What gets in the way? (What else have you seen?)
On a plane recently, I started writing some of the "blocks to productivity" I have seen and/or experienced. Here is a short list - I'd like to hear what ones you've seen or heard of...
Make and keep a “mental” to-do list, and get distracted by both little AND big things
Dive into e-mail first thing in the morning
Schedule meetings for the first 2 hours of the day
Skip breakfast
Get overwhelmed by how much there is to do
Avoid key conversations and opportunities to clarify objectives with others
Other...: www.WhereIsWomack.com
Continuing to do use the same self-management techniques, even if they're not helping?
Posted by: Matthew Cornell | August 06, 2007 at 04:37 PM
Starting a 10 minute action, then after 5 minutes starting another 10 action.
In other words, getting distracted and starting something new before I have fished and closed loops.
Posted by: Christopher Scott | August 03, 2007 at 06:09 PM
A personal one of mine:-
Failure to re-engage following an interruption. Instead I have a tendancy to follow-up the interruption or even do something else entirely.
Posted by: Andy | August 03, 2007 at 12:19 PM
To add to Tore's comment, having a feed reader open, such as Feedburner, Technorati or Sage for Mozilla Firefox, is a huge distraction and time-waster. And yet I am virtually powerless to stop.
Posted by: Tyler | August 03, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Ah ha! I'll add that one to the list, thank you!
Posted by: Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA | August 03, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Hi!
You have a very good list there, but my biggest productivity blocker is missing:
Reading news on the web first thing in the morning.
Tore.
Posted by: Tore | August 03, 2007 at 10:52 AM