Time Management and How to Work Smarter, not Harder!!
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
Nobody likes working hard, but everyone has accepted it as a part of life.
After watching this video I realised that if I put my mind to it, I don't have to work as hard as I have been!
Work smarter buy utilizing those great time management skills, we all have hidden away somewhere!
See if you can benefit: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder!Labels: Australia, time management, Wayne Mansfield, Work Smart |
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Secret Tips to Achieve More in Less Time
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Monday, October 12, 2009 |
It is easier than you think. The one habit that successful people will be faithful to is time management. It is how they are able to get so much done. You need to realize in order to get success in your life then you need take action toward accomplishing your goals and you need to set time aside to be able accomplish your goals. 
Here are 3 Secret Tips to help you get more done in less time.
1. You need to get a daily planner and start writing out what your schedule is for yourself. This way you can easily know at a glance what you need to be doing. The important thing is to prioritize the importance of the things that you need to do. This way it will really help you sort out what is really important to you verses things that really are not important.
2. You need to set some time aside to write out what your goals are for yourself. You should have both long term and short term goals. Then start fitting this into your schedule so that you are making sure you are accomplishing your goals.
3. You need to get into a habit of doing only things that are a priority first and then fit in activities of less priority after your priorities are done. This will seem really hard at first. But as you get into the habit of doing this then you will be amazed at what you will be accomplishing in your life.
This is your life if you are not happy then it can only get better if you make it happen. It is easier than you may think once you know exactly what to do. Get a free copy of tips & strategies for success & happiness in your life get your free report.
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Tips to Establish Productive Time Management
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
There is a time for work and a time for play and both are essential to a successful personal and professional life. Establish a routine and stick to it as much as you can. Make sure you actually get things done and eliminate activities that waster your time.
The following list are some ineffective ways professionals use their valuable time.
 1. Reading and answering e-mail can consume a big portion of your day. Make sure you only allow a certain amount of time for checking the mail, and stick to that schedule.
2. Many people lose tract of the time they chat on the phone or internet. Use a kitchen timer to help you limit your time spent on individual tasks.
3. Make sure your personal life doesn’t interrupt your professional life. Let people know they can’t contact you during certain hours.
4. This will eliminate wasting your time and will help you practice effective time management.
5. Another time-waster is “looking for information”. You need to be organized to have effective time management.
6. Have the files or information you need at your fingertips.
7. Develop a system so everything falls into an orderly fashion. This way you can always find something easily which will speed up the progress of your daily projects.
8. Always bring a pad of paper and a pen so during idle time you can organize your meetings and projects.
You can’t control your life, if you can’t control time. Get organized today and use effective time management to help you meet your goals.
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3 Simple Steps to Master Time Management
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Monday, October 05, 2009 |
 We all have the same number of hours in a day. But some of us just manage to do a lot more in 24 hours than others. These people don't have some magical apparatus that can stretch time; they just have better time management skills.
If someone were to ask me: what is the one essential, most desirable skill today, I would promptly say, "time management". A majority of us have difficulty in managing our time, and we find ourselves always running against the clock. We can't extend the number of hours in a day. What we can do is to better utilize the time that we have on our hands.
Here are a few tips that will put you on the path to time management mastery:
1. Identify and eliminate time wasters in your life. Time wasters are things or activities that interrupt your work flow, or distract you from a task at hand. These can be anything from an addictive video game, television, or even excessive social networking. A few very common examples of time wasters are:
a) Email - You shouldn't spend more than 30 minutes on email every day. Rather than refreshing your browser every half an hour to check for new emails, respond to emails only at a certain time (unless required otherwise) either in the morning, or just before you get off from work.
b) Social Networking - If you find yourself checking out your Facebook or Myspace page every half an hour, you need to stop right now! Social networks can be a major time waster.
c) Telephone - Answering a phone call (unless otherwise necessary) stops your work flow and kills your productivity. Answer only the phone calls that are important when you are working, let the rest go to your answering machine.
d) Television - If you find yourself glued to the TV for hours in a day, you need to stop right away. TV can be highly addictive, and you can spend hours just flipping channels without even watching anything.
