Thursday, February 14, 2013

Tips For Better Time Management

Today, it seems as though everyone is stretched thin between family, work, school, and other activities. Maybe it’s just that there are not enough hours in the day.Although it would be nice if we had an extra couple of hours added to our day, that is not going to happen. So how do we get everything done in an efficient and productive manner? It all comes down to time management. When we can manage our time, our everyday activities seem to become a little bit easier, and you never know. We may be able to even schedule in a little down time each day.

Richard Power Tyco has learned how to better manage his time throughout the years. Below are a few tips that can help you better manage your time. Thanks to the internet, there are thousands of sources of various time management tips to help you. Remember, just because one does not work for you does not mean that another won’t. Play around with these tips in order to find the best one to meet your needs so you can successfully manage your time.

  • Make a to-do list (electronic or paper). Put the most important item first and work down from there.
  • At the end of your day, review what you’ve done and make a new list for the next day. In order of importance.
  • Be ruthless about setting priorities. Make sure that what you think is important is really important.
  • Learn to differentiate between the important and the urgent. What’s important is not always urgent. What’s urgent is not always important.
  • Carry your to-do list with you at all times.
  • All things being equal, do the hardest, least fun thing first.
  • If a task takes less than five minutes, do it right away.

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