A

Seminar Report

On

“Time
Management”

Submitted to:
Management Department
of
Swami Satyanand College of
Mgt & Tech.
Amritsar

Submitted by:

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 Gur
kanwar Roop Singh
B.B.
A(3 rd
sem)
Roll
no:80605320008

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The success of this final report is the outcome

of guidance and valuable suggestion provided
by all the concerned without whom the report
couldn't find out on the right back .I express
my heart felt appreciation for all those
concerned and take this opportunity to express
my utmost gratitude and ineptness to all those
who have contributed in some way or the
other.

This formal acknowledgement will hardly be

sufficient in expressing my deep sense of
gratitude to my guide Mrs.Kawaljit Kaur, who
extended her help and experience even at the
cost of her previous time and inspired me from

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time to time for successful completion of this
report.

The goal was fixed, moves were calculated and

I move with full enthusiasm, vigor and keen
interest. There was time when it proved to be
an uphill task ,the goal seeming beyond my
reach .However ,as the work progressed my
determination and power grew stringer and
completion of this wok further confined my
belief that “WHERE THERE IS WILL, THERE IS A
WAY”

Content

1. Introduction
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2. Definition of Time Management
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3. What Exactly Is Time Management
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4. Importance of Time Management
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5. Steps involved 9
6. More about time management
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7. Time Management Activities 12
8. Things That Waste Time 13
9. How to Properly Manage Your Time 16
10. Time Management Tips 20
11. The Importance of a To-Do List 23
12. Time Management Strategies 25
13. Time Management Made work Simple 27
14. Conclusion
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15. Bibliography 30

Time
Management

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 Introduction
You are probably here because you want to make the most of your
time. You recognize that time is a unique and precious resource

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that you need in order to do your work, accomplish your goals,
spend time with your loved ones, and enjoy everything that life has
to offer.

Perhaps you have a heavy workload and want to find ways to

become more effective so you can get more done in less time.

Maybe you feel overwhelmed or “stressed out” and want to find

ways to do less and enjoy more. Or maybe you simply want to feel
more focused and in control of your time, instead of feeling like
you rush madly from one activity to the next until you fall into bed
exhausted every night.

Benjamin Franklin said, “Do you love life? Then do not squander
time, for that's the stuff that life is made of.”

Whatever your reasons, you came to the right place. Here you'll
find tons of resources, ideas and suggestions to help you improve
your time management skills, increase your productivity and make
much better use of your time.

Definition of Time Management

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Definition: Time management is a set of principles, practices, skills, tools,
and systems that work together to help you get more value out of your time
with the aim of improving the quality of your life.

In arriving at a definition of time management, it is important to note that

time management is a broad subject that covers many different areas from
your day-to-day actions to your long term goals.

Some of the skills associated with time management include planning,

prioritizing, goal setting, scheduling, and managing your workload.

A good time management system integrates all these different skills using a
consistent set of tools designed to work well with each other.

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 What Exactly Is Time Management?

The important point is that time management is not necessarily about

getting lots of stuff done, because much more important than that is making
sure that you are working on the right things, the things that truly need to
be done.

Smart time managers know that there is much more to do than anyone could
possibly accomplish. So instead of trying to do it all, smart time managers
are very picky about how they spend their time.

They choose to focus and spend their time doing a few vital projects that
will really make a difference, rather than spending all their time doing many
trivial things that don't really matter all that much.

If you become a good time manager, you’ll not only get a lot more done in
less time, but you’ll feel more relaxed, focused and in control of your life.

You’ll be able to use your time in a much more balanced and effective way ,
and you’ll be able to make time for the people and activities that you love.
When you get to the end of a busy day, you’ll feel a strong sense of
accomplishment from everything that you actually got done.

Improving your time management skills can even help you get better results
by doing less work, because you're focusing on the things that really matter
rather than all the low-priority busywork that just keeps you busy.

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 Importance of Time Management
Time management is a set of principles, practices, skills, tools, and systems
that help you use your time to accomplish what you want.

Why Is Time Management Important?

Here are the top reasons why time management is of great importance to
your personal and career success:

1. Time is limited. Time is a very special resource in that you cannot store it
or save it for later. Everyone gets the exact same amount of time each and
every day. If you don't use your time wisely, you can never get it back.