2. Make a list of important things in your life and sort them by their priority. Although this advice might seem basic, the amount of work you can get done if you have an organized to-do list before you is amazing. Here are a few tips to follow when making your to-do priority list:
a) Make a list of everything that you want to accomplish in a day
b) Set up time frames for accomplishing them. This is an important step as it creates a sense of urgency.
c) Organize the items on your list by importance.
d) Create a game plan for accomplishing these goals and make a conscious effort to stick to it.
3. Although it will be difficult in the beginning, but to make effective time management a habit, you will have to spend some considerable amount of time consciously adhering to your time management principals. The key word here is 'determination'. If you consciously follow your goals every day, you will find it will soon become a habit.
Source:EzineArticlesLabels: time management tips |
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Getting Things Done Efficiently
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
In this day and age we can find ourselves constantly busy. So busy sometimes that we forget to have some fun and enjoy life. Something important to note is that we can get everything we need done. We can plan and balance our tasks to do this. Or sometimes we don't get enough done!
One factor to deal with this is efficiency. When we do things, if we are more efficient - it means we get more done in less time. There are many ways to improve efficiency in many things we do, they just need to be found. One thing - if you've been working at a task for hours and you're a bit unfocused, consider a short break to do something fun. This will go a long way towards regaining your focus.
We can plan the things we do and maintain a good balance. Once you're properly focused on the tasks at hand, and become more efficient - you will have some extra time to have some fun. Be sure to add this in - as mentioned above it will go a long way. Of course, we can choose to simply do more in the extra time - but that may lead to being unfocused again.
Another is that sleep can play an important role. If we get enough sleep - around 7-8 hours, it will help to prevent us from getting sleepy during the day. This of course, will also help us to remain focused and save a bit more time as well.
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| posted by Editor @ 9:45 AM |
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In a Hurry to Get Things Done?
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Friday, September 25, 2009 |
 I’m in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life’s no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I’m in a hurry and don’t know why
--Song by Alabama
How apropos this verse is to most of our lives. We always seem to be playing catch-up, and those fun moments can be infrequent. Even when we are ostensibly doing something fun, our minds wander off to the next activity or list of tasks waiting for us.
This rush we are always in causes us to multitask. You might even see job descriptions that say, “Must be able to multitask.” When most people refer to multitasking they mean working on two or more things at the same time that require mental effort and attention. If you really want to get more done and still have time for fun, STOP this type of multitasking.
The origin of the term “multitasking” came from computers. People noticed that they seemed to be performing several functions at the same time. But were they really? Imagine two networks requiring access to same area at same time. Either the activity will alternate between the two, which deprives both of full access, or they will be active simultaneously but will not be fully effective because they interrupt each other.
In his book, “The Myth of Multitasking: How ‘Doing it All’ Gets Nothing Done,” author Dave Crenshaw breaks down the term “multitasking” into two different categories:
1. Switchtasking
2. Background tasking
These groupings are much more descriptive in analyzing behavior and determining which activities lead to problems and stress in our lives.
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How to Save Time in Everything You Do
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Monday, September 21, 2009 |
Time… is there truly not enough to go around, or are you simply not managing your time in the best possible way? Here at the Project Management Source you can find 61 tips on how to save time, conveniently divided into the following categories: Time Saving Tips on the Job, Working with your Colleagues, and Saving Time at Home. There’s something for everyone, with suggestions from “eat light at lunch” to avoid that afternoon energy drop, to “limit your grocery shopping to once a week.” Neil Patel, the wunderkind at Quicksprout, offers “10 Efficient Ways to Save Time So You Can Follow Your Dreams.” These are the general principles that allowed Patel to attend university while running a successful business. His recommendations include eating balanced meals, taking power naps, and avoiding the temptation to multitask.
 Are you Wasting Time at Work?
