Lesson on Time Management
August 30, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Leadership Skills
In our daily lives, there are so many things waiting in our hit list to get fulfilled and at the end of the day there are still more to finish, even after spending the whole day working on fulfilling them they are still remaining or spring up from somewhere or the other, these are little pit holes in our lives which makes our lives congested and confused. If we do a little of time management we can conquer any race or any battle. Time management have been taught to us from the very beginning, may be when we were in our 1st grades but in a different manner, even you might not be knowing that time that those were time management lessons we were learning at that age, take for example, reaching your class on time, doing homework on time, playing sports on time, drinking milk on time, etc. these are just some of the examples which we were used to, when in school and as we grow up, these become more important for passing our semesters, you work upon different projects, collect databases, etc. if you don’t do any of these, are you going to fulfill the need of your assignments, its no, right?
Managing time is important to grow in life and achieve what you are striving for, there are a number of management lessons and at the same time there are even lessons which helps you get free to manage some time with your family or loved ones.
Work is not just the only criteria to fulfill in life, as men grows in life, there is more meaning to life and rather than just money he feels a need to belong, belonging to a family, and that can only happen if you fit in that family in your fully packed professional schedule. What I am trying to portray you here is as much as time management is important to you from a professional point of view, you need to manage the same time with your family, below is one example which I recently came across during one of our management classes and I am really keen on sharing that stuff with you.

The class was fully packed with going to be management graduates and everybody had to share some illustration and give presentation, starting with the professor, he bought out a wide mouthed glass jar and started pouring some big rocks inside, until there was no space left for other stones to fit in, asking excitedly to the class if it was full? They answered yes, but he shoved some gravel inside and filled up the parts left empty by big stones. Again he asked the class whether it was full, this time the class said “No”. Again the professor started pouring in some sand and it did fit in the parts left empty by big rocks and the gravel and asked the class whether now it was full, the class said “No”, more excited he started filling sand inside the jar and asked the class whether it was now full, still the class said, “No” so he got a glass of water and poured it inside and this time he was sure the jar is full and even the class agreed, he asked to students what did they learn from this illustration, there were various answers, and cool logics relating to management in that question answer session but what really made my heart sink was the answer from one shy guy sitting at the back row, the answer was amazingly perfect and reached everyone’s heart without a doubt.
Now, you guys must be as anxious to know the answer as I was that time, it illustrates that the big rocks if not fitted first inside, you never will and the big rocks indicate your children, your family, your dreams, your education, your health, your personal time, and many other important things. It teaches us that you should put big rocks first otherwise you will never get them at all, if you look after little things in life like gravel, sand which will fill up your life, these are actually small worries and office tensions that will occupy your mind so first give preference to big rocks and then give attention to smaller things of life so identify the big rocks in life and put them in your priority list first. I myself learnt so much from it and each person I meet up who is rushing towards life achievements I remind him or her of this story.
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There are number of factors which may distract you from achieving your goals, they come in one whole package or different packages, it so happens when you are unclear about which path to go, if you are unmotivated, if you experience lack of passion, if you unhappy about your working environment and many other factors, the major factor being that, if you yourself may not be knowing anything self management and time management. Managing your time is of great importance if you want to be productive. Live in a real world, and don’t take things for granted thinking time will mend everything, nothing or nobody is going to come and do the work, which you are supposed to do. Now that doesn’t mean you should be sticking to your mail box 24×7, but focusing is the main key to achieve success.
If you set some benchmark for yourself and your employees and also the whole company, it is a good way of being productive. Preparing TO-DO list is of great advantage, as it will help you organize your work carefully without making any mistakes. Set your inner goals and work towards improving better on each working day and also work upon your pitfalls, the points, which you feel, are your weaknesses. At first it may sound a little difficult for the people who never had any hardships but slowly everything will subside and fall at its place. Take charge of your own destiny now before anyone does and set a path to success, as it is rightly said, “Procrastination is the thief of time”, stop mingling around and set a success story to achieve your life goals. Become productive today by following some simple rules like:
- Work on short productive bursts, this consists of a concentration span it can continue till 45 minutes.
- Take breaks after each productivity bursts, the break should not be longer than 15-20 minutes to refresh your mind.
- Avoid drinking too much coffee and drink lots of water
- Office environment should be well lit, you need not strain your eyes to work on your computers.
- Do complicated tasks at the start of the day.
- Work in a non-distractive environment.
- Bring out your own working system that is helpful.
Following some simple specific rules in your work culture is of great advantage that will allow you to work with concentration and diligence. Allow your self to work in a more challenging environment that will make you stronger each day.
