What can you learn from your time management?

Prior to 2017, my life was that of disillusionment over who I wanted to become and the things I wanted to achieve but between 2017 to date, I have noticed a tremendous difference. As I got exposed to coaching, I developed critical life skills in goal setting, time management and self-motivation. I realized that if I had any realistic chance of achieving my goals, I would need an intentional and strategic plan for spending my time in a way that aligns with the vision of who I want to become. This enables me to make steady progress towards my goals. Achieving time management can be daunting especially for busy professionals but it is not impossible. Time, just like people, is an asset that requires meaningful investment to be valuable.

Effective time management offers numerous advantages, including stress reduction by avoiding procrastination and deadlines, heightened productivity through goal-setting, increased creativity and innovation through learning opportunities, improved work quality, enhanced confidence, and a better work-life balance. It enables better decision-making, contributes to long-term success, fosters adaptability, and provides moments for self-reflection, all of which are essential for personal and professional development. Time management is indeed a valuable tool that can significantly enhance one's life.

Time is energy! Effective time management means effective personal development. Extracting time for work and finishing them on time increases your energy. You feel more productive and get time for your family and work. In simple words - it becomes easy to balance personal and professional life which is good for personal development.

On days when you have not managed to manage your time, you will have a lot of not-done tasks. And at the end of the day, you don't get tired by the work done; instead, you are mentally tired and fatigued by the work that you did not do. Lack of time management leads to mental fatigue. Can't stress enough the importance of managing time. In fact, we need a massive mindset shift from time management to action management. Time is the constant. Action is in our control.

A challenging task managing time.. very hard thing to do and will continually be an uphill battle. Change your perspective and manage priorities - with life and work. I've found it very helpful to do two things - focus on what is important and what is urgent - which can be combined for tasks, but if we break up / list out what is on our plate - you'll begin to notice we spend too much time in the urgent and not-important category - 80% of our time. The important topics are the things that are not on others radar - unless you make it happen - where we should be spending more time but generally 20%. Important topics need to be on our schedules or they WON'T happen! Then set your Big 3 for the day, and week - make sure to MAKE time to succeed!

Forget about all time management tools and trainings. You can’t manage time. Time flows. Don’t manage time, manage priorities. Or better yet, manage your attention. Most of us understand the priorities and still don’t get things done. Why? We are unable to manage our attention. In today’s world with an abundance of information, interactions, and tons of distractions, it is increasingly difficult to stay focused. Find a system that will help you focus on what is important. It is your choice to have a mindset that allows you to have all the time in the world and spend your attention on things important to you.

The challenge of time management was never time in the first place. It was always us. It was always how we managed ourselves and our tasks in the fixed amount of time at hand. Prioritization is the key of course and it needs to be bolstered up with commitment to it along with focused effort. Doing the right thing in the right manner. Using the right tools to get tasks done in the most efficient manner (including delegating). That's where the secret of managing time lies.

Two simple points to remember for time management. 1.Dont manage time rather manage energy. Where your focus goes your energy goes. 2. Use ADE rule, Automate wherever possible or Delegate wherever possible or Elemenate. Checking the schedule often in calendar and using ADE rule will save at least 1 to 2 hrs per day which eventually can give you 15 additional days in one year.

The Biggest lesson is that once you begin to manage time well, you suddenly find yourself going from 'lack of time' to 'plenty of time at hand'

I agree with your points, and I would explore areas where you might be procrastinating or not moving the needle as fast as you like. You might be putting off something important because of fear of failure or because it’s out of your comfort zone. How to identify this? Think about what you are spending your time on. Is it many small tasks because it makes you feel good to check things off? Or are you spending your time on those big things that are important? If you feel unproductive or think you are not great at time management, start by identifying how you use your current time and whether it is spent on what’s important.

Procrastination is a Time killer. It comes into action after you have made up your mind to manage time effectively, prioritized and about to begin to execute the task at hand. Procrastination then enters the scene and derails everything. Beware. The other is that Time Management is not just for professional tasks and work life. You need to do it equally well for personal life too; managing time between friends, family, Yourself and your dreams !

Time for other, exciting projects: Managing your time wisely can let your boss know that you are open and available for niche projects that may help you advance in your career or expand your skill set. I always try to complete projects upon assignment when it's fresh in my mind and well before the deadline. This leaves me sitting pretty for when a cool project comes down the pipeline - I can immediately raise my hand for it!! I'm available and ready!