Time drives everything! There are 168 hours in a week. For most of us there are 40 hours in a typical work week. Everything in our daily lives revolves around these hours. Brian Tracy (http://www.briantracy.com/blog/), a guru of time management says that if you ask yourself "what is the best use of my time right now" you begin to plan and prioritize better. These practices are the key building blocks to time management.
How do most of us manage our time? What tips or questions do some of you have about managing time?
I thought that I would share with the committee and my co-workers something that I have started doing that is working for me. I have decided that since I cannot do everything that I would like to do I have stopped speaking up in meetings to volunteer for tasks just because no one else in the same meetings speak up. I have begun to learn that there is a reason that others do not speak up all the time and say "I'll do it." It is because they have realized how to manage their time and tasks and know what they can and cannot do effectively and without stress. My advice: Let's start thinking about not being the workplace "Mikey". Remember, the cereal commercial that said, "Give it to Mikey. He'll eat anything." Sometimes people can be Mikey in the workplace and others often say, "give it to (name). They'll do anything to help." We have to realize that we cannot do everything just because it needs to be done.
ReplyDeleteI do better when I am able to find time to do a little of everything that I have to do. I realize that I can't do everything that needs to be done so if I'm able to do SOME of everything I'm a little less stressed. I accomplish this by prioritizing about three things that have to be done and complete them entirely. Then I do a little of each of the other things I need to do at a specific time designated to accomplish them. Using this organizational technique I am able to complete some things and get a start on the other work that needs to be done.
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