Time Management Tips
June 1, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Blogging, Leadership Skills
Time management has become important thing of today’s fast paced lifestyle, if you don’t manage your time today then the time might manage you tomorrow and you will have to take every step of your life listening to what time says. The time stressed economy which we are going through have left no time for us to think of any thing leisurely at your own pace, you have to take quick decisions and come upon your own solutions in time. Don’t let time overtake your responsibilities and your rights, awaken today and go ahead with every thing the life has to offer without procrastination.
Lots been spoken about managing time, organizing your work but how many of us really take actions so that our life brings us more cheer by dong hard work and enjoying it too. Lets talk about Eva Gregory, the speaker and author of the feel good guide to prosperity, she has held workshops on the law of attraction in a person on various medias like teleconferences and on radio. She has been awarded international coach of the year for the year 2006. The last of what we heard from Eva was relating to “how to manifest what you want” in the month of 2009, today we are going to talk about managing time and Eva will share with us the topic secrets of managing time and not let time manage us.
If you have been wondering how your whole day has gone? Or your to-do list for the day has often been filled up with more items at the end of the day? Or do you feel very much stressed or overwhelmed each passing day? If the answer to the above questions is quite a been yes then you need to follow some time management course which will let you organize your daily routine work and not let you stressed at the end of the day. You might well wonder but even if I decide to go over the routine of time management, I don’t have enough time to do it, you can surely start it slowly and steadily and you will soon see you are used to it.
The very first thing to do is to examine all the components of life and you will determine or recognize that how these tasks of life are important and you will soon start taking steps. Just this one thing, you need to recognize what you want in life and if you see how much work is left behind you will surely start taking major steps to complete it, this in itself is very self empowering task that will enlighten you in getting things done. If you the task or projected is not completed on time you might feel the impact of it, what if its really not done on time, what are you going to answer to your boss? What will your clients speak about you, etc. you need to priories your work as per its important that will help you accomplish the tasks which are really urgent, don’t let go off the things that might sound simple they may take more time then you have thought of.
Next step is to determine till what extent you are determined to achieve your targets, is it sheer competition or your personal goals through which you to want to accomplish your objectives in life. You have to face the facts of life, some things are nearly next to impossible to avoid, you have to do them by hook or by crook whether it can be accomplished through personal inspiration or ordered by someone. You should think for yourself that are you really really inspired to achieve your target what you have set for yourself, the things that are uninspiring in life should be avoided, you might think that they are too much time consuming and stuff so you compromise by not doing that and concentrating on some easier tasks, but is this correct, some where or the other you have to face whether it is today or tomorrow and if you are at a senior position you might as well delegate the task to someone else, but in a way you are teaching your junior of how to go about perceiving the particular task so you satisfy yourself of getting the task done and teaching someone how to do it.
Last thing to do is to check your list if anything is remaining to achieving and suddenly you can stumble on one check list that would keep everything in place, just that one particular thing is done and everything would be done automatically, wow, isn’t it a great relief when your to-do list falls just half of what it really was. Lets take an example of cleaning up the house, you need to really take out time to organize your house, it can truly organize everything in house and next time you are searching for your towel it wouldn’t take 10 minutes to go to your bathroom. How about simplifying your daily routine tasks, you can cut short of your time in daily household chores just by organizing your household work and also prioritizing it in a very orderly manner. Cleaning a house and your wardrobe might sound shock for many but it is really helpful, you will see your life starts beginning to feel the zest. Okay let us start by cleaning the clutter in your garbage, you can take an entire day off just cleaning your kitchen, there are so many things in life that just goes unnoticed because you don’t take out enough time. If each day, you plan something to achieve, you will surely and are capable of achieving your task whether its going to consume one hour or five hours.
After cleaning your whole house you might well realized that you actually took less time then your pre decided time, and so much time is saved each day, you find your objects or clothes or stationery easily than wasting time searching for them. Each task sounds to be so simple to do, that you just love your newly organized house. You will remember each thing where you have kept them just in a couple of days and soon you are used to the habit of keeping them back in the position from where you picked up. You will also see how easily you could figure out what to buy when you want to go for shopping, so the next time you go for shopping you will never forget what you have forgotten.
The above stated is just an example, I took an example of your household work, there are so many things in life people want to achieve but something or the other comes up and they loose the track or loose interest, or loose that motivation to complete their task, but if you are strongly determined to achieve what you want you will surely take out time and dedicate maximum hours of the day achieving it. Make a to-do list today, and set your priorities in life which will make your work and daily routines simpler and faster, as you organize your life, so will everything of your life’s goals. Create a space for yourself, where you will solely be dedicated to your work and nothing else, no distractions, no parties, no discotheque will change your track of mind and you will see the results sooner and can develop time management skills.











