How many meetings started a few minutes late yesterday?
Wait "on hold" when you called someone on the phone?
Arrive somewhere early, anticipating traffic?
One of the ways people improve their productivity and workplace performance is to be ready for these little breaks during the day when you "thought" you'd be doing something else. Taking advantage of "lost time" means you're able to move from one thing to the next, being as focused as possible on the MITs (those Most Important Things). There are a few ways you can always be ready:
In your world, what is lost time? How do you manage it?
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