Time Management for Labour Leaders Quiz

Apps meant expressly for ______ and productivity can be the worst offenders

We can silence our notifications some- times, but we can't make the infinite distractions of our new, hyperconnected reality go away ______

The best thing we can do to manage our own time during our workday is to set clear boundaries and use tested methods to make the most of our productive hours and save some energy for ______

A to-do list is one of the simplest ways to get ourselves organized and focused on our priorities for the ______

Virtually every smartphone today has some sort of note taking ______ built in

Being a labour leader could be a full-______ job by itself. But as we all know, we have to wear multiple hats. Not only do we have a lengthy list of responsibilities in our union, but we have our day jobs as well, to say nothing of family, household, and other responsibilities outside of work. Nearly half of all Americans feel as though they don't have enough ______ in the day, 48% to be exact. That's according to a Gallup poll published several years ago. The number has barely moved since 2001, and it's not all that different from Americans' perception of their ______ in the 1990s. Productivity among American workers across every economic sector outside of agriculture has more than quadrupled since the middle of the last century. But our ability to squeeze more value out of a working hour hasn't translated into us having more non-working hours, and as is so often the case, hasn't afforded us more ______ at work to slow down and finish our tasks to completion. The countless new apps and devices we have tools that only existed in the realm of science fiction for our parents and grandparents have been the single greatest factor in increasing our productivity. Yet they have done little, if anything, to give us back more of our ______ at least, not in any perceptible quantity. If anything, smart devices and the constant influx of apps provide new sources of interruptions rather than more productive ______.

Nearly half of all Americans feel as though they don't have enough ______ in the day, 48% to be exact. That's according to a Gallup poll published several years ago.

Productivity among American workers across every economic sector outside of agriculture has more than quadrupled since the middle of the last ______.

Our ability to squeeze more value out of a working hour hasn't translated into us having more non-working ______, and as is so often the case, hasn't afforded us more ______ at work to slow down and finish our tasks to completion.

The countless new apps and devices we have tools that only existed in the realm of science fiction for our parents and grandparents have been the single greatest factor in increasing our ______.