2. Time is scarce. Most people feel like they have too much to do and not
enough time. Lack of time is blamed for everything from not getting enough
exercise, poor finances, unachieved goals, too much stress, bad
relationships, and even an unfulfilled life. Time management helps you use
the time that you do have in better ways.

3. You need time to get what you want out of life. You need time to do
almost anything worthwhile in life. Waiting for more free time is a loosing
game that almost never results in getting time for what you want. You need
to learn how to make time for the things that are important to you. Even if
you can only afford to give a small amount of time each week to your goals,
you'd be surprised at how much progress you can make.

4. You can accomplish more with less effort. When you become more
productive using improved time management skills and tools, you can
accomplish more with less effort. Reducing wasted time and effort gives you
even more productive time throughout the day. Both of these allow you to
make time for a wide range of activities that bring more balance and
fulfillment to your life.

5. Too many choices. In this day and age, there are so many ways you can
spend your time, that you need some sort of plan to make intelligent choices.

Time management helps you make conscious choices so you can spend more
of your time doing things that are important and valuable to you.

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 Steps involved

1. Have a vision
2. Based on the vision, set priorities
3. Based on the priorities, throw away all activities which do not fit

1. Have a vision
First of all, you must have vision. What is the purpose of your life?
What is the main goal of your life as a whole? You should be able to
answer these questions if you want to have effective time
management. Why? Because the effectiveness of your time is
calculated based on your vision.
We can take analogy from sport. In basketball, the effectiveness of the
time is measured by how many points a team scores and how many
points it can prevent the opponent to score. This is because the vision
or the goal in basketball is winning the game by scoring more points
than your opponent. The vision is clear so we know how to measure
time effectiveness is basketball. The same thing applies to life. How
can you measure your effectiveness if you do not know the purpose of
your life in the first place?
2. Based on the vision, set priorities
Priorities flow naturally from your vision. Again in basketball, since
the goal is to win the game by scoring more than the opponent, then
the priorities are: a. Score as much as possible, and b. Prevent the
opponent from scoring.
If you know your vision, you can easily set your priorities. It’s
because you already have a clear standard of measurement. You will
prioritize activities which lead to your vision. The better an activity
takes you to your vision, the higher the priority you give to it.
3. Based on the priorities, throw away all activities which do not fit
here is the last step. Simply throw away all activities which do not fit
your priorities and you are left with only those activities which lead
you to your vision. Very simple, isn’t it? This step prevents you from
being distracted by activities which may sound interesting, but
actually doesn’t help you achieve your life purpose.

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 More about time management

Time management starts with being focused on what you are doing in the
moment. There are even some people who will argue that technically there
is no possible way to multi-task because you can literally only perform one
task at a time. Either way you’d like to look at it, time management is a skill
that you must master no matter what your profession or age.

Some people will tell you that time management is all about creating a list
of things that must be done, scheduling every moment of your day, setting
goals, and prioritizing your tasks. Although these concepts are at the core of
time management, there are many other factors that come into play as well
such as decision making and critical thinking.

The Pareto principle, also known as the 80-20 rule, states that for many
events, approximately 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. The
concept was developed by Joseph Juran who named it after an Italian
economist Vitfredo Pareto who observed that 80% of the land in Italy was
owned by 20% of the population. There’s nothing really special about the
number 80. In fact, in most business principles you’ll see that ratio. It’s
mainly used to emphasize just how much is lost, or gained with time
management.

Whether you are looking at time management from a personal level, a

business level, or as a general way of life, there is one constant: time
management is about getting results and not necessarily being busy. There
is a huge difference between those two ideas. Have you ever seen someone
in your office (or perhaps a friend or spouse) who seems to constantly be
running around fretting about “all the work” they have to complete? They
look really busy – and in fact they are. But their time management skills
could be lacking. At the end of the day, I can almost guarantee that person
has not accomplished as much as they should have or could have had they
implemented a time management program.

One way to start to manage your day is to understand that every person has
a natural cycle. Are you a morning person, or a night person? Are you
ready for a nap by 3:00 PM? That is your natural cycle. If you’re a night
person, you shouldn’t be trying to handle your most important or your

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hardest tasks during the morning when you are least likely to be able to
think clearly or act decisively.

