The Top 10 low-value uses of time 1 Things other people want you to do 2 Things that have always been done this way 3 Things you’re not unusually good at doing 4 Things you don’t enjoy doing 5 Things that are always interrupted 6 Things few other people are interested in 7 Things that have already taken twice as long as you originally expected 8 Things where your collaborators are unreliable or low quality 9 Things that have a predictable cycle 10 Answering the telephone