Shift Your Drive Time for Higher Productivity
Have you ever thought that shifting your schedule a little can free up a lot of valuable, productive time for yourself? For example, I have discovered that if I leave my house at 6:45 a.m. it takes me 30 minutes to drive to downtown Atlanta, but if I leave 15 minutes later it takes me an extra 30 minutes because of the glut of drivers who also leave at 7 a.m.
When I asked for her smartest time management idea, Linda Rice Chapman, an assistant city attorney in Miami, shared this with me: “I am a single mom with a 25 mile commute to work on an extremely busy highway. I go to work very early to avoid traffic. I’m at my desk at 6:30 a.m. I cut my drive time in half and also get 80% of my daily work done by the time the phones start ringing. I’m an attorney with a lot of research and writing to do. I realize this approach would not work for everyone, but I’m managing to save about five hours of driving time a week — and in working uninterrupted for hours at a time, I’m consistently the most (I believe) productive attorney in every office in which I have worked.”
Linda, I bet you are. Thanks for sharing your smart example with us. Listeners, I invite you to e-me with your smart tips, tools and techniques for how you boost your productivity.
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