Time Management Tips

Time is a resource that cannot be recycled; therefore, you have to use it wisely.

Benefits of Efficient Time Management

Finding out that there is time

Reducing your stress levels

Increasing your productivity

Increasing your efficiency

Increasing your retention of information

Practical Actions

Set your weekly objectives in advance.

Schedule the weekly objectives in advance - Plan the time frame for each objective.

Set your fixed tasks first then set the other tasks - Define which tasks are fixed (i.e. pick up your children from kindergarten at 16:00) and schedule them first, then schedule the rest of the tasks in between the fixed tasks.

Manage the tasks by importance and not by urgency - Define three importance's levels (High, medium, low) and attach each task the appropriate level.

Start your day with a review of all tasks channels (Email, voice mail, notes, secretary...) and put them all in one place - You must have one source of tasks list that you work with.

Take care of higher priority first - Handle higher priority task before lower priority task.

At the end of the day, update your tasks list and pass it over to a new tasks list for tomorrow.

It is not easy to make a change of habit but if you want to reduce tension, be more productive, and improve your efficiency then you have to start to implement these principles. You do not have to implement all of them tomorrow morning, even if you implement some of them, you will see results right away.

Donna Rivera-Loudon
Tupperware Star Director