Stop Wasting Time in 2026 (Do This Instead)
About This Video
Time is the one resource you can't earn back, yet most professionals leak hours daily through habits they barely notice. Amy Landino takes a hard look at the time-wasting patterns that have become normalized in modern work culture --- from context-switching between apps to meetings that should have been emails to the always-on notification culture that fragments attention into unusable chunks. She doesn't just identify the problems; she provides replacement systems designed for how work actually operates in 2026, with distributed teams, async communication, and AI-augmented workflows. Landino shares her personal time audit methodology that reveals where hours actually go versus where you think they go, and walks through the process of redesigning your workday around energy management rather than clock management. The session covers how to use technology as a time multiplier instead of a time sink, including practical strategies for batching communication, setting boundaries that stick, and creating focus blocks that actually hold. Whether you're an individual contributor trying to ship more meaningful work or a leader modeling productive behavior for your team, this video helps you stop the slow bleed of wasted time and redirect those hours toward what creates real value.
What You'll Learn
- •How to conduct a personal time audit and uncover hidden hours lost to unconscious habits
- •The cost of context-switching and practical techniques to minimize it throughout your day
- •Energy management strategies that outperform traditional time management for creative and strategic work
- •Meeting reduction frameworks --- how to reclaim hours without losing cross-team alignment
- •Technology habits that transform devices from distraction engines into productivity multipliers
- •Boundary-setting scripts and systems that protect your focus time without damaging relationships
- •How to design an ideal work week that aligns your peak energy with your highest-impact work
