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Are You Making the Best Use of Your Time?


ask the visitor "How can I help you?" instead of "How are you?" or "What's up?"

  • Tell the individual you have only a few free minutes and suggest scheduling a mutually convenient time to continue the conversation -- in his or her office where you can control the length of the meeting. If the visit was purely social, the person will be highly unlikely to take you up on that offer.

  • Use concluding phrases such as "I think we've covered everything" and "If that's all, I have other pressing business to get back to."

  • When a particular person repeatedly interrupts you, make it a point not to look up from what you are doing. If you consistently continue to read, write, or type when he or she visits, the message that you are too busy for (or not interested in) chit-chat will very quickly get across.

    • After implementing some of the strategies described in this article, take a moment to revisit the question posed earlier: Why do you spend your time the way that you do? Your answer is now more likely to be focused on you -- your goals, your career, and your success -- and less on outside factors and other people. Isn't the point of time management, after all, to make the items on your "wish list" a reality?

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