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Nov
5
Focus is the crux behind time management. The 80/20 rule also known as The Pareto Principle states 80% of efforts that are not done using time management or focus generate only 20% of the output that is desired. You can however, generate 80% of the desired output by using only 20% of effort that incorporates good time management tactics. Although, the 80/20 is not an absolute it is used to emphasize how much is lost or gained dependent on time management.
Time management is viewed by some people as rules that incorporate such things as scheduling appointments, goal setting, thorough planning, creating things to do lists and prioritizing. These are time management core basics that must be understood in order to develop effective personal time management skills. You can further fine tune these basic skills to include the finer points of each skill. This can give you that extra edge to attain the results you are looking for.
There is more skill involved in managing your time than just the core basics. Decision making, emotional intelligence and critical thinking also are important skills essential to personal growth.
Your personal time management involves everything that you do. No matter how large or how small, everything plays a part. Knowledge that you acquire, advice that you consider and each new skill are all things that must be taken into account.
If you have good time management the end result should be having a more balanced life-style. Unfortunately many people who engage in time management practices fail to grasp this concept.
Getting results is what time management is about. It is not about appearing to be busy.
Personal time management has six areas that should be improved upon with proper practice. These are physical, intellectual, social, career, emotional and spiritual.
Having a healthy body, less stress and less fatigue are all parts of the physical characteristic of good time management.
Mental growth activities, such as learning are all a part of the intellectual aspect.
Being an active member of society and developing personal or intimate relations are what the social aspect of time management is all about.
Of course school and work are part of the career aspect.
Manifesting appropriate feelings and desires is the core aspect of another quality of time management.
A personal quest for meaning looked for in religion and spiritual practices is the spiritual aspect of time management.
Thorough planning and having a set things to do list might not seem practical for each each area of your life. However, determining the areas in your life that are not being given enough attention is a vital part of time management. Since all of the aspects mentioned in this article create the whole you, if you are ignoring any of them then you are ignoring an important part of yourself.
Personal time management is a very sensible and reasonable approach to solving large and small problems. It should not be a overwhelming task.
You can easily improve your personal life and time management abilities by following several basic activities.
As one of these you should review your immediate and long-term goals often.
Have a list that is always easily accessible to you.
You should always determine which task is necessary or not necessary in achieving your goals. Which activities help you to maintain a balanced life style?
We all have times when we are at our peak and a time at which we slow down. These happen to be our natural cycles. We must be ready to do the most difficult of tasks when we are at our peak.
Learning to say say “No,” to family and friends is important and you may often see such advice being given.
When you have effective time management results it is important to reward yourself in some way.
You should encourage the people who are benefiting or who are going to benefit from your time management efforts for their cooperation.
Attend to necessary things immediately. Don’t procrastinate!!!
Be realistic in your approach to achieving your goals, while having a positive attitude. Set yourself up for success.
Keep a journal or other record of your activities in order to help get things in proper perspective.
To become a well rounded individual these are the few steps that you must initially take.
Personal time management is all about the art and science of building a better life.
You open several options to provide a broad spectrum of solutions to personal growth when you integrate time management skills into your life. It create more opportunities for you when you do so.
Sep
12
Have you ever seen any of the various television and big screen incarnations of the Superman character in which he takes a lump of coal and compresses it in his hands transforming it into a diamond? As if applying pressure as in the form of “if I don’t get such and such a task completed” would only transform a person into a diamond of brilliant and shining character.
Possibly we are like lumps of coal when we are born waiting for the trials of life to pressure us. For some people this causes them to break. For others it can make our character shine like a diamond. I will venture to say that all of us are more like diamonds in the rough, than lumps of coal, and that we each possess unique skills and abilities that need to be polished.
As we learn new ways of doing things and reach our short term goals we start to shine with brilliance and more easily accomplish the things that we set out to do. Just like a diamond is polished to shine our accomplishments should naturally increase and shine brilliantly. Each of us can therefore be compared to a diamond. That should make you want to shine.
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