SIMON W
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During the working day your faced with important things to do, stuff that really makes a difference, and urgent stuff, the things that crop up, and although they don't make a huge difference just have to be done and done quickly.
Time management is about ensuring you get the important things done without the urgent stuff taking over.
First, list all the things you need to do, and grade them, give an A to something that's important and urgent, a B to something important but not urgent, a C to something unimportant but urgent and D to something that is neither important nor urgent.
Now take your dairy and give time to each task, giving most time to As, some clear space for Bs, block out time in the future for Cs, and avoid doing Ds at all if possible.
Everyone has a most productive part of the day, some are best in the morning, others at the end of the day, when ever yours is, block out chunks of time to do the A tasks at this time, and put Bs in the rest day.
Never completely fill your diary, leave about 10% of the day to deal with things you didn't expect, but put this aside as a specific time so these things don't interrupt the time you've put aside for A and B tasks.
Finally, read e-mail at a specific time, maybe twice a day, and then if possible turn it off so it doesn't distract you from your main task.
Time management is all about 2 things:
1) Focusing on one thing at a time and not being distracted from it
2) Focusing effort on things that matter most |
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