Effective Time Management is one of the most highly valued skills by Corporate. Its obvious there is no one right way, so it's important to find a system that works for you and stick to it.
The hardest thing to learn for me was “How to Plan?” Its quite easy to execute what is already planned, but to make a to-do list and to schedule it so productively,is a tough go.
Before you begin to manage time, you need to know what time is.There are two types of time;
Clock Time and Real Time.
In clock time, there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year.When I say I am 28 , I am exactly 28 years old.
In real time, all time is relative. Time passes like a blink of an eye or drags or pull you depending on what you're doing. Sometimes I feel like I have slept for long hours,but in reality I had slept only for 2 hours.
There are tons of Time Management tools available in the market,but it helps an individual to an extend in executing things because it's also designed to work on Clock Time (fact is we don't live there) and many situations we re-schedule our tasks(Hope you agree).In Reality,We all create time ourselves for whatever we need to accomplish and anything we create is something we can manage as well.
Some Tips on how to Manage time from my experience:
Don't just answer the phone just because its ringing and read emails just because it pops up.If you are really in the middle of some important work,finish it off and find a suitable time to revert on emails and return on calls.Unless it's super urgent!
Allocate time to what is important and critical.And when I mean time,it's again created by you.
Everything cannot be done in one go and it's possibly impossible.Instead Prioritize!
Put a “Do not Disturb” sign when you should and must have to complete a given task.
Do Multitasking ; it's a talent that not all of us possess. Realizing whether you are the type of person that can do it or not is important. If you’re able to multitask, great. If you’re not, then don’t bother trying. Many people make themselves less effective by trying to multitask when they simply can’t do it. This leads to multiple projects being started and none of them being finished.
Kill the unnecessary and unproductive; So how do I know what’s unproductive? Anything that blocks you or delay from reaching your target.
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-Masroor P Mohamed
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