a great app!” he replied to us when asked to comment of the OfficeTime App.
In its fourth annual survey of freelancers, small business owners and professionals, OfficeTime.net asked over 1,200 people about how much time they spend on a variety of activities during the workday. The reigning “Top Time Killer” for the fourth straight year is Email, with Meetings coming in at a very close second place.
A key finding from this year’s survey is procrastination is a major obstacle to being productive. Nearly half of the respondents to OfficeTime’s survey said they feel they spend too much time putting off doing more productive or necessary tasks each day.
Respondents to this year’s survey were also asked why they waste time. “Feeling stressed” was cited as the biggest cause for wasting time, with 70% of respondents naming it as a reason. “Feeling uninspired” came in at second with 68% and “Unresponsive Clients” was third with 64%.
To improve the efficiency of communications and make it more productive, rather than another huge time killer, OfficeTime suggests focusing on what’s “most important.”
Until next time,
Yours truly,
Tommy Antonopoulos, Blogger for OfficeTime
PS: Get your no-cost trial the desktop version of our Time Tracking Solution at OfficeTime.net
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