| How many of us really know how much time does | | | | |
| it take for us to take a shower? This is a | | | | 5. How much time can you keep talking to a |
| daily routinities which we do everyday, but | | | | group of people? |
| sometimes we really under-estimate the fact | | | | |
| that the time consumes in this activities can | | | | 6. How much time do you need for a smoke? |
| disturb our whole agenda. In this article we | | | | |
| will learn how a small small thing in life is | | | | 7. How much time do you need to have a cup of |
| actually our time killers. | | | | coffee? |
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| When you say I need a shower what exactly are | | | | 8. How much time do you take to sign a paper? |
| you talking about? If you mean to just step | | | | |
| under the shower with your clothes off, turn | | | | 9. How much time do you need to read a |
| on the shower, soak yourself thoroughly and | | | | printed document A4 size? |
| dry yourself after turning off the shower | | | | |
| then you are right. But if you are talking | | | | 10. How much time do you need to send an |
| about shampooing and conditioning your hair, | | | | email? |
| using soap and body shampoo on your body, | | | | |
| then it is a different story. This is going | | | | No, no I cannot give you the correct answers. |
| to take you nearly half an hour and is not a | | | | There are no correct answers as such. It |
| shower but an elaborate bath. | | | | varies form person from person. I like my |
| | | | coffee cold. That means I let it stand for |
| So you should be well aware of what you are | | | | five minutes before I drink it. And then I |
| talking about and mention the time | | | | just gulp it down in 5 seconds. But that is |
| accordingly.Just like the shower, you should | | | | by no way the right way to drink coffee and I |
| have a good estimate of the time that you | | | | cannot tell you that the correct time for a |
| need for various activities. | | | | coffee break is 5 minutes 5 seconds. |
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| Let see whether you know how much time you | | | | That was not the purpose of this exercise |
| need for the following actions. | | | | anyway. What we were trying to do is to find |
| | | | out whether you have a more or less good idea |
| 10 actions done at every office | | | | about how long you take for each of the above |
| | | | mentioned actions. If you do, then you are |
| 1. How much time do you take to draft a short | | | | quite time conscious. If you do not, then you |
| letter? | | | | had better start working on it with a stop |
| | | | watch right away. |
| 2. How much time do you take to type a short | | | | |
| letter? | | | | Once you understand how long you take for the |
| | | | various activities that comprise your work, |
| 3. How much time can you take for a paper | | | | you will be a better position to understand |
| presentation? | | | | how long you will need to accomplish tasks |
| | | | and naturally you will be able to manage your |
| 4. How much time can you take for a seminar? | | | | time better. |