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TOP 7 WAYS TO BECOME A BETTER TIME MANAGER
(you can't manage time, you can only manage yourself)
1. Sell your TV. The average Westerner watches 20 hours
a week - the equivalent
of 26 workweeks each year!
2. Prioritize your tasks. 30% of your tasks give 70% of the
value in your life -
recognize which ones these are and do
them first. (The 20/80 rule isn't really that clear cut - it's more like 30/70.)
3. Inventory your time spent for two weeks (ok then, just start
with three days)
and see where you spend inordinate amounts
of time. This one is really valuable
- do try it.
4. Recognize your personality and specific tendency for wasting time. For
example, if you are outgoing, you will probably
spend too much time socializing
- phone, drinks, etc.
5. Spend the last 15 minutes of each working part of your day preparing for the
next. Then stick to it tomorrow.
6. Do tasks in groups - phone calls together, signing all post
and checks
together, etc; less time spent switching back
and forth.
7. Give yourself uninterrupted time. Don't answer the phone
and don't see
people. Concentrate and finish the task.
Time management is really life management, priority management,
personal management, management of yourself. People who value
themselves highly allocate their time carefully They give their time
usage a lot of thought. When you love your life, you love every
minute of it. You are very careful about misusing or wasting any
of the precious minutes and hours of each day
When you begin to manage your priorities and your life more carefully
you begin to place a higher value on every minute and every hour. You begin to place a higher value on yourself and your life as well.
The better you manage yourself (not your time) and your priorities, and the
more you say no to "shoulds", the better
you "manage" your time.
