Personal Care is the Weak Link in Corporate Performance


The Time-Optimized Newsletter

Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 198)

If you only read one sentence:

Your body isn't a side project — and according to this year’s TMA data, ignoring personal care is quietly costing people 10–12% of their overall performance.

This Week’s Action Step (2 minutes)

Look at tomorrow’s calendar and choose one of the following to commit to:

  • Add one 5-minute break (every hour if you can).
  • Go to bed 30 minutes earlier.
  • Schedule one 20-minute walk.

Circle it. Protect it. Do it.
Small time investments = big time returns.


Personal Care is the Weak Link in Corporate Performance

The latest TMA Year-End Report showed something striking:

Personal care ranked dead last in all five categories — sleep, breaks, and exercise were the lowest-scoring attributes of the entire assessment. In fact:

Average sleep score: 35/100

Breaks: 53/100

Exercise: 53/100

Why This Matters Today

That means the average professional is operating at roughly 50% of optimal physical readiness on any given day.

What To Do About It

Avoid false starts, go deep to eliminate rework, guard against time traps, and create margin for when it matters.

Read the Feature

This week’s article breaks down the full TMA dataset on personal care — why scores are low, how it impacts performance, and what people can do today to improve sleep, breaks, and exercise with very little time investment.


Free Resource of the Week

The 2025 Time Management Analysis (TMA) Year-End Review reveals the hidden habits, patterns, and distractions behind lost productivity — and how small shifts can unlock major performance gains.


Time Insight of the Week

Your personal care habits determine the quality of your time more than the amount of your time.

Most professionals think they need more hours.
But the TMA data shows the real issue: we’re operating at 50% of our physical and cognitive capacity because sleep, breaks, and exercise are chronically under-prioritized.

You don’t need more time — you need a better version of yourself showing up to the time you already have.


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