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Many people start each day with every intention of accomplishing the items on their to-do list. Typically, when emergencies arise most people abandon the important to chase the trivial. Urgent circumstances are one of life's inevitable certainties. However, if the urgent constantly displaces the important tasks that we have planned, then it becomes necessary to make adjustments to get back on course.
In this article we will discover a method to get things under control when we feel out of control. If you often feel that life is a series of random fires that need to be extinguished. And you are doomed to working on other people's priorities. It's time to understand that you can accomplish your personal tasks.
Here are the basics:
Evaluate how you use your time
Eliminate time wasters
Prioritize and protect your schedule
You may wonder, is it really possible? Trying to manage your schedule may seem like a task out of reach and really just a fantasy, but the solutions is closer than you think. The answer is you. You are the key to accomplishing your goals. Many people feel that meticulous planning stifles creativity and spontaneity but in reality it is really the contrary is true. Disorganization causes more work due to inefficiency. As Brian Tracy has said:
"There may not be time to do it right, but there is always time to do it again".
Think of a cluttered room, it always take longer to find things, do projects or move around in a cluttered space. The same is true of your time and schedule. Remove the non-essential elements action and you will produce more time to achieve your goals, dreams, and ambitions.
Join me as we review the basic element of successful time management. Like any disciple managing time only happens by managing your action. In fact many time managers teach that you cannot really manage time. This is true in that time cannot be affected by your plans. Time is a tyrant, always moving from the present, into the future, creating the past.
Just look at a sundial. This ancient timepiece measures the movement of the sun and moon by the shadow they cast. But the term "time management" is much like the terms "sun rise" or "sun set". We all know the sun doesn't rise or set. It's all a matter of perspective. So, by time management I am referring to how you manage your actions within the events of your daily routine.
What are your main time challenges?
Are you a time novice, intermediate, or expert?
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