--- title: "10 Things to Eliminate for a Highly Efficient Life" description: "Time waits for no one, so eliminate habits like indecisiveness, procrastination, and quitting halfway to boost your efficiency. This article lists 10 such habits to avoid." author: "New Distribution" publisher: "New Distribution" email: "zhaobo258@gmail.com" telephone: "+8615854817671" published: "2014-09-11" language: "en" canonical: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/10-things-to-eliminate-for-a-highly-efficient-life-54260f8c/" markdown: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/10-things-to-eliminate-for-a-highly-efficient-life-54260f8c.md" original_source: "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Qxr4kMEPa2JfcUonav688w" translation: "https://xinjignxiao.com/zh/articles/%E9%AB%98%E6%95%88%E7%8E%87%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E9%A1%BB%E6%9D%9C%E7%BB%9D%E7%9A%8410%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B-54260f8c.md" attribution: "New Distribution — https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/10-things-to-eliminate-for-a-highly-efficient-life-54260f8c/" usage_policy: "https://xinjignxiao.com/ai-policy.txt" --- # 10 Things to Eliminate for a Highly Efficient Life > Time waits for no one, so eliminate habits like indecisiveness, procrastination, and quitting halfway to boost your efficiency. This article lists 10 such habits to avoid. **Warm reminder: Click the blue text above to follow "FMCG Distributor Professional Consulting" for more marketing and distributor internal management insights.** Time waits for no one; it flies by in an instant. Get rid of inefficient habits like indecisiveness, procrastination, and quitting halfway. 1. Second Guess Decisions Indecisiveness Few decisions cannot be changed later if needed. Better to take action than wallow in inaction. Decisions can often be changed later if necessary. So, instead of being indecisive, move forward boldly. 2. Waste Time at the Proverbial Water-cooler Wasting time at the water cooler Some people waste a large percentage of their day "chatting it up" in the workplace. Instead, get your work done, and get out. Many people waste a large chunk of their workday gossiping at the water cooler. Instead, do this: fill your cup, turn around, and head back to your desk. 3. Check Email 50 Times Constantly refreshing your inbox I love it when someone asks, "Did you get my email?" Um, when did you send it? "Like 10 minutes ago." No. No, I didn't. Check email periodically when it makes sense in your schedule. And turn off those new mail dings and notifications. I love it when someone asks, "Did you get my email?" Um, when did you send it? "Like 10 minutes ago." No, I didn't. Only check email at set times when it fits your schedule. And turn off new email alerts. 4. Answer the Phone Answering the phone anytime I won't answer the phone while in the middle of something, meeting with someone else, or especially if I don't know who is calling. I won't answer the phone in the middle of something, like a meeting or a conversation; especially if it's an unknown number. 5. Wait For the Perfect Plan Waiting for the perfect plan before acting A good plan now always beats a perfect plan next week. Circumstances are never going to be perfect. Don't wait. A good plan today is far better than a more perfect plan next week. The environment will never be perfect, so why wait? Take action. 6. Attend Unnecessary Meetings Attending unnecessary meetings Meetings are the single biggest time-waster in the workplace. Practice the "right to decline" when you do not need to be in attendance. Meetings are undoubtedly the biggest time-waster at work. When faced with unnecessary meetings, learn to decline them appropriately. 7. Work During Meetings Working during meetings I will check my tech at the door during meetings. No open laptops. No phones or tablets. And no, you can't work during my meeting either. I usually check my devices between meetings. During meetings, I don't open my laptop, look at my phone, or use a tablet. Similarly, when others attend my meetings, they must do the same. 8. Put It Off Procrastination When it comes to the tasks I don't want to do, I will adopt a "Just Do It Now" attitude. Do those unsavory tasks early in the day and get them out-of-the-way. When I encounter tasks I don't want to do, I adopt a "let's just do it now" attitude. Get the unpleasant tasks done quickly, and you won't have to worry about them for the rest of the day. 9. Take On Unnecessary Tasks Accepting unnecessary task assignments I will say "No" where appropriate to tasks that are outside my domain. After all, you can't get your work done if you are doing everyone else's job. I will firmly say "no" to tasks outside my responsibilities. After all, if you can't even do your own work well, how can you do others'? 10. Start Before I Finish Quitting halfway I will complete tasks to done before starting new ones. Better to have finished the few important ones than to have started lots of little ones. I won't start new tasks until I finish the current one. First, complete the most important tasks; then the remaining trivial matters will be easier to handle. --- **Like this article? 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