How to Master Time Management:
First, eliminate time wasters in your life. Time wasters are things that interrupt you and you spend time doing, even if you didn't chose to do them. Time wasters include:
Email: If you are spending more than 30 minutes per day on email (unless that is your business) you are wasting too much time!
Telephone: If you answer the phone more than 5 times per day during your productive time (work, work at home, etc.) you are sacrificing time management and efficiency. When you answer the phone, you interrupt your current productive flow which kills your productivity.
Television: This must be limited for you to achieve ultimate control over your time. My recommendation is 30 minutes per day, especially if you are not getting all the things done you need or want to or you are behind on completely projects.
Make a list of what is genuinely important in your life and just start doing the things on your list. One of the keys to time management is prioritization. You absolutely must know what you want to accomplish and then go do it. Today’s world has too many distractions and when you allow those distractions to take over, you sacrifice time management. Follow these steps:
• Make of list of what you want to accomplish
• Set time frames for accomplishing each item
• Organize each item in order of importance
• Create a game plan for achieving each of your goals in its respective time frame
Your consistent focus must be on managing your time. Once you have determined your goals and your priorities, start focusing on simply getting those things done. If something isn’t on your goal list for the week, don’t do it until all your goals are completed. When you get distracted from every interruption that occurs and put your goals last you will not get the results you seek. Instead, you will be a slave to interruptions and you'll feel like you never accomplish anything, which is probably what is already happening.
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