How Do You Use Your “In-Between Time”?

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We can enjoy the luxury of getting valuable little things done by clustering them with other activities. For example, Roger Castle of Kingsport, Tennessee, wrote me, “As a minister, my time is a precious commodity. I like to use the time in the early morning as I eat cereal before work to read some scripture and mark them for more thorough scrutiny.”

Jim Scicchitano of Woodstock, Georgia, also enjoys the luxury of in-between time. “In my business,” said Jim, ” I always have to adapt to everyone else’s schedule, so I take advantage of down time to do paperwork, research, or to take time out to relieve stress.”

Glenn Boyce, with a San Francisco engineering firm, doesn’t fume when others are late for meetings. He fully utilizes the “extra” time. Glenn says, “I make every effort to be on time for meetings. Others do not. Knowing this, I grab the mail from my in-box before going to the meeting. In the meeting room I start going through my mail. This generally takes me five minutes. This technique provides two advantages:
1. I’m seen as being on time.
2. I get work done while waiting on others.”

Thanks, Roger, Jim and Glenn for those smart examples of how we can enjoy the luxury of getting valuable little things done by clustering them with other activities.

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How Do You Use Your “In-Between Time”?

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