 11 ways you are wasting time instead of doing what you need to be successful. The day is over and you feel so exhausted because, well, you've been busy all day. The question is, what have you been busy doing? Can it be measured or recorded in terms of success at the end of the day? Perhaps we should ask a more interesting question. Have you ever tracked how much time you wasted during an entire day? Benjamin Franklin said that if time is all of things, the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. The truth is that we all have just 24 hours. Yet, some people don't complain about the insufficiency of time. Neither do they use it as an excuse not to achieve their daily goals, which in turn helps them achieve their dreams. That ruled out. What activities help you waste your time so that you end up achieving nothing at the end of the day? In this video, I'll share with you 11 ways you're wasting time instead of doing what you need to be successful. This, I believe, will help you become a successful person. If you're new here, consider subscribing so that you won't miss other interesting videos like this. 1. Endlessly scrolling through social media Nearly every one of us falls into the category of people who waste valuable time because we want to take a glance at what other people are doing online. While it is an amazing and powerful tool that business owners in the past will wish they had at their disposal, I mean, that's how important it is to build a brand via social media. However, one can get easily distracted from taking into account all the interesting things that people do and post on their social media. And my friend, before you realize what is happening, you spend half the day doing nothing but going through social media. This doesn't mean you should get rid of your social media accounts, it only means that you should be able to call yourself to order whenever you notice you're getting carried away. Identify how social media can best benefit your business and stay focused while you're using it. 2. Complaining about one thing or the other Have you noticed that people who complain the most have nothing good to show for their lives? No remarkable success? Yet they go from place to place complaining about something the government isn't doing or pointing one or two things that are wrong with the economy and the likes. They never prefer or suggest possible ways out. They only talk, more like gossip, all day long. You see, complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least. Eckhart Toll, a German-born author, said and I quote, When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it. All else is madness. 3. Watching too much TV Watching TV does nothing for you. It's purely mind-numbing entertainment. This is 100% okay in moderation. It is a great way to shut off your brain and relax. However, you should be able to monitor it, not get carried away by it. Remember Ziggler's words about watching TV? Rich people have small TVs and big libraries. And poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Successful people don't invest their time in front of a TV screen because they know that it will end up doing nothing but waste their time. 4. Procrastinating How many things did you postpone till tomorrow in your mind? Now, it is tomorrow. How many of those activities have you ended up achieving? Procrastination is a time-thief. It makes you think, oh, it's just a simple task. Since it's an easy task, why aren't you doing it now? People who procrastinate a lot never get to achieve their goals when they ought to. Because they keep laying off what they should do today. 5. Multitasking I know it seems that multitasking can help you achieve so much at once. The truth, however, is that trying to do more than one thing at a time diminishes your productivity. Because the human brain isn't designed to multitask in if anything is slows down to switch between tasks. So, multitasking means that you are switching between two or several tasks without really focusing on any will not be as excellent as doing just one task at a time. 6. Hanging out with the wrong people Not only are you surrounded by the wrong set of people, now you are hanging out with them. Do you know what that means? A total waste of time. Because they don't have anything valuable to offer you. If anything, they steal your precious time. If you hang out with the right set of people, every second, minute or hour you spend with them will be worthwhile because you'll learn a lot about how to grow and become successful. Also, you'll be motivated to do more as far as achieving your dreams are concerned. 7. Constantly checking and attending to your emails Checking your email can waste a lot of time because like social media, it can also be one of the biggest time-sucking black holes. Every time your phone or device notifies you of a new email, your concentration is broken. You want to respond immediately and then you may find yourself trying to delete some unnecessary emails, arranging your inbox perhaps deleting some old emails and the likes before you know what's happening, you're out of time. 8. Not having a to-do list When you don't have a to-do list, it means you don't have a plan for how you intend to spend your day. You end up doing only the things you can remember and leaving some other important tasks because you didn't have them planned out. Also, because you have so much time in your hands, since you didn't have a to-do list for the day, you end up spending it on social media, hanging out with the wrong people and the likes, thereby wasting your time and the entire day. 9. Pointless meetings Meetings are meant for sharing information and making important decisions. However, they can end up being a total waste of time because of several back and forths, which might not even result in a conclusive arrangement. Also, the time it takes to meet and discuss a convenient meeting time can be exhausting and tiring. In the end, you might not end up picking an appropriate time until after a couple more trials. 10. Too many breaks You wait for every hour in the day to take a break and get your mouth busy or something. It looks like a short break, say 10 minutes. However, imagine accumulating 10 minutes every hour without calculating the extra time it will take you to get settled and back to your work mode. 11. Ignoring your mental exhaustion Even though there's a lot to be done, a lot to achieve, we're still constrained by the number of hours we have per day. In the end, we find ourselves bearing the responsibilities of doing so many things without taking our time to rest a bit. Eventually, you become more vulnerable to distraction and likely to find it difficult to concentrate. Hence, you're not able to achieve all the things that you ought to. If you aren't mentally prepared to do good work, you aren't going to be successful. So, do yourself a favor. Invest in self-care. That time you spend doing it will earn you a dividend when you are fully rested. Conclusion To achieve your dreams and stop wasting your time, start by setting goals for yourself and then taking each goal one step at a time, you'll be able to achieve your goals. Also, be conscious of time-eaters and wasters so that you can stay away from them when you find yourself indulging. Thank you very much for watching our videos. We'll like to give you another interesting video for you to enjoy next, but before then, our team will be very happy if you can like this video and share it with your friends on social media. 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