Here's how you can pinpoint and eliminate time-wasting activities with personal coaching.

My friend struggled with productivity and felt overwhelmed by his daily tasks. He decided to work with a personal coach to identify and eliminate time-wasting habits. The coach asked him to keep a detailed log of his day-to-day activities for a week, noting how much time he spent on each task. After reviewing the log, they found that he spent a lot of time on non-essential activities like social media browsing and unnecessary meetings. The coach helped him categorize his tasks into those that contributed to his goals and those that didn’t. With this clear picture, my friend intentionally cut down on time-wasting activities. He set specific times for checking social media and declined unproductive meetings.

Finding and eliminating time-wasting activities with personal coaching will involve a different kind of approach to increase productivity and focus. As a personal coach I work with clients to conduct a thorough analysis of their daily routines and tasks, identifying activities that do not contribute to their goals. I call these the critical tasks and objectives that will help them scale in life or business. This often includes keeping a time diary, setting priorities, and using tools like the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks based on urgency and importance. By creating awareness of how time is spent, I help clients recognize patterns of procrastination, unnecessary multitasking, and distractions.

Time Blocks. If you can think back to high school, you had specific classes you were required to be in at concrete times, without exception. Borrowing from that same school of thought, adults can utilize time blocks to complete xx task by essentially putting life on autopilot. If you set out to do xyz task, put it on your calendar and treat it just as important as any other work you desire to complete.

Matriz importante / urgente (Einsenhower), identificar tareas y tiempos, ponderar cuales estaban planificada y cuales no, identificar su aporte a los objetivos de corto y largo plazo, calcular el tiempo de lo no planificado y compararlo al tiempo libre en la agenda, ahí está tu primera brecha

In my opinion setting priorities is THE MOST effective way of freeing up some time. It can be done very quick. And its a powerful reminder that not everyone can be done at the same time. Everything is part of an underlying priority, even if its sometimes difficult to see.

Prioridad no es lo mismo que urgencia, la prioridad puede ser cuales tareas planifico para realizar primero, la urgencia no admite planificación, normalmente (asumiendo que es importante) implica inmediatez. Podemos no tener planificación pero si preparación para las tareas o situaciones urgentes.

It can be powerful when respected. I have seen loads of time blockers that are more nice-to-have. If you are setting time blockers, set the conditions for when those time blockers can be disrupted and WHEN NOT. Otherwise you might end up finding excuses regularly and your time blockers go to waste. To try out a very practical one: Create a lunch time blocker for 1 hour. Condition: having lunch without screens. See if you are able to respect this blocker for a months and observe where and when its difficult to keep the blocker. Explore with curiosity whats happening and reflect.

Considerar en la agenda ventanas libres según la cantidad de tiempo que el historial de actividades no planificadas tenga u trabajo.

The time it takes to organize a work environment is well worth it, as long as it doesn’t become a distraction in and of itself. Trying to find something that you need takes up an amazing amount of time, and we can find ourselves looking for the same things repeatedly. A personal life coach can help you to develop new habits that will help you to “work smarter not harder.”

Quick fix: eliminate meetings that you are: - not providing essential value - do not help you with your work This can be a powerful sign to yourself and others how time is valued.

Delegating ownership I feel is even more important than delegating tasks. Tasks = short term relief / lack of identification for task from receiver Ownership= long term / sustainable / higher identification and motivation for task by receiver

No. 1 thing I would do is letting go of things entirely. We overpromise, wear too many hats for multiple reasons. It is highly impactful to free oneself from non-critical functions or things that dont deliver high value in our lives.