How to stop wasting time chit chatting at work

1 pointSoulMan3 comments

This is a real prolem. Laterly I have realised that I commute for 2 houts, meetings for 3 hours, lunch and then banter for 3 more hours, mostly about stock market, crypto currencies and random topics with coleague. And back home make up for the work else I wouln't have anything for standup next day (Scrum makes sure you are humilated ). Any tips to get out of this?

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It's not about avoiding or saying no to chitchat, but taking positive control over your time. Focus on doing something rather than on not doing something.

Give pomodoro a try. This will provide structure to your time and if you get off track, give you opportunities to get back on track.

Two words: remote work

Well, of course that would help. I am allowed to work from home occasionally with some reason as per my company culture. However usually there is one F2F meeting/interview that I have to take for which I need to go.

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