Have you ever sat at your computer for hours and then wondered where the day went? Perhaps you spent more time on Facebook and Twitter than you realized. Now there is a way to tell exactly where your minutes went.
I recently tested a program called Chrometa that will tell you exactly what happened with your day. The minutes spent on each program and on each website are chronicled. It is an interesting tool to use if you are looking for ways to build in more productivity. For example, one general time management tool is to group similar activities. Processing your email in a batch and then returning phone calls, versus bouncing back and forth between the two, can increase productivity fourfold. You may think that you are already doing something along those lines, and then, upon reviewing the Chrometa results, find that you instead jumped around far more than you thought.
The program would be a good check to perform on a random day once a week to see if you notice any changes in habits when you are “accountable” for the minutes spent. It’s one way of ensuring that you are getting the results from good time managment training.
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1 Brett Owens // Sep 1, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Thanks for sharing your insights Denise! We were honored to have you test our product, and are very glad the product was useful for you.
Great point re: batching/grouping of activities – that is something I’ve tried to become more and more conscious of. Ironically the wake up call for me was the 1st time I reviewed Chrometa’s timeline of my actions…I realized I never stayed on any task for longer than a minute or two!
Grouping tasks has helped a great deal in getting more done, and feeling less stressed. So I would definitely recommend your great time management training to anyone who is also feeling stressed and not as productive as they should be!
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