Time management

TIME MANAGEMENT

what is time management?
Time management is simply act of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on a specific task

Many people often ask the question what time management
research have found that people who manage their time well are more happy, and achieve so much in Life . on the contrary time wasters don't achieve much in life

Let me start by defining the term "Time"
The term time can simply be defined as the part of existence that is measured in seconds, minutes, days, months, years, etc.
It is also a period during which an action, process or condition exists

"Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician."- Lucille S. Harper

According to Wikipedia time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future

On the other hand. what's management?
Management is the process of dealing with or controlling things or people

It is also the act or skill of making decisions

" He who fails to plan. plan to fail"

There are 24 hours in a day, 1,440 minutes in a day, 86,400 seconds in a day
The truth is that if you don't manage your time well you will end with almost nothing in life
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Altshuler

If you must manage your time well ask yourself this questions

• how do you spend your time ?
• Do you set goals ?
• Do you plan well ?
• How organized are you ?
• what about your time schedule ?
• Do you procrastinate ?

1. How do you spend your time?
   how you spend your time determines what you will achieve
   • examine yourself, analyze where most your time is devoted -- is it your Job , is it on your personal activities, or recreation, etc.
   write down what you are doing every for every 30 minutes intervals for to three weeks
   • Examine the results.
   • Determine the task that requires the most time
   • choose a time of the day when you are most creative and productive
   • make sure you are giving the most important activities the most time
   • know when to do each task

2. Do you set goals?

Most people set goals but do not achieve any because they do not act on it.
"action is the foundation key to all success." -- Prof Wole Soyinka
In setting goals you must distinguish between the important and the urgent tasks
• make a list of things to do
• rank the items on your list in order of their priorities
"Managing your time without setting priorities is like shooting randomly and calling whatever you hit the target." -- Peter Turla

1. Do you plan well?

as stated above "he who fails to plan, plan to fail."
Using a planning tool will help you do this (optional)
• review your planning tool daily
• often refer to your planning tool

1. How organized are you?
   Try and organize your tasks
   Do things in order

2. What about your time schedule?
   • schedule your time appropriately
   • "plan your most challenging tasks for when you have the most energy ."
   • | Block out time for your high priority activities first and protect that time from interruptions |

3. Do you procrastinate?
   Procrastination is a time killer .
   [It's your enemy] beware!
   "Procrastination is the thief of time." -- Edward Young

What is procrastination?

• Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing something.
• Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished.
"Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!." -- Donald
"Perhaps the task seems overwhelming or unpleasant" try breaking it into segments to make it easier for you to handle.
"Successful people know the difference between patience and procrastination." -- unknown

"The best way to get something done is to begin."
Put this things into practice now
Remember action is the foundation of all success

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