Awareness of lack of Time Management is the first step to better Time Management
Don´t work harder, work smarter
100 % perfect is only in exceptional cases a condition for success
An error is only considered an error if repeated
Better doing "the right things" than doing "things right"
Right direction is more important than speed
Effectiveness of processes repeated offend has the biggest time saving effect. Focus on time saving of daily processes before processes performed on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis
Are you able to eat an elephant? – Yes, if you plan and take a little bite every day! Time management in big projects must be approached the same way. Big tasks, with a possibility of future time saving, are often postponed to the time where the whole task can be done in once – this time will never come
Listen to and react on the signals from your surroundings on lack of Time Management
Lowest common denominator rules in Time Management in groups. For example if a person is late for a meeting all parties in the meeting are starting the meeting later. Identify lowest common denominator in your group and help the person reaching the general level of Time Management in your group
Tasks will move to where they are received with a “Yes”. Learn to say “No” to the tasks that are not considered a success by you or your group
If you are overloaded by tasks given to you - react proactive: Say “No” – say “Help” or say “Never mind”
First fill in the big stones in the glass – then fill in the small stones – and last fill in the gravel. This will make you able filling in the most in the glass
Start your working day with the tasks that are necessary for you being able to leave your work again and go home
Work for periods on approximately 45 minutes and remember to take a break. This will make you more efficient
Attend to mails once or twice a day only to avoid interruptions. If a task is interrupted and then resumed, the task will always start at a lower level than before the interruption
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