Consumers want to avoid wasting their money, but more importantly, they want to minimise their risk.

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The program keeps a record of all the information sent to avoid wasting bandwidth by re-sending the same webpages.

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Battles come all too frequently and are often tedious, and you'll find yourself using the Retreat command just to avoid wasting time.

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Avoid wasting time and energy by throwing yourself at brick walls.

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The only way to avoid wasting all that time is to reduce the number of distractions that actually get through to you during those times when you need to focus.

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To avoid spinning your wheels and wasting time, make sure you're on the same page as your manager.

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