TIME MANAGEMENT AND 5 SIMPLE TECHNIQUES OF TIME MANAGEMENT

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TIME MANAGEMENT   

 

 

Time is similar to money-everyone wishes that they had more and if you know how to manage it, you can make more of it. Time Management is required because; time is something, which we cannot get back once we lose it; no matter how rich and intelligent we are; we cannot get it back because time cannot be retrieved, replaced and reversed.

Every one of us had regretted sometime in our life for not valuing the time. 

Time is the most valuable thing in  life for those; who is having some objective in their life, who wants to reach their highest potential; who feels that he/she is more productive but due to lack of time, not able to do. So, if you are the one who feels like this, then you are at the Right place.

In this Article I am going to explain what are Time Management and 5 effective ways of managing our time.

What is Time Management?

“Time management” is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter – not harder – so that you get more done in less time, even when time is tight and pressures are high. Failing to manage your time damages your effectiveness and causes stress.

Time Management helps us to:-

  • Eliminate wastage
  • Prepare us for the forthcoming event.
  • Reduce excessive workloads.
  • Monitor progress of our GOALS and AIMS.
  • Ensure that long-term requirements are not neglected.
  • Plan each day, week, month, or quarter efficiently.

To understand Time Management, it is very important to understand the value of Time; because time is something that we cannot get back once we lose it, no matter how rich and intelligent we are.

Time is something which cannot be replaced, reversed, and retrieved.

This is why time is very important; it is the most expensive gift which we can give to our loved ones.

 If you want to realize the value of:-


        ONE YEAR                            Ask a student who failed a grade.


        ONE MONTH                       Ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.


        ONE WEEK                           Ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.


        ONE DAY                               Ask a daily wage laborer with kids to feed.


        ONE HOUR                           Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.


        ONE MINUTE                       Ask a person who missed the train.          


        ONE SECOND                       Ask a person who just avoided an accident.


        ONE MILLISECOND             Ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

 

This is the value of time for different people in different situations.

Let’s understand the various Techniques of Time Management.

TECHNIQUES OF TIME MANAGEMENT

  1. Clarity
  2. Priority
  3. Linking Time with your goals
  4.  Follow The Law of Posteriority’s
  5. Keep a Diary of Day to Day Events
 
1. CLARITY
 
The clearer you are about your goals and objectives, the more efficient and effective you will be in achieving them. Clarity accounts for probably 80 percent of success and happiness. People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
 
2. PRIORITY
 
Your ability to set clear and accurate priorities on your time determines the entire quality of your life. To achieve great things, you must always be concentrating on the small number of activities that contribute the greatest value to your life and your work.

 

Techniques for Setting Priorities

ABC analysis

A technique that has been used in for a long time is categorization.

The ABC analysis allows you to priorities your tasks into three different categories

A – Tasks that are urgent and important           

B – Tasks that are important, but not urgent

C – Tasks that are neither urgent nor important. 

3. Linking Time with your goals

TIME MANAGEMENT BEGINS AND IMPROVES WITH GOAL-SETTING

So, The first step is to – Determine Your Goals-and after that you have to be clear, detailed and specific about your future plans and what you have to do today, to accomplish those goals.

 For linking time with your goal; first step is to identify your Short and long term goals:-

  • Make your goals specific and concrete.
  • Set long-term and short-term goals?
  • Set a deadline for your goals.
  • Monitor your goals.
  • Change goals if needed.

  4. Follow the Law of Posteriority’s

Before you start something new, you must discontinue something old. You can gain control of your life only to the degree to which you stop doing things that are no longer as valuable or as important to you as other things you could be doing.

5. Keep a Diary of Day to Day Events

Evaluate how you are spending your time. Keep a diary for three days to track tasks. Look for a time that could be used more wisely, freeing up time to spend exercising or with family and friends.

So, these are some of the Time Management Technique which you can follow, to have more of your time.

                                         

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