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If this describes you, then you more than likely work with the creative world, where there is never enough time.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe you aggravate the situation just a little. Perhaps you have some time bandits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Phone \u2013 the instant messaging apps, the calls\u2013 work, friends, family. The phone keeps pinging every few moments. You keep checking and responding to seemingly harmless queries, stealing a few more precious minutes of your day.<\/li>\n<li>The e-mails \u2013 every issue is urgent, true! Every single issue needs to be addressed but can it wait till you get some work out of the way? No you probably stop, address that issue and lose your train of thought while for a document whose deadline is in 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>The calls, the phone has rung again, client x wants you to undo hours of work with one phone-call, just like that, the chances of this project being a success is dimming. Will I even be able to finish this piece before within 20 minutes?<\/li>\n<li>The meetings, numerous meetings to discuss miniscule details that could have been resolved by mail or skype or some other cool app that has teleconference capabilities. Nope, just lose a few more hours of your day.<\/li>\n<li>Eating is also a waste of time. No just kidding. Please eat, and keep hydrated \u2013 water is your best friend.<\/li>\n<li>The slow internet, crawling, slowing your work process down.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re only the most important people in our lives: the boss, colleagues, family and friends. \u201cGot a minute?\u201d they ask.\u00a0And just like that, you\u2019re robbed again of something valuable that you can never retrieve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re like most people, you lose three to five hours every day due to interruptions<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Worse yet, you don\u2019t realize your time has been stolen. So how do you stop the time hemorrhaging like that? You can find out from our piece on \u2018<em>Arresting The Time Bandits\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Article credit is to \u20183 Steps to Recovering Stolen Time: Confront Your Time Bandits, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/\">http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You always have work, all the time, you work long hours, even weekends. 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