Time Management

In order to do work, we all need time. Many people who have high work demands think they have to work harder and longer. Therefore they spend a lot of their time and energy in their work and ignore their other needs. They become rushed, pressed for time and always have many things they want to do but cannot. Symptoms of people who are pressured by time are :

-. They look busy
-. They become irritable
-. They become critical of others
-. They look for excuses for what is happening

Your time is one of your most valuable resources. You have the opportunity to make it whatever you want. Take into account your personal needs and start controlling your time instead of letting it control of you.

Here are some general guide lines which should help you manage your time efficiently :

-. Set up a fixed daily routine. Schedule your definite times for definite matters.

-. Do the things that require maximum brain capacity when you are at your best.

-. When you start a piece of work, finish it. If you split it up too much, you waste time warming up each time you start again.

-. Think first, and then act. You must consider the decision making process first before you do anything.

-. Avoid time-wasters.

A time waster is a cunning enemy which creeps upon all of us quietly and unsuspectingly. It will absorb more and more of your valuable time, until you have been captured by it.

Be careful about making assumptions; perhaps you may not be true. Just like below statements that people assume they are right but actually they are false :

-. Most people are overworked, owing to nature of their jobs (false)
-. People at higher levels make better decisions (false)
-. Most people can solve their time problems by working harder (false)
-. Most of the ordinary daily activities don’t need to be planned (false)
-. Most people know how they spend their time (false)
-. Managing time does not allow for spontaneous actions (false)
-. The more urgent something is, the more important it is (false)

Your time management system should reflect your unique personality.