#management #time #measure > The first step toward executive effectiveness is therefore to record actual time use. Systematic time management is therefore the next step. One has to find the non-productive time-wasting activities and get rid of them if one possibly can. 1. identify and eliminate the things that need not be done at all - the things that are a pure waste of time without any results whatsoever. 2. do only your work -- which of the activities on my timeclock could be done by somebody else just as well, if not better? 3. what are my own time-wasters that contribute nothing to effectiveness? Effective executives start out by estimating how much discretionary time they can *realistically* call their own.