Here are 4 ways Time Tracking helped me, and can potentially help you: But I have the feeling that this will play a major role in our company success, as it already significantly increased my personal productivity and satisfaction with how I use my time, my most valuable resource. If there is, I really would like to share/benchmark our data, and compare insights. I do not know if there is any other founder in the world, who tracked every task/activity of his/her own time from the very beginning of the start-up. But over time, I got so used to it that it turned into a number one personal productivity tool for me. At first, it felt really weird and difficult. When I read this article, it was the first couple days of starting my consulting company, Supply Chain Wizard, and I decided to give it a try with Toggl (app that Jim is using).
It’s been an eye-opening experience–and one that has really helped me focus” Quoting Jim directly: “Tracking my time is something I just started to do recently. Therefore, seeing productivity tips from him many years later in this article immediately got me hooked. When I was listening to his story of how they turned around Delta’s performance from near-bankruptcy situation, I remember admiring Jim and his leadership skills. I first saw Jim Whitehurst in 2007 as a speaker at a conference at Georgia Tech, when he was the COO of Delta Airlines. See Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst’s 10 productivity tips at the Inc Magazine (by Jeff Haden). Otherwise, who in the world would keep track of the time of every single activity? Well, I do it for the last ~120 days (~2900 hrs), continuously. You might think that I lost my mind or something is wrong with me. …and back to hotel in Philly close to mid-night.1 hr 39 min of beer & chat with a friend in downtown Princeton, NJ.2 hrs 42 min of another client meeting over dinner in Wayne, PA.1 hr 13 min of meeting with consulting partners in Yardley, PA.12 min of lunch (a nice Gyro on Route 1 in New Jersey).2 hrs of client visit in New York to kick-off a project.25 min of morning preparation, and off to first client visit in NY.4 min of exercise was enough to get me energized.6 hrs 31 min of sleep, and my day started in Philadelphia, PA.And it turned out to be a terrible route, but a fun & productive day. Please, do not try to make sense of the route (or lack thereof), as it was mostly last minute meetings put together on the fly. Today, I drove my car for 8 hours and 33 minutes, mostly in circles.