Have you ever felt Unproductive... Then Manage your Time...

Do you ever felt that the 24 hours is not enough? Have you ever felt yourself unorganized? Then I guess I can give you some tips...

Possibly you may have a heavy workload and may be you want to find ways to become more effective and efficient so you can get more things get done in less amount of time. Maybe you feel plagued or “stressed out” and want to find ways to do less and enjoy more. Or maybe you purely want to feel more focused and in having power over of your time, instead of feeling like you rush madly from one to the next until you fall into bed pooped every night.

Time management is a set of principles or practices working together to help us get more value out of our time with the aim of improving the quality of our life. The important point is that time management is not essentially about getting lots of work done, because much more important than that is making sure that we are working on the right things, the things that truly need to be done. Elegant time managers know that there is much more to do than anyone could possibly complete. So instead of trying to do it all, they are very picky about how they spend their time. They decide to focus and use their time doing a few critical things that will really make a diversity, rather than killing all their time doing many unimportant things that don't really matter all that much.

Time management comes down to choices. Superior choices lead to superior results, while deprived choices lead to washed out time and energy. The good news is that time management skills can be learned and mastered by anyone. All it takes is practice and dedication. Like any other skill, you can learn time management the easy way or you can learn it the hard way. The hard way usually involves years of trial and error and lots of false starts trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. 

Does this make sense to you?

Now let’s see how can we manage our time? Initially you need to have a habit of writing things down. A frequent mistake made by any person is trying memorizing too much information. To maintain a TO DO list, write things down is a great way to take control and keep you organized. Then you need to prioritize your TO DO list, important things on top and rest comes next. Spend some time beginning of each day to plan your schedule for the day. This will increase productivity and balance your workload. One of the most important thing is that you should learn to say “NO”. Most of the times you get overloaded with work because you are over committed. Learn to say no to low priority requests but keep them noted and you will free up time to spend on things that are more important. How many times have you said yes to something you later regretted? Before committing to a new task, stop to think about it before you give your answer. This will prevent you from taking on too much work.

Next step is to identify your own bad habits. Make a list of bad habits that are stealing your time, sabotaging your goals, and jamming your success. After you do, work on them one at a time and systematically eliminate them from your life. Remember that the easiest way to eliminate a bad habit, it to replace it with a better habit. If you can’t manage your own time DO NOT DO OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK. DO NOT TRY TO BE A HERO FOR OTHERS, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SENSES END OF THE DAY!! Last thing which I have for you is avoid “Efficiency Traps” which means; being efficient doesn’t inevitably mean that you are being productive. Avoid taking on tasks that you can do with efficiency that don’t need to be done at all. Just because you are busy and getting things done doesn’t mean you are actually accomplishing anything significant.