In order to start prioritizing your day, you also have to stop thinking of NO
as a dirty word. If you take on a project that you can’t do, or one in which
you don’t have the time to do then you are not helping that person out. You
are going to produce less than stellar results!

Put the “Getting Things done” mentality into motion. If it takes less than 2
minutes to do – then do it! Remember, 2 minutes is just an arbitrary number.
It could have 5 minutes, 7 minutes, etc. If it’ll take longer than 2 minutes to
accomplish, then you need to decide if it’s something you should do, or if it
can be done by someone else. If it must be done by you place it into one of
three piles. The first pile contains tasks that will only take one step to
complete. The second pile contains things that will take two or more steps to
do. And the third pile contains things that are for reference. Everything else
should be tossed out to the trash!

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Time Management Activities - What Can
You Do To Better Manage Your Time?

Time management is really a misnomer. You may think that you manage
your time but in reality this is rarely the case. More often, time manages
you.

Deadlines are imposed by events (your plane leaves at a certain time) or

other people (your boss absolutely needs that report by tomorrow).

So how do you set about managing your time when so little of it is actually
under your control?

But there are some time management activities you can use. See which
works for you.

• Log where you spend your time. Note down every 15 minutes what
you're doing. It may take longer to do this but the exercise will
highlight where you are spending most of your time. You can then
decide whether to change your time emphasis.
• Apply the 80/20 principle. Typically 80% of our results come from
20% of our time and effort. Work out where you're getting your best
results, spend more time doing that and less time doing unproductive
things.
• Leave things undone. This may sound like heresy! Lots of things that
come across our path can be safely ignored or otherwise left undone.
Those emails will arrive whether you check them or not. If it's truly
urgent, someone will likely call you rather than leave it to the hit-and-
miss of email.
• Television news will continue to happen whether you watch it for 30
minutes a day or not. You'll find skipping the news has the side effect
of automatically cutting out lots of negativity in your life, killing two
birds with one stone.
• Hire help! Whether it's a cleaner at home, someone to look after your
garden or whatever. Delegate the less important tasks. Consider hiring
an online personal assistant to help with jobs that are "below you" but
still need to be done.

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 Things That Waste Time

In order for you to excel at time management, it is important for you to be able
to identify things which waste time. If you cannot get these things under control, your
productivity will fall, and you will fail to achieve your goals.

Things which waste time will destroy your time management system. You
will want to watch for these things at all times, and when you detect one of
them, you will want to stop it before it turns into a much larger problem.
The first thing that will waste your time is called poor planning. Poor
planning is something that will not only waste your time, but could severely
impact your ability to achieve a desired goal. It is always important to make

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sure you plan things properly. If you plan to finish a task within a certain
period of time, you should make sure the plan is effective and feasible. You
should look at any possible things which could cause the plan to fail. The
second thing that will waste your time is constant phone calls. While some
calls can be important, others are a complete waste of time. The time you
spend talking on the phone about things which are not important will reduce
the amount of time you spend on important tasks, and will destroy your
productivity.

Another problem that people have is trying to do too much at once.

Attempting to do more than what you can handle lead to stress, burn out,
and a number of other problems. To solve this problem, set up a schedule
with a To-Do list that will only allow you to work on tasks that you can
handle at one time. If you have your own business, you may have to deal
with drop-in visitors. Even if they are clients you have worked with before, a
surprise visit can throw you off the project you're working on. It can also
delay the time that is necessary for you to complete it. To overcome this
problem, inform all your clients that they must make an appointment before
visiting you. By doing this, you can avoid the surprise visits that may waste
your time.

While delegating is important when you are working in a group, it can

become a waste of time if it is not done effectively. An example of this is
delegating a task to someone who doesn't do it, or they do it incorrectly.
There are a number of things that can cause problems with delegation. The
primary factor is communication. Both sides must be able to communicate
effectively. If only one side is communicating, there will always be
confusion, and correcting the problem will waste time. In addition to this,
tasks should only be given to people who can handle them. If they can't
handle them, or wish not to do them, they should either be given another
task or removed from the team altogether.

