Let them see how their utilization (productive versus non-productive time) does exactly that.
It turns out there's only 10 minutes of productive time in any family meal, according to linguistics expert Lyn Fogle.
So, when my outdated smartphone costs me an extra hour at the airport, it feels a like an unnecessary waste of potentially productive time.
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Bad software leads to security vulnerabilities that vandals and thieves exploit, and wastes hours of productive time as techies desperately fix bugs in the code.
So, Mr. Prime Minister, thank you not only for the barbecue but for the opportunity to spend this very productive time at Number 10 with you and your team.
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He certainly had an easier and more productive time than at his next stop in Brussels, where the extent of transatlantic differences over what happens after the war was clear for all to see.
Nearly 90% of the time available during the budget session - March to May with a three-week recess in April - was productive, "significantly higher than the productive time registered in the last few sessions", according to PRS. Twelve bills were passed, and 17 new bills were introduced.
Personal Time: Some people like to be really productive with their personal time, volunteering in the community, writing books, knitting clothes, or taking classes.
That is neither a productive use of time or resources.
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But more that, state regulation allows utilities to put a premium price for solar when they consider bids because solar can be most productive during the time of the day when demand for electricity to run, say, air conditioning , is also higher.
They weren't entirely supportive, but we had a reasonably productive dialogue the entire time which we still have.
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But I love anything that makes me more productive and saves me time.
The rest of that wealth spills over to society at large as it becomes more productive and wealthier over time.
Like most monitoring programs, it also allows Mr. Daniels to see whether all his employees, including 16 office workers and 24 who work from home, are using their computer time in productive ways.
After the recession left millions jobless, some economists said they hoped that in lieu of work, Americans would spend more time on productive activities, such as volunteering or exercise, said Princeton economist Alan Krueger.
He urged ministers to press the Bank of England to deliver another round of quantitative easing, and to ensure that the money is "put to productive ends" this time instead of boosting bank profits.
Thanks to the Internet, individuals all around the world have more productive ways to spend free time.
Less use of the private sector might also mean clinicians are more productive while working on NHS time.
The travelling business owner with the tired eyes and the arthritic fingers who needs a productive work tool all the time?
Rather than spend a day travelling by bus to the nearest bank, recipients in rural areas can spend their time doing more productive things.
Rapid economic growth is required if the newly jobless are to find more productive ways to spend their time than rioting against the government.
The Middle East fell behind the West because it failed to produce commercial institutions most notably joint-stock companies that were capable of mobilising large quantities of productive resources and enduring over time.
Enabling workers to be productive from anywhere at any time allows people to be creative when it strikes, and work without constantly checking their watches or seeking to escape from their cubicles.
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Just from watching people who pull out their BlackBerrys, it seems to us that most of them are hiring it to help them be productive in small snippets of time that otherwise would be wasted, like reading e-mails while waiting in line at airports.
So I helped work with local churches in the region to -- and public school officials to get state funding for dropout prevention programs, and brought together African American and Latino leaders to help set up after-school programs -- because when we help keep kids off the street, when we give them a productive way to spend their time, then graduation rates go up.
This has been one of the most productive congressional work periods in some time.
Their life included a mix of physical activity, family involvement, travel and volunteer work, with the possibility of some part time work to feel productive.
Where water is scarce, the development of crop varieties that grow under conditions of low moisture or temporary drought could boost yields and lengthen the time that farmland is productive.
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