Time Management Techniques: How Setting Specific Goals Can Help You Succeed
As an individual in this hectic world, time management is necessary to keep you on track. For example, it is not uncommon to sit at the computer to tackle business only to find yourself drifting away to check out what is happening on the web.
You find getting coffee, talking to your co-workers, using the bathroom, or grabbing a snack a lot more fun. Then an hour passes you by and your tasks still aren't done. How do you keep from doing this and manage your time wisely? Try this:
48 Minutes: You Are On!
Instead of giving yourself so many opportunities for distraction, put a time limit on it. One method to doing this is to use the formula of 48. Sit down at your desk and start your clock. In the next 48 minutes, work on your project wholeheartedly. Remove any temptation, too.
In the next 12 minutes, you have a break, time to do what you need to do whether that be getting a cup of coffee or using the restroom. You can even surf the web, but only do so for the next 12 minutes. Once they are up, get back to the grind for another 48 minutes of focused, concentrated work.
Why does this make a difference? It keeps it so you know you only have that much time. It helps hone in your mind's abilities for that time frame.
No matter what the project is or what type of work you are in you will see results in those 48 minutes.
Time Management Means Doing More In Less Time
The reason for doing this is that is helps you use you best abilities for that time frame. Then you relax your mind for 12 minutes and you're all refreshed and ready to do it again. Plus, it's more effective than multi-tasking. You get more done by focusing on that one task and using all your abilities to do that one task.
For example, perhaps you have a blog post you need to write, emails to answer and a business meeting to arrange. If you focus on just one of those areas first, complete it and then move on, you will likely get more done.
The opposite happens if you try to hop around from task to task and back again. You lose focus and spend more time in the process.
In time management taking breaks are just as important as being well organized and on task. Keep these in mind and your time will be well used, and productive.
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Published March 13th, 2009
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