Effective Time Management Techniques – Stop Wasting Time!Are you a procrastinator or time waster? You can stop your time wasting habits, better utilize your time and resources, keep focus and start reaching your goals with these 3 easy to follow steps.
Step #1 Create your personal ‘blueprint’
Basically, this means getting your ass off the couch and start doing some serious planning! Having a plan or plans will keep you on course and in control. You’ll be able to pre-empt and foresee any problems and have a plan in place to counter it.
Most importantly, having a plan prevents your energy from being scattered. You know what to do, when to do and how to go about doing it. I cannot tell you enough how having simple plans can save you loads of time!
Start by creating weekly, monthly followed by yearly plans. If you’re a student, a simple example would look like this:
Monday: Revise geography
Tuesday: Movies with my friends
Friday: Head to the library for research
Sunday: Complete the assignment for Ms Grundy
As shown above, it doesn’t have to be complex, overly detailed or even have any structure of any kind. You just have to start creating plans now!
Step # 2 Stay focusedHow often do you find yourself concentrating doing your work; the phone call comes and you get distracted? The internet, computer, TV, radio, magazines… We’re practically surrounded by distractions.
It requires a certain amount of discipline to stay focus and keep on course according to your plan. If you stay focused and take massive action towards your plans and goals, you’ll find yourself increasingly able to not get distracted.
One tip I can give is to find 10 minutes a day to just sit still and meditate. Clear your mind, think of nothing and just ‘shut down’ your brain for that 10 minutes.
Step #3 Control your environment
If you can’t move them, move yourself! Don’t be lazy, take the bus down to the local library if you need to get some homework done without the high tech distractions of your room.
Keep those lad magazines out of sight and hidden in a box when you need to do some serious reading up. You need to be in control! Don’t let time dictate what you do, let your own planning dictate what you should do when you need to do it.
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