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Power Tools

for Time

Management

Imagine you’re a secretary. (Yes, that term is becoming
obsolete. But play along. You’ll see why.)

Your first job today: to send out 10 identical letters to 10
clients. You insert two sheets of stationery into your type-
writer, with carbon paper in between. You type the first
letter, making sure you have the person’s name, address,
and salutation exactly right. Fortunately, you type about
80 words a minute, so you’ll finish the first letter in about
five minutes. Then again, you’re not perfect; you’ll proba-
bly make about five typos. But there’s this wonderful new
invention: a piece of chalky white paper that you can
place over a mistake. Just type the same letters onto the
paper, the mistake under it disappears, and then you type
the correct spelling onto the stationery. So, realistically, it
will take you about 10 minutes to do that letter and its
envelope.
You follow the same procedure for the remaining nine let-
ters, since each will be addressed differently. Total time for

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