Another killer of time management is disorganization. When people are not

organized, they are prone to failing to meet deadlines, or they will forget to
finish a task. If you are the head of your team, you must get rid of anything
that can make your group disorganized. If you don't do it, confusion can
lead to frustration, and this can destroy your productivity and your ability to
succeed. In addition to this, a lack of discipline is a frequent killer of time
management. If you or someone you work with does not have the discipline
to finish a project, it is unlikely to be completed, and if it is, it will generally

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be poor in quality.

Tasks which are unfinished can cause a major problem, especially when
they are tasks that are crucially important.

If you have made a To-Do list for a particular day, it is always important to
make sure you finish the most important things on the list. Rate each task by
its level of importance, and finish them in this order. If you are the owner of
a business, you may find that your staff is simply not adequate when it
comes to time management. In this situation, you may need to either educate
them or release them from their duties

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 How to Properly Manage Your Time

If you feel that you are not as productive as you should be, this is generally
a sign that you are not practicing good time management. Time
management is very important for students or people who have their own
businesses.

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If you have your own business, it is likely that you are carrying out a
wide variety of different tasks each day. If this is the case, there are a
number of things you can do to enhance your productivity and properly
manage your time. The first thing you will want to do is alter your
perception of time management.

Even if you are well organized, there is only a certain amount of time
available in each day. Time cannot change. If you want to become better at
time management, you must change your behavior and the way you look at
time. The next thing you will want to do is find out which areas you are
wasting time in. Even the most productive people can waste time, and it is
important to find the areas that need to be improved. Are you spending too
much time surfing the internet? Do you find that you are constantly on the
phone? To become good at managing your time, you will want to begin
keeping track of your activities each day.

By tracking your activities each day, you will be able to get an image of how
you are managing your time. The most important factor in being more
productive is to change the way you behave. Once you have begun tracking
your activities each day, you can begin to find areas where you will need to
improve. But how do you track your daily activities? One way you can do it
is by writing down the amount of time you are spending doing things that
are not important compared to those that are important. For example, how
much time are you spending surfing the internet? How much time are you
spending talking on the phone about matters that are not business related?

How much time do you spend reading or talking to people about things that
are not business related? If you can write down the approximate amount of
time you spend doing these things, you will begin to develop an idea for how
much time you are wasting. You may be surprised with the results. While 3
minutes may not sound like a lot of time, it will add up over the course of 8
hours. Once you understand where you need to improve, you will next need
to set goals. For example, if you notice that you are spending a lot of time
talking on the phone, you will set a personal goal to not take personal calls
while you're working.

If you have a cell phone, you may need to turn it off to reach this goal. If you
find that you are spending lots of time surfing the internet, you should set a
goal to stop doing it and focus on what is important. This can be difficult for
people who have their own businesses, because they don't have a boss

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looking over their shoulder. They are the boss. While being the boss can
give you large amounts of power, it also comes with responsibility. Once
you have set goals that will help you manage your time, you will next want
to create what is called a time management plan.

The goal of a time management plan is to assist you in reaching the goals
you have set up. Not only will you want to set up a plan, but you will also
want to monitor your progress to find out how well you are doing.

Achieving your goals indeed starts from learning how to manage your time.
Having enough time to do your tasks and finishing your tasks at the right
time will surely help you in achieving your personal goals and having time
to enjoy life as well.

If you are often rushing for the last minute to finish your tasks, or you are
feeling tired of the seemingly unending tasks that you are constantly
tackling, you might need a little help on some ways and techniques on how
to manage your time better and finish your tasks in less time.

Here are some ways on how to manage your time better and finish your
tasks on time.

(1) Organize. The first thing that you may want to do before
budgeting your time and planning your tasks is to organize yourself, your
home and your workplace. Have a place for everything so it will save you
more time later in finding things. Having a disorganized home and
workspace can also cause distraction that may eat up a lot of your time as
well. Having a well-organized life indeed can help you avoid stress, help
you focus and concentrate on your work and help you become more efficient
in your tasks.

(2) Take advantage of high-tech tools. In these

times of new technologies, you can switch to using handheld gadgets to help
you stick to your schedules and tasks. You can also take advantage of online
tools, online calendars or software that will allow you to conveniently and
easily budget your time and remind you of your tasks. If you are comfortable

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with your desktop calendar or post-it notes, they can be very useful too - for
as long as you write down your plans, your tasks and your schedules.

