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21 ways to manage your time and be more productive
- Make a decision , either do something or STOP doing something. Decisiveness should be practiced until it comes naturally.
- Develop a clear vision of what it is you are trying to accomplish. decide what you want and determine the price you should pay to get it and resolve to pay that price.
- plan every day in advance. six P formula - Prior proper planning prevents poor performance. make weekly monthly and hourly list. specify the time line, make a daily list of your activities befre you sleep the previous night WORK FROM WRITTEN LIST
- use the ABCDE method to set priorities.
- Separate the urgent from the important - U&I, U&NI, I&NU, NU&NI
- used the law of forced efficiency - there is never enough time to do everything, but there is always time to do the most important thing. -> What is the highest value use of my time? -> What is it that you do that yields the highest rewards to me or my company? -> Why am I on the payroll? -> What are the few elements that determine the most success to my job -> What can i and only i do that if done well can make a real difference -> What is the most valuable use of my time right now?
- Apply the 80/20 rule : 80% of the things you do will account for 20% of your value. practice creative procrastination.
- work at your energy peaks. identify your peak times and work you reports at them
- Practice single handling with Key Tasks : 2 keys to success is FOCUS & CONCENTRATION
- Eat that frog ;
- Organize your work space. Work from a clean desk.USE the TRAFF formula
- Use Travel Time productively - Listen to educational audio programs,
- Get better at your key Task.
- Work in real time, develop a sense of urgency, develop a biase for action. People who do things quickly and well are considered to be more competent. Slow decision making puts a drag on your activities. Develop a reputation for speed and dependability
- Re engineer your work :
- Re invent your self each year. re evaluating every aspect of your life
- Practice ZERO Based thinking ; Is there anything in my life, knowing what i now know i would not have to get into if i had to do it over again.
- Set clear posteriorities .What sort of things you can stop doing?
- Keep you life in balance, the reason you are working so you can spend time with family, you want to be as successful as you can,
- Plan every project carefully. A job that requires several steps, view yourself as a project manager through out your life. the most important key in success is clarity, then organize it by priority and sequence.
- be intensely action oriented. the faster you move the better you feel, the more energy you have, the more you get paid,
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