Even assuming you weren't effective - why would anyone care? At all? Unless you are heading to a meeting instantly or opening the store or whatever, why does 5

Even assuming you weren't effective - why would anyone care? At all? Unless you are heading to a meeting instantly or opening the store or whatever, why does 5 minutes matter? Why does 10 minutes matter? Even 10 minutes every single working day shaved off would be <= 2% time lost. It really is negligible. You're not going to suddenly turn around your productivity by adding a few minutes to your work day. Most of us spend more than that making coffee.