Getting More Time
Are there times when you feel you are out of time? There are so much to do yet do little time, if this is what you feel most of the time, you can try the following. It may help you squeeze more time, manage your time better
If you are a morning person, attack the most difficult problems in the morning when your brain is the sharpest. That way you won’t have to rework the problem the next day when you discover that the ‘afternoon you’ made the wrong decision about the budget.
Get Enough Sleep – Your brain can operate on a short nap for a day, but if you are not sleeping enough, you will not think well or process information and you’ll make mistakes and end up staying late to fix them.
Advertise Your Schedule - If you hate getting phone calls first thing in the morning, before you get your day organized and have your first cup of coffee, then let your calls go to voicemail until you feel ready to take the calls.
You will be more focused and get more accomplished, instead of having to say, “I’ll have to get back to you on that” after hearing a ten minute explanation of the latest crisis.
Be Your Own Master – Sit down with a pencil and paper or a calendar and figure out how much free time you have. Schedule and plan your activities at work and get your personal and family obligations on the calendar. Treat these personal obligations with the same respect you would treat a business meeting.
Don’t cancel personal appointments unless it is a real work emergency and, in the case where you MUST cancel, reschedule immediately and apologize to your friend or family member.
Explain what is happening so they don’t think they are unimportant to you. And be sure to keep the appointment you make with them the next time!
Don’t Procrastinate or Agonize – Don’t spend time during a family dinner worrying about the presentation tomorrow. Put your mind back where it belongs. Worrying never helped anyone accomplish a goal.
If you are prepared for the presentation, just do it. If you aren’t prepared, it is doubtful that you will be prepared by the morning. So don’t worry about it.
Don’t procrastinate because you don’t like a particular activity. FIRST do those things you dislike the most, and then reward yourself by doing the things you most like to do.
Put things on the calendar and stick to the dates – don’t talk yourself into waiting or you will just have more to do tomorrow!