Clean up your act at work with help from this post , by Joni Rose at Suite101.com. Joni offers nine easily identifiable time wasters, such as waiting for your computer to boot, or watching something as it prints. Some readers may find time waster number eight, “chatting with coworkers,” rather controversial, and indeed it could be argued that this activity has a useful function. But next time you find yourself shooting the breeze with a colleague, consider asking yourself if you’re doing it to relieve tension, create a bond, or if you are simply wasting time.Technical Time Saving TipsFor the technologically inclined, Best University offers 101 Time Saving Google Tricks. If you thought Google was just for email and doing keyword searches, you’re in for a surprise. Time saving tips include using Gmail on your iPhone, accessing Google translate to help you during international travel, and performing calculations using the Google search bar. And if you’re looking for a computerised system to help you organise your time, check out the Time Jar. There’s a teaser video and an explanation of the system, along with an offer for a free 30 day trial. Finally, visit the time management articles available from the Whakate archive to learn about everything from how to become more time conscious to how to work with a time log. Even small successes in time-saving can have a big effect on your levels of productivity and your feelings of self satisfaction. Source: WHAKATE Labels: time saving tips |
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Time Management Tips
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
 Do you often feel like you have more things to do than you have time to do them? Here are tips to help you improve your time management skills both at work and at home.
•Keep Prioritized "to do" Lists: List tasks you must complete in order of priority (most important to least important). Cross off items as you complete them.
•Schedule Breaks: Schedule breaks at regular times. You'll be less likely to goof off when you should be working.
•Learn to Delegate: Don't try to do it all yourself. Assign jobs to others.
•Get Organized: It's much easier to accomplish tasks if your work area is organized.
•Learn to Say "No" to Your Boss: What can you do when your boss gives you more work than you can complete on time? It's better to turn down an assignment than fail to complete it.
•Stop Procratinating: Procrastination can ruin your career if it results in completing projects late or not at all.
•Get Enough Sleep: Although it's tempting to work long hours, in the end you're actually less efficient when you're tired.
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Tips to reduce stress and improve productivity
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Friday, August 21, 2009 |
 Effective time management is a primary means to a less stressful life. These practices can help you reduce your stress and reclaim your personal life.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the number and complexity of projects you have that need to be completed at work each day? Do you often feel the day flies by without your devoting the necessary attention to each assignment because other tasks keep landing on your desk, co-workers interrupt you with questions or you can't get it all organized?
You probably know that effective time management will help you get more done each day. It has important health benefits, too. By managing your time more wisely, you can minimize stress and improve your quality of life.
But how do you get back on track when organizational skills don't come naturally? To get started, choose one of these strategies, try it for two to four weeks and see if it helps. If it does, consider adding another one. If not, try a different one.
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The Getting-Things-Done President
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
Is GTD any way to run a country?
Last July, Barack Obama had a private conversation with the leader of England's Tory Party, David Cameron, that accidentally took place in front of an open microphone. Their talk provided a major league window into the difficulties politicians face in finding time to think critically about the things that presumably attracted them to politics in the first place: the issues .
"Should we be successful," Obama tells Cameron, paraphrasing something he heard from a former White House staffer, "the most important thing ... is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you're doing is thinking." Both men then agree such chunks of time are rare. Cameron tells Obama he refers to the stream of meetings he faces daily as "the dentist waiting room" and that his staff stuffs his agenda full of appointments.
"And that's when," replies Obama, "you start making mistakes or you lose the big picture. Or you lose a sense of; I think you lose a feel ..." "Your feeling," Cameron interrupts. "And that is exactly what politics is all about. The judgment you bring to make decisions."Posted Monday, August 3, 2009 - 5:23pm
It's still refreshingly novel to have a president who thinks critically about the issues. But someone in the White House still might want to clear Obama's calendar because to many of his supporters inside and outside of Washington, it's starting to feel exactly as if Obama is losing his feel. Some of the most important early judgments his administration has made seem less about the kinds of laws he wants to pass and more about the compromises he's willing to make in order to get things done.
There's a sense among progressives—based on Obama's record so far and coagulating around the compromises being made in health care reform negotiations—that the judgments Obama is making aren't squaring with the kind of president he said he'd be. Progressive discontent is now just simmering, partially because Obama is still Obama, but he seems to be giving them every opportunity to boil over.
That's because it looks like Obama is having a checklist presidency. Yes, his agenda is being passed, but much of it feels compromised. The president appears to be delegating far too many details to Congress in order to keep Getting Things Done.
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Your Time is Valuable
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Monday, June 15, 2009 |
 1. Shift from Not Valuing to Valuing your Time.
This is an important change to make and when it happens you will never waste another minute! In a dollar sense - this means you are comfortable charging for your lifetime of knowledge and experience - don't allow clients to take this for granted. You have invested a lot of time and energy. In life, we only get one chance with our time - we cannot go back and use the last 10 seconds!
