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1. Plan: What is your vision? What are the goals that you have set for yourself? Do you break down your goals into monthly, weekly, and daily tasks? Always carry with you a daily to-do list. It is a great tool to get things done.
2. Prioritize: Attend to a few important things in your to-do list especially those that are urgent and important.
3. Practical: Do not cram too much work in a day. Don’t create stress for yourself. Aim to work less and achieve more.
4. Proactive: Taking proactive steps is like taking preventive measures. As an example, a maintenance manager will devise a program to do routine servicing and checking of the plants and machinery. He will not allow a piece of machine to be out of order and go into an emergency situation. Putting out the fire is not his style of management Likewise, it is necessary to do continuous learning in order to hone your expertise. It is not urgent but it is important. The thing is that when an opportunity arises you are ready.
5. Practice: Planning and prioritizing are well and good but if you don’t put into action, nothing is going to happen.
6. Punctual: Go to work on time or be at the workplace earlier. Be on time for meetings and appointments. When you are late you waste not only your time but other people’s time as well. It does not reflect well on you.
7. Procrastinate: Do it now. Time is too precious to be wasted by delaying carrying out what you should be doing. Think of all the benefits of getting things done every day. It is a good habit in time management.
Manage your time more effectively with the 7 P’s.
Perhaps best considered as part of "Practice", one of the key skills in time management is understanding where your time is being spent. There are many tools that will help you with this, especially with understanding how your computer time is spent (and in particular how long you're spending on "non-productive" tasks - it can be surprising!)
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I love this .. It helps me understand the weakness in me and how my time is being wasted. Thank you.
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