subject: Problems Of Time Management - Leading 2 Aspects [print this page] What to do with Friends: What to do with Friends:
Typical thoughts
If you are part of a group, it might be difficult tackling others in getting information. Everyone has his own goal. Acquiring the necessary help from other people should not always be just one-sided. Although you want to pursue your goal, with little expense to your own time, it is advisable to seek out a win / win situation with co-workers when considering information and time discussions.
Attitude
A few time management problems could be eased by your attitude. Appealing to others for information in a brusque manner, that is too direct, could be detrimental. Occasionally, it may be better slowly fetching the discussion round to that which interests you. If you invite somebody to do an activity for you, it is normally a good tip to ask them to recommend input for the performance level they might look for. Hence, the other individual can accept a degree of ownership of the job. For this reason, you should achieve a degree of performance for the task that is mutually acceptable.
Again, you are trying to find a win / win situation. If you can't arrange for this to happen anticipate a 'loss' by yourself, in the short term, for a longer term gain. Remember, that everyone has a platform to attain personal targets, hence, each wants time to deal with their own tasks.
Items to keep away from
You will generally come across people, in all aspects of life, that pretend to be mediocre at an activity and desperately demand your help. They will return, over and over, unless they are given training and the experience to carry out the job. Implement coaching and the assault on your time should diminish.
Lots of friends just prefer to chat. Being sociable is nice at the proper time. The best thing to do here is curb such calls or learn how to delay them when you are occupied.
Others can con you with kind words by regularly calling for your advice, instead of any direct help. You turn into a magnet for intruders. The solution is discovering to say, 'No'.
Multiple activities:
The option of 'multi-tasking' is a common one, but, actually it doesn't exist. Really, many jobs can be done in series, with a common end time, progressing from one to the other until they are all done. Nevertheless, in time management terms I mean trying to carry out more than one job, creating a decrease of attention on one or more of them.
Trying to perform too many activities, in a short space of time, can cause underperformance which impacts all of the activities. This, then, escalates pressure and stress which can produce a vicious spiral of decreased performance. This will impact others too.
If you find that you are in this situation think about delegating more efficiently or say, 'No' more regularly. The time management problems above should be fairly easy to avert once you know them.
