Here are five quick tips
Money and time. It is said that time is money but they are not the same. If you have time and the wisdom and persistence to achieve, you may make money. If you have money but poor use of time, you would not be able to use your money optimally.
Time is fair. It accords us each 24 hours everyday and it is up to you to make full use of it. Money is tangible but time is not. It slips away without your knowledge, it is marching onwards into eternity.
So often, it is said that youth is wasted on the young. Some people think that there is always time on their hands, some never realize that time is elusive and in their graying years become filled with remorse over what they could have done with their lives. Let us be mindful now !
You can achieve much ! What one needs is a series of steps.
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else — — Peter Drucker
Keys to time management;
1 Schedule your program and stick to it
It is similar to financial management. If you have a certain budget, you do not overspend. You spend on what is important and necessary. In the same vein, you could allot time for what is urgent and required to be completed first and do it at the time stated. In other words, prioritize and also delegate where needed. Like in the corporate world, you have a time and interval for meeting, a deadline for your project and a scheduled overseas call. Everything will fall in place if you have a system.
2 Persist with your plan
If you tend to sit on your laurels until you feel the deadline draws nearer or you are a whimsical person, put a stop to this bad habit. Just get cracking if you really want to see results. Where this concerned, the ball is really in your court. Take baby steps if necessary but the key is to get started and keep your goal in mind till you finish.
3 Make full use of your ‘fragmented’ moments
In between work, there may be pockets of free time. Even while waiting to commute or your transport runs late, you could strategise on your next plan. Using this time for example to make an online payment or learn some new words from dictionary.com are time well spent. On my way to work in the train, once my priorities are planned, I would commit to memory new vocabularies and phrases, meaningful quotes by famous authors which I then apply to my life. It also make the train journey less arduous.
4 Be punctual. Being on time shows preparedness. It proves that you are respectful of the person you are meeting, are committed to what the meeting is about. Only then will you be taken seriously. Being early is a greater virtue but being punctual certainly is a mark of courtesy. A missed appointment is a missed opportunity that may never come by again.
5 Learn to say no. Decline requests to do many things if you are already super busy. It is better to be truthful that you may not be able to give a good result to what is requested than to assume the role and not even embark on it. It is disappointing and a time waster to the person who had expected a good favor from you. When you are spread too thin, you would have to reconsider what are the issues that you have to drop or attend to them at a later date.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life — — Charles Darwin
Time is money and cannot be bought.
Time is opportunity and it allows you to attain your goals if you manage it well.
Time is life and wasting it is equivalent to wasting your precious life on this planet.
With this value in your hands, you could seize back more control and make the most of your life.
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