2. Get the most out of your day. Every now and then ask yourself: Am I making the best use of my time? If not, stop what you are doing and begin working on a project that will allow you better use of your time. If you are 'bogged down' with a specific situation, get up and go for a walk and then come back and tackle it.
3. Work with goals in mind.
It's amazing how differently we work when you have goals to work towards. If you don't know what your goals are, spend sometime working out what they may be. Use them as a road map! Examples may be professional (project deadline, sales quotas, career advancement, etc) and personal (health, fitness, family relationship, financial, etc).
4. Handle every piece of paper or e-mail only once. With paper use the '3 D' rule of Do it, Dump it or Delegate it. Never handle a piece of paper twice. Don't even think of placing it in your 'to get to' pile - Handle it NOW! As for e-mails the same rule can apply so you either action it, delete it or forward it to some one else. If you print a copy then use the '3 D' rule.
5. Ask some one who is efficient - What their secret is?
Ask the most efficient person you know what their secret is and how did they develop these habits. Then see if it will work for you.
6. Don't allow anyone to take your time from you.
Set up boundaries around your time. If you are stopped in the hall for a conversation, ask for this person to arrange a meeting with you (if appropriate); don't allow co-workers to infringe on your home time; if someone is late for an appointment and haven't contacted you - give them 15 minutes past the appointed time and then move on. It is up to you as to how you allow other people to use your time!
7. Build family and personal time into your day.
We all need to have the support of our family or friends - so make sure you build them into your daily habits. You don't want to finish your career and realise that you missed out on the closeness and development of your family.
8. Your health is important - isn't it!
Maintain your health and fitness because this is what will help you through in the long run. There are three things that I feel are valuable to us all- they are time [which we are talking about]; knowledge and energy. Take care of your energy and its levels. At the end of the day being overworked and stressed is only going to hamper your health. So take extra care of this - go for a walk, have a massage, spend time with your family, stop and smell the roses or book in for your yearly medical check up.
9. Dry clean the clutter from your office and home.
Take some time to remove the clutter from your life. The more you simplifier your office or life the more time you will have. Clutter zaps your energy and allows you to waste time on non-valuable tasks. So plug the holes today.
10. Work in your peak performance times.
Schedule demanding tasks to the part of the day that you work best, where your energy levels are at their highest. It maybe first thing in the morning or early afternoon - work out when it is and then see yourself moving ahead
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| posted by Editor @ 11:30 AM |
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Time Is More Valuable Than Money
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Monday, May 25, 2009 |
The above statement is entirely true. The 24 hours that we are given each day are far more valuable than any amount of money. Unfortunately, many of us loose site of that when following traditional Time Management techniques. Often times our Time Management focuses on our daily to-do list without much thought as to the value we are getting out of each day.
First, let's look at what it means for something to have "value"
"...the worth of someth ing in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange" (source: Dictionary.com)
We all have been given the gift of 24 hours in each day no more, no less. No one, no matter how much money they have, or what time management scheme they use will ever get more time. We are all given the SAME amount -- each and every one of us. Time is the great equalizer for everyone.
In his amazing 1910 long-lost classic, How To Live on 24 Hours a Day, Arnold Bennet writes:
"The supply of time is truly a daily miracle, an affair genuinely astonishing when one examines it. You wake up in the morning, and wow! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life!"
Please note the part of the definition for value that states "the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged" -- what are YOU exchanging your time for? That limited amount of time that each one of us is given -- what are you getting out of it? Do you feel that you are getting sufficient value out of how you choose to spend your time? Do you wake up each morning with a smile on your face and thankful to have another glorious day filled with 24 hours of the "unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life!" ?
IF the answer is no to the above questions, then you should take a look at how you choose to manage your time and try a more holistic approach. If you choose to invest your time in activities that bring good into your world and those around you, then the return on your "investment" will be beyond any that you could imagine from a stock market (back when the stock market was a good thing to invest in).
I propose that in order to have a happy and fulfilled life, one should strive to practice Holistic Time management. This involves taking time each day to nourish your body, engage your mind and feed your soul and you will see positive changes occur throughout your life. You will see that those precious 24 hours are indeed a special gift that is far more valuable than any amount of money.
Source:Time Management TruthsLabels: finding time, time management |
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