(3) Manage distractions. Distractions can eat up a lot of

time and effort and can get your focus off your scheduled tasks, so avoid
them as much as possible. Television and emotional issues can also drain
your time and could distract you in your quest to achieving your goals, so
find time to manage them. Make a list of your common distractions and
come up with ways to deal with them. Meditation can also help you in this
aspect as it helps a lot in improving your focus and concentration.

(4) Do multi-tasking. With the aid of high technologies,

multi-tasking is now becoming a trend. Although this may bring great
results for some people as a way to finish more in lesser time, it may not be
efficient for some, especially if you cannot work well under pressure. If you
are comfortable with multi-tasking, this could be a great technique in saving
time to get your goals and having more time to enjoy free time.

(5) Overcome bad habits. Learning how to manage your

time better may be a little difficult as it may involve overcoming old habits.
Procrastination for example is a bad habit that you may want to avoid and
overcome if you want to learn how to manage your time better. If you have
low motivation, you can always find some tools that can help you in
motivating yourself and overcoming tiredness and fatigue.

These are just some of the ways you can make use if you want to stick to
your plans and goals. Just remember too that putting your plans and
schedules in writing will make them easier for you to accomplish.

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 Time Management Tips
1. Write things down

A common time management mistake is to try to use your memory to keep

track of too many details leading to information overload. Using a to-do list
to write things down is a great way to take control of your projects and tasks
and keep yourself organized.

2. Prioritize your list

Prioritizing your to-do list helps you focus and spend more of your time on
the things that really matter to you. Rate your tasks into categories using the
ABCD prioritization system described in the time management course.

3. Plan your week

Spend some time at the beginning of each week to plan your schedule.
Taking the extra time to do this will help increase your productivity and
balance your important long-term projects with your more urgent tasks. All
you need is fifteen to thirty minutes each week for your planning session.

4. Carry a notebook

You never know when you are going to have a great idea or brilliant insight.
Carry a small notebook with you wherever you go so you can capture your
thoughts. If you wait too long to write them down you could forget. Another
option is to use a digital recorder.

5. Think before acting

How many times have you said yes to something you later regretted? Before
committing to a new task, stop to think about it before you give your answer.
This will prevent you from taking on too much work.

6. Continuously improve yourself

Make time in your schedule to learn new things and develop your natural
talents and abilities. For example, you could take a class, attend a training

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program, or read a book. Continuously improving your knowledge and
skills increases your marketability, can help boost your career, and is the
most reliable path to financial independence.

7. Think about what you are giving up to do your regular activities

It is a good idea to evaluate regularly how you are spending your time. In
some cases, the best thing you can do is to stop doing an activity that is no
longer serving you so you can spend the time doing something more
valuable. Consider what you are giving up in order to maintain your current
activities.

8. Use a time management system

Using a time management system can help you keep track of everything that
you need to do, organize and prioritize your work, and develop sound plans
to complete it. An integrated system is like glue that holds all the best time
management practices together.

9. Apply the 80/20 rule

The 80/20 rule states that 20% of your tasks account for 80% of the value in
your to-do list. Some tasks have a much greater return on your investment of
time and energy than others. Use prioritization to identify and focus your
time on these high payoff tasks.

10. Avoid attempting to do too much

While it is good to balance important long-term projects with urgent tasks,

you can take this too far. If you spread your time and energy over too many
different projects, you may not be able to make meaningful progress on any
of them. Good time management often requires that you focus your time on
a smaller set of objectives.

11. Learn to relax

Working hard is important, but you also need to take time off to relax and
enjoy yourself. When you do, you will find that you use your time more

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wisely while you are at work. The extra time off renews your energy and
gives your brain much needed rest.

12. Don’t over schedule

When you over schedule your days, it can cause unnecessary stress. When
creating your weekly plan and scheduling appointments, always create
room for error.

13. Learn to group your tasks

In order to use your time wisely, try to perform certain tasks in batches. For
example, sort out the papers on your desk and file at the same time, or
process several emails in your Inbox at the same time. Related tasks don’t
take as long when you do them all at once.

