Time Management Tips - 3 simple rules.

Time management is a key skill. Take a look at anyone who has made a success of themselves in almost any endeavour, and you will note that they have mastered the area of time skills; they are in control of their time.

However, time management is also a skill that many people find it difficult to master. If you are in any doubt about this, just think of all those people that are late for meetings, or hand in reports late. Just think about all of those people who are stressed that you know, the ones who are running around at work complaining about there never being ‘enough hours in the day’.

Well, it’s true. There aren’t enough hours in the day. In fact, we spend pretty much half the day sleeping. And then we are effectively directed by modern society to fill the rest of the day with a fantastic amount of tasks and duties. And alongside all of these tasks, we also have to fit in some time for our loved ones, as well as relaxation.

So how do we manage our work time effectively? How could we build our time skills? Well, we could buy one of those fancy PDAs, or we could buy a nice looking desk diary.
Or we could just get real.

You see, time management comes down to a very simple thing: prioritising. All the best time management aids out there can’t help you with this. The principle is very simple and it takes no time at all to master.

All you have to do to practise effective time management in your job is to remember that you should only ever focus on three big things in one day. That’s three things, no more. So all of the big tasks that you are given to do, or all of the big projects that you take on, make sure you only focus on three of them per day.

Why just three? Well, anything more would just complicate your day. And when you think about it, three big things to focus on in one day is quite a lot.

However, the trick with time skills like this one is to keep the focus. If you allow your brain to be distracted by anything other than those three things (barring emergencies, obviously), you will achieve nothing.

Follow this time management principle and you will find that your day becomes incredibly focused. You will not be distracted; will achieve things every day without question. And perhaps most importantly you will not be stressed due to the mistaken belief that you have to do everything that lands on your desk.