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What is a time leak? (And why every owner has one)

Big time-wasters you see coming. Time leaks you don't — they drip. And at the end of the week you're missing a day anyway.

Drips, not buckets

A time leak is never one big task. It's checking your email twelve times a day, typing the same answer three times, forwarding an invoice, retyping something. A few minutes each time — a workday a week. Because it's fragmented, it never feels like 'real work.' That's why it stays.

Why you don't see it yourself

Time leaks hide in habit. You've done it this way for years, so it no longer stands out. The test is simple: would you pay someone €65 an hour to do this? No? Then it's a leak — because that's exactly what it costs when you do it.

Measure leaks instead of guessing

Gut feeling says 'it's not that bad'; the numbers usually say otherwise. Map per category (email, quotes, invoices) how many hours go into it and multiply by your hourly rate. Shocked by the result? Good — then you know where to start.

Our time-leak scan does that measurement in four minutes and gives you a personal analysis. Free.

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