14. Utilize “productive procrastination”

Procrastination doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing if you use it to

delay working on low priority tasks that may not need to be done at all. Wait
until a task becomes important enough to deserve your time before you work
on it.

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 The Importance of a To-Do List
A To-Do list is a list of important tasks that you will need to carry out
within a given period of time. They are a crucial tool for those that want to
be skilled at time management. The concept of a To-Do list is quite
simple.

By having all of the things you need to do written down or placed into an
electronic planner, it will become easier for you to remember the tasks that
you need to carry out. Once you have written down tasks in a To-Do list,
you will next want to prioritized the tasks based on their importance.

To-Do lists are important for people who have a large number of different
things they need to get done. If you are the type of person who frequently
forgets important things they need to do, then a To-Do list is something you
won't want to be without. Before you can successfully prioritize a To-Do list,
you will first want to learn how to prepare one. The first thing you will want
to do is either purchase a notepad, electronic planner, or any device
that can allow you to list important tasks. Many cell phones may now give
you this function as well. After you have the device that will help you record
the tasks, you will next want to write them down.

If you have a large list of things you need to do, you will want to split them
into parts. Continue to do this until you have completed the entire list. Once
you have finished doing this, you will want to begin prioritizing each task
based on their importance. You will want to go down the list and give each
task a rating. How you rate it isn't important, as long as it is something that
makes sense to you. If you find that you have a large number of things which
have a priority, you will want to begin deleting things off the list that are not
important. Once you have finished doing this, you should have a list which
will allow you to focus on the most important things.

According to the 80/20 principle, the most important things you will need to
complete will take up 20% of the list. The other 80% is not as important,
and will play a smaller role your in success or failure. Now that you have
created a To-Do list, you will now need to learn how to use it. Each person
who creates a To-Do list will use it in a different way. If you are working
alone, you may want to create a short list of important things you can
complete each day. If you have a very large list that contains tasks that will

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be completed by more than one person, it may take you more time to
complete it.

In a situation like this, you may find that you are carrying tasks from one list
to another. In fact, it may take you weeks to complete tasks which are not
important. The only time that this should be an issue is if you have a
deadline. If you don't have a deadline, there should not be a problem. The
only things that you should carry over from one To-Do list to another are
things that don't consist of the 20 percent of tasks which will play the largest
role in your failure or success. When you create a To-Do list, there are
some important things you will want to remember.

First, you will always want to make sure you complete the most important
tasks. Complete the tasks which have the highest priority,

And don't place an emphasis on things that are not as important. It is also
important to make sure you are never bogged down working on a bunch of
tasks that are not crucial. Creating a To-Do list is very important if you a
serious about properly managing your time. They allow you to see a
completed list of all the things you need to do, and it allows you to focus on
the things which are important. If you use a To-Do list in the proper way,
you are following what is called the 80/20 principle, and if you do this
consistently, you will begin to succeed

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 Time Management Strategies
Many people think that simply keeping track of time is a good example
of time management. However, being able to track the amount of time you
spend doing things is only one part of time management.

Many people spend large amounts of energy tracking their time only to find
that they have not successfully developed good time management
skills. Unfortunately, many people who are in this situation give up because
they have not achieved the results they were striving for. The thing they fail
to understand is that tracking your time is not enough to enhance your time
management skills.

To enhance the way you manage your time, you must first begin changing
your own behaviors. You can track time all you want, but it isn't going to
change. The only thing that can change is you. To do this, you will need to
set up an effective system that can allow you to change things that are
causing you to waste time. While you will want to keep track of how much
time you spend doing things, this should only be the first step. Once you've
done this, you will need to take the information you've gathered and use it to
help you make the necessary changes. Because many people fail to do this,
they fail to enhance their time management.

The secret to properly managing time is the use of categories. Take a look at
your day planner for tomorrow. If you are like most people, you have filled
it with a number of important things that you need to get done. However,
you may not be able to finish these things because of factors that waste your
time. There are five things that you will want to place in your time
management category, and these are dealing with unexpected situations,
interruptions, planned projects, uninterrupted time, and uninterrupted
downtime. If you are the owner of a business, you will often find that there
are things you will have to deal that will slow you down.

