Today, in the corporate world, the term 'time management' is used quite often. With the increasing demands in the market, efficient management of time becomes important to accomplish a task or goal in the allotted time with absolutely no error. Most of you have employed various strategies or techniques to succeed in managing time. Remember one thing! Unless and until you don't commit to change, you cannot yield the expected results. Also, time management is about you controlling the environment and not the other way round.
Your time management doesn't stop with planning, proper execution and monitoring should also be done. There might be a circumstance arise, where you have to coordinate with other departments. In such cases, you can be confident if you are good at time management. When a task or a project is assigned to you, break it into small, achievable goals. Set a deadline for each goal and come up with an efficient action plan to achieve it. If a task was not completed within the set time, analyze which is the hindering factor, whether it is the resource, skill, or external factors.
Organizing your work would prove to be beneficial in time management. For this, maintain a to-do-list (task list), categorize the work based on priorities, daily, weekly, and monthly. If you plan to perform a task at a specific time, stick to it. You can maintain the task list in a piece of paper, a notepad, or in your PDA, it is simply as per your convenience. Web-based task list applications are also available for this purpose. Strike out or check it off once you have completed the listed task.
Delegation is other important strategy in time management. It is true that you singlehandedly cannot accomplish a task or project. You would surely have people to work with, and it is better to delegate some of the work to your team members. Now, you can focus on the chore works, rather than spending time on works of least importance. The person who receives the work is also benefited, as he/she can be equipped to move up in the ladder. Even, you get an opportunity to move up, when your sub-ordinate can take up your job.
If you are addicted to email, try changing your approach. If you have set automatic alert on receiving messages, then its time to deactivate it. This is because, mail checking could consume much of your work hours and delay your work. You can decide when to check mails, say once you log in, before or after lunch, and an hour before you leave for the day.
It would be wise if to attend a formal time management training program. There are organizations that conduct real-time workshops on time management for different industrial sectors. You can approach them to have a training session to learn how to be more productive, beat stress, and enjoy the work.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Procrastination - The Improper Management of Time By Stephen Zaba
There is the time spent that creates abundance and prosperity, the time spent that you cherish and lingers long in the memory and then there is procrastination, the improper management of time. I am sure there is no doubt in your mind that you would rather spend your time doing the first two and definitely disregard the third.
The unfortunate thing is though we do not mean to procrastinate our time away, we either do not recognize that we are doing it and basically just cannot help ourselves. Have you ever had something either urgent or important to accomplish? It probably is something that takes you out of your comfort zone and would rather leave it for another day or you might even wish it would go away completely. To be perfectly honest, you know it won't. I bet you end up doing something totally unproductive and not even necessary.
You have guessed it! This is procrastination with a capital P. Commonly known as the improper management of time or the enemy of success. It is vital that you face things head on, no matter how uncomfortable they may seem. It will create a discipline that so many fail to realize and by doing so, you will not only be facing up to your own fears, but meeting procrastination head on.
There is nothing really to fear, it is just facing up to the fact that this improper management of time is taking you nowhere fast. The first thing to do is look at the things you are doing each and every day and recognize if your time cannot be better spent. It might not be obvious at first to you that procrastination is a big part of your life. If you like, write down the events and activities of your day. Analyze them and decide which and what might be better being removed from your life completely.
Are there things in your life that you want to change or even achieve? What do you need to do to accomplish these? Well I am sure you realize that a proper time management plan is in order and one that prioritizes saving time, not wasting it. This is probably the most important life skill in changing old habits and ultimate achievement.
There is an abundance of information on procrastination and good time management. The beauty is a lot of it is of no cost to you and you will never stop learning, as there is always new developments and techniques being introduced.
If you enjoyed this article from Stephen Zaba and would like to receive more information on how to achieve a successful mindset and learn time management principles that really work, then please visit: http://www.mindsetinmotion.com and receive a 5 day e-course and a complementary set of classic audios.
The unfortunate thing is though we do not mean to procrastinate our time away, we either do not recognize that we are doing it and basically just cannot help ourselves. Have you ever had something either urgent or important to accomplish? It probably is something that takes you out of your comfort zone and would rather leave it for another day or you might even wish it would go away completely. To be perfectly honest, you know it won't. I bet you end up doing something totally unproductive and not even necessary.
You have guessed it! This is procrastination with a capital P. Commonly known as the improper management of time or the enemy of success. It is vital that you face things head on, no matter how uncomfortable they may seem. It will create a discipline that so many fail to realize and by doing so, you will not only be facing up to your own fears, but meeting procrastination head on.
There is nothing really to fear, it is just facing up to the fact that this improper management of time is taking you nowhere fast. The first thing to do is look at the things you are doing each and every day and recognize if your time cannot be better spent. It might not be obvious at first to you that procrastination is a big part of your life. If you like, write down the events and activities of your day. Analyze them and decide which and what might be better being removed from your life completely.
Are there things in your life that you want to change or even achieve? What do you need to do to accomplish these? Well I am sure you realize that a proper time management plan is in order and one that prioritizes saving time, not wasting it. This is probably the most important life skill in changing old habits and ultimate achievement.
There is an abundance of information on procrastination and good time management. The beauty is a lot of it is of no cost to you and you will never stop learning, as there is always new developments and techniques being introduced.
If you enjoyed this article from Stephen Zaba and would like to receive more information on how to achieve a successful mindset and learn time management principles that really work, then please visit: http://www.mindsetinmotion.com and receive a 5 day e-course and a complementary set of classic audios.
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