Time Management

Managing yourself isn’t easy. But follow these tips to help you achieve your personal goals in life and at work.

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Sort out your time. Keeping a diary sounds easy, but using it properly is harder. This means not just writing down records of meetings and appointments, but also notes that remind you to block out time for yourself and time for tasks. You can also record deadlines, a list of phone calls, and correspondence to send. This ensures that your diary is a powerful tool for prioritizing each day and getting things done. Then all you have to do is stick to it

List your life. Your TO-DO list is your best friend. Whether you use an electronic organizer, a Filofax, or just a notebook, list EVERYTHING you need to get done. If these tasks involve phone calls, write down the numbers. Then develop a system for prioritizing these tasks and take this list with you everywhere you go. This means that idle time need never be wasted because you can spend it doing odd jobs, such as making calls.

Be ruthless. Wouldn’t your life be simpler without people? Just think about what you could get done. People interrupt, change deadlines and take up your time, so you need to handle them effectively, or they will steal your time in a multitude of ways. Be ruthless, but nice. Tell them you’re too busy. Tell them you can’t. Tell them you’ll get back to them. Say ‘no’ to them nicely.

With these steps, you can better manage your time ask yourself this question what is best for you? Setting goals is another valuable way to do time management.