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Carolyn Smagalski
Business Basics
Founder - Editor - Host
Time management is an important part of any success story.
Look at the accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, Bill Gates,
Robert Kiyosaki, Nido Qubein, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford,
Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, or any number of successful
people. They had the same amount of time in a day that you
have – twenty-four hours. You may observe that people like
Gates, Trump and Winfrey have more resources - employees,
investment counselors, and business connections – in their
business organization than you do. You, however, have greater
resources – the Internet, a telephone with global capacity,
digital voice recorders, video – than people like Franklin,
Ford, and Carnegie. Learning to use available resources to
their greatest capacity is key to effective time management.
Do you have a digital camera? A portable phone? A video or
voice recorder? How about a computer program like Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, or FrontPage? Have you mastered how to use
all the functions? You can invest a tremendous amount of time
in mastering these, but the result of using these functional
elements to capacity can provide big returns to the bottom
line in your life.
As a basic starting point to effective time management, follow
these simple recommendations:
1. Set a Personal Goal
– This will provide you with a clear picture of your expected
result, making it easier to prioritize the attention you
allocate to each portion of your life.
2. Focus on the BIG PICTURE
– Create a mental snapshot of your entire life. Include your
business, health, family life, personal ambitions, and free
time. Allocate some time to each of these segments every
day. Balance is key to your successful overall satisfaction.
3. Make a quick list of daily targets
- Prioritize them. Assign numbers to each element, weighing
their necessity and level of importance. Check off your
progress as you accomplish each one.
4. Your list is the roadmap; follow through promptly
- Avoid the time-waster of re-writing target items that never
merit dedicated attention. If you need to put a listed event
off to a future time, decide when to accomplish it in the
future. Then, DO IT! Firm decision-making is an important
growth-step.
5. Stay flexible for unexpected occurrences
- Change is an inevitable part of life. Change is the only
"constant." As changes to your schedule occur, respond to
them with smooth competency. Avoid impulsive comments of
frustration. Accept the fact that interruptions are
inevitable, and learn to become a multi-functional person.
Flex your time, while retaining a firm focus on the end goal.
6. Conserve your energy
- Don't waste your best hours on stress or worry. These
roadblocks can devour your time and affect your health,
creating unnecessary physical or mental disorders. Become
solution oriented. When problems arise, as they ultimately
will on occasion, build an inner voice that strengthens your
position and remains bigger than any challenge.
7. Make a decision to direct your own life
- Choose your heading and course. Then, make the necessary
preparation and adjustments for your successful journey.
Enjoy the journey - and what it makes of you along the way.
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