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Effective Time Management Strategies
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Article Overview: Effective time management is a skill or maybe an art. And from experience I know that it takes discipline, effort and commitment to make it work for you. It helps to know yourself. Are you a person that thrives under pressure or does a lot of pressure paralyze you?
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Effective Time Management Strategies
Know
what you want from your time
The proven way to do it is to set goals, and to set
them SMART. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Responsible, Timed) or SMERTIE
(Specific, Measurable, Evidence, Responsibility, Timed, Inspiring, Emotion)
Learn to see the
difference between urgent and important
The important tasks are those that lead you to your
goals, and give you most of the long term progress and reward. Those tasks are
very often not urgent. Many urgent tasks are not really important.
Know and respect
your priorities
Aim to do the important things first. Remember the
80-20 rule: 80 percent of reward comes from 20 percent of effort. One of the
aims of time management tips is to help you refocus your mind to give more
attention and time to those most important 20 percent.
Plan your
actions for achieving your goals
Convert your goals into a system of specific actions to
be done. The first significant point of planning is the planning process
itself. It is a known fact and you will see it for yourself, that the planning
process stimulates your brain to come up with new efficient solutions. It
programs your subconscious mind to search for shortcuts. It makes you much more
prepared for each specific action.
Besides, planning will help you to identify potential
conflicts and crises, minimizing the number of urgent tasks. Planning can also
significantly lower the time spent on routine maintenance tasks, leaving you
more time on what you like to do or for what you think is important for your
long term success. Also remember that planning and related time management tips
work best when you review your plans regularly.
Schedule time
for your tasks
Your concentration can be easily lost in the sea of
many boring or less important things waiting to be done in your head. Undone
things circulating in your mind are also a big drain of your mental energy.
Most often, there is no way to get those things out of your mind except of
either doing them or scheduling them in a trustable system, convincing your
mind that they will be done in due time.
Know how you
spend your time
Keep a time log during some time interval, like a week,
and then analyze it to see where your time goes. For example, what percentages
of time you spend on urgent and on important activities, what people you devote
most time to? You are likely to be surprised, and you will see much better if
you could use more time management tips. This is also an effective way to get feedback
on how well time management tips and techniques are working for you, and where
you need some adjustments.
Until next time - Empower your Mind, Inspire your Soul!
Marja Botha van Doorn
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- Hi,
When I started my business I had made a lot of mistakes initially. These helped me in learning the art of the trade and today when I look back, I feel that these mistakes were quite silly. I had made my learnings then and those
learnings have helped me time and again.
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i. Wrong Time Management
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iii. Believing what they taught me at school was 100% correct
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I would like to find out what have been your faltering moments in Business when you had started and what/how did they help you grow.
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