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You're Spending More Time on Work About Work Than Actual Work

Name: You're Spending More Time on Work About Work Than Actual Work
Uploaded: 2026-10-27T13:31:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 56 s
Description: Stephen Yoss reveals how most professionals spend 50% of their day on meta work—emails, approvals, scheduling—instead of actual productive tasks. Discover why broken processes cost you more than you realize, and learn how automation and agentic systems can reclaim your focus. Start by auditing where your time really goes.

3:56 · A clip from K2's Taking the Load Off You - Automation in Office 365, taught by Tommy Stephens

Stephen Yoss reveals how most professionals spend 50% of their day on meta work—emails, approvals, scheduling—instead of actual productive tasks. Discover why broken processes cost you more than you realize, and learn how automation and agentic systems can reclaim your focus. Start by auditing where your time really goes. From the course “K2's Taking the Load Off You - Automation in Office 365” (2 CPE credits, Information Technology, Basic): https://www.cpetoday.com/course/k2s-taking-the-load-off-you-automation-in-office-365-26c01452 Taught by Stephen Yoss — Speaker & Author, CPE Today. More from Stephen Yoss: https://www.cpetoday.com/instructor/stephen-yoss CPE Today offers live webinars, Live Replays and self-study for CPAs and accounting professionals. NASBA-sponsored (ID 167619) and an IRS-approved CE provider. https://www.cpetoday.com/ #Office365 #Automation #Productivity

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