Managing Myself in Time

We provide a practical time management training approach that introduces proven techniques for mastering time. Our approach involves discussions, presentations and recommendations to introduce concepts of time management and practical exercises to develop your time management skills. 

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Chart that shows you "What Your Time Is Really Worth"

Organize Your Time and Create Greater Success
Avoid procrastination as early as possible.

Balance the time you spend

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Learn how to manage yourself within time.

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Make an appointment with yourself

Organize your life using one of each

Record all Notes and Messages

Schedule a specific time of day to do all of your return phone calls

Schedule your priorities and prioritize your schedule

Start your day with a "to do" list

Time invested in planning IS productivity.

Your Time Bank….Are you using it well?

Efficiency & Effectiveness - What's the real difference?

Organize Your Time and Create Greater Success
Every task has a minimum of two steps. One is creating a plan and the other is acting on that plan.

We would like to encourage you to take just 2 minutes EVERY day to plan your day. Having a plan can help you to create greater successes in your job, business, time management and life.

Many of our clients tell us they don't have time to make a list and plan their daily tasks and To Do's. You can not afford not to plan!

We can show you a very simple way to possibly double your income, create more free time in your day, create less stress.

Wouldn't it be nice at some point in your day, every day to sit back and say "I have accomplished everything I PLANNED to accomplish today?"

Interested in knowing more? Contact us by phone 602-674-2649 right now or click here and ask us for the time management secret!

Make an appointment with yourself, treat it as you would any other business commitment. It gives you the sense of being in control of where you are going, and that you are taking the positive steps to get there. When circumstances arise that infringe on your quiet time, and they will, reschedule for later in the day. You will soon realize the importance of having this quiet time.

Start your day with a "to do" list, which identifies the tasks required to meet your goals. Prioritize your list then do the most important first.

Whenever something will take less than five minutes do it now!

Find the right time management tool. This tool will include a calendar, a living To Do list and a contacts section.

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How to prioritize - Make or keep a running To Do List and prioritize it (A-D) and number it order of their urgency then move on to the B’s and use the same process. As you set task/values lists, ask yourself whether you can eliminate or delegate any of them.

Learn how to manage yourself within time.    In learning how to prioritize you allow yourself more freedom and peace of mind.  Do the most important items first then the next ones, any items left may be re-evaluated for urgency for the following day.

Organize your life using one or more of  . . . your address book, your calendar, your scheduler, your task list commonly called the "To Do" list. 

Record all notes and messages in your day planner or electronic organizer. Knowing they are always in the same place makes retrieving the information easy and quick, and nothing gets lost.

Efficient way to name hanging files and interior files, keep it simple!   Always stick with the first identifying word that comes to mind for that group of papers.  Attempts at making it overly sophisticated ensure you won't remember what you called it and you do need to find what you have decided to save.  Name the interior file with an identifying word and write the name on the tab.  On the front cover of the interior file, write the name of the group within the hanging file where you are going to place it. For example: a hanging file for all information for a particular subject. The hanging file is labeled with the “subject name”.  Within that hanging file are several file folders.  The topics are different, therefore each interior file not only has its" folder labeled appropriately -- it contains the “subject name” on the front cover:   This way anyone using the file system that retrieves an interior file knows exactly where it gets returned to without having to understand the logic of the file system.

Balance the time you spend on your business matters, family, friends, relaxing and playing.  This is so important!  

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Confirm appointments the day prior to your visit. You may remember the date, so be sure the person you are visiting does also. This saves time and it builds good relationships.

Schedule your priorities and prioritize your schedule.  A TO DO list is a great way to start this process. 

Avoid procrastination as early as possible.  Tell a friend what projects you have going on...someone who will care enough to know about your progress.

Schedule a specific time of day to do all of your return phone calls. The best time of day to return and/or make telephone calls is 30 minutes before lunch, and 30 minutes before quitting time. 

Time invested in planning IS productivity.  Take some time each day to plan your goals, this will give you a productive action plan for the day.

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Your Time Bank….Are you using it well?  Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out all of it, of course. Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.  Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night is writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to invest in good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success.  The clock is running. Make the most of it today.  To realize the value of ONE YEAR… ask a student who failed a grade.  To realize the value of ONE MONTH… ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.  To realize the value of ONE WEEK… ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.  To realize the value of ONE HOUR… ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.  To realize the value of ONE MINUTE… ask a person who missed the train.  To realize the value of ONE SECOND… ask a person who just avoided an accident.  To realize the values of ONE MILLISECOND… ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.  Treasure every moment that you have, and use it well. Call it time management.  Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present!!!     Author unknown

Efficiency & Effectiveness - What's the real difference?
Success as doing the right things... the right way... at the right time... for the right reasons
What more could be asked of you if you are consistent with these?

You would be both highly effective and efficient. You would, by definition, be highly successful.
You can achieve greater success—starting right now. Simply look at the big picture of what's going on in your life, and ask yourself these questions.

Are your top 3 personal goals in writing... with a simple plan devised to accomplish them?
Are your goals Specific... Measurable... Accountable... Realistic... Tangible.

Have you been doing things the right way this month? Are you highly systematic?
With strong organizational skills, you are constantly moving forward, not backtracking, or worse—running in circles.

It is one thing to TALK about being efficient and effective. It is quite another to actually BE Efficient and Effective. The right thing to do, right now, is learn how to get and stay organized.

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The material contained herein has been collected over an extended period of time. 
The original authors are unknown therefore we regret that credit may not be attributed to the original author. 
Written and compiled by the staff of A to Z Organizing Pros®