Entrepreneurs Are Losing 1.5 Hours Every Day to ‘Wasted Time’ — and a New Productivity Killer Is Emerging. Are You Guilty of It?

Entrepreneurs across all generations are losing weeks of productivity each year to “wasted time,” according to new research.

The survey polled 2,000 U.S. small business owners, evenly split across generations, and revealed that the average respondent loses one hour and 36 minutes each day to tasks they deem unproductive.

This “wasted time” adds up to over three work weeks annually for small business owners.

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Commissioned by Slack and conducted by Talker Research, the survey revealed the top time-wasters that respondents deal with.

These include non-work-related distractions (57%), procrastination (47%) and the

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