This could be phone calls, missing files, and problems with clients or
employees. Interruptions can include unexpected visits, phone calls, or other
issues. This is the primary killer of time management. The use of the planned
projects is important because it allows you to get work done, and when you

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are working uninterrupted, you are usually the most productive.
Uninterrupted downtime is when you can take a moment to stop and review
work that has been completed. You can brainstorm alone or with your
employees. These are the five categories of time management, and you will
want to decide how you perform in each area.

If you are spending a lot of time dealing with interruptions or unexpected

situations, you are wasting time and your productivity will not be where it
should be. You should list these categories and write down how much time
you are spending with them each day. Of course, you will want to do this at
the end of the day because it will waste time if you do it while you are trying
to work. It has been said that time is money, and this is very true. The most
successful business people are those that know how to properly manage
their time. They work hard to get rid of time management killers such as
interruptions. They understand the importance of being able to spend most
of their time working, and so must you if you wish to become proficient in
effectively managing your time.

While running out of money is the primary reason that many businesses fail,
another reason is a lack of good time management. Many business owners
spend too much time dealing with issues that are not relevant or important.

That five minutes that you spend dealing with an issue that is not important
will never come back, and it cannot be purchased. While spending money is
optional, time is not. While this may sound like common sense, many people
fail because they don't understand, or they don't take the time to apply it.
You will want to write down the five categories I have mentioned here and
spend time reviewing them to see how well you are doing. If you are not
managing your time well, find the root of the problem and get rid of it.

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Time Management Made Simple - Making
Time For Things That Really Matter

Time management is a skill that is relevant to a lot of people, from parents

and college students to CEOs and small business owners. Time management
is especially crucial for people who work from home because there are no
set hours, there's no boss to supervise your work, and there are a whole lot
of television shows waiting to be watched.

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When it comes to online marketing, there are a lot of activities that seem like
work, but really aren't. For example, you might enjoy interacting with
people on Twitter. Sending out your own tweets doesn't take too much time,
but if you were to start replying to other people's tweets, the minutes would
pile up and turn into an hour or two. Relationship building is important, but
if you spend all day on Twitter, then you won't really get anything else done.

Another big mistake is equating the checking of email to being productive.

Most online marketers are subscribed to dozens of lists and may be working
on projects which involve a lot of email communication with clients or
partners. This means that in any given day, you may be getting tens or even
hundreds of emails. If you don't regularly clear your inbox, then you could
easily spend an entire day just reading and responding to emails. While you
can't just start ignoring your emails, you can't turn into a slave to them
either. Set aside a reasonable amount of time per day for emails and stick to
it so that you don't end up spending valuable time doing something that
won't make you any money.

This applies to anyone who is busy or merely forgetful, but creating a to-do
list will help you remember what you need to do and when it needs to get
done. As online marketers, we have a ton of things that need doing and tons
of ideas swishing around in our brains that need to be manifested into
action. It's impossible to remember everything, so write it down. One time
management tip that has been particularly useful to me is to create a "to do"
list every evening before going to bed. This allows you to free your brain of
clutter and get a good, relaxing sleep.

There are a lot of things that need to get done in an Internet marketer's
business, but a lot of them are tedious, boring, and tremendous wastes of
time, especially for people who are already making a decent amount of
money. Examples of necessary tasks that aren't a good use of your time are
things like graphic design, link building, and customer service. Sure, you
could do all this yourself, but if you don't know how to do something like
graphic design or if you find your time could be better spent doing
something else, then pay someone else to do it. By delegating tasks to other
people, you're freeing up yourself to do things which stimulate your brain,
things that you enjoy doing, or things that are more profitable. Sure you
may be paying quite a bit to outsource, but if you know what you're doing,
it'll be a good investment: money for time.

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 Conclusion
From above we come to know that time is part
and parcel of our life if you wouldn’t manage
your time than you cant manage the work so if
you want to do work properly you should
have to be a good time manager

Time management makes the work easy and

helps us to done the work on time. Time
management helps us to focus on the work
that is in our hand.

Successful people know exactly how to manage

their time. The more successful you get, the
more you have to organize your time.

To-do list help us in doing the work in

systematical manure and also help to do the
work on time. So we should have to divide the
time according to the work.

Don’t waste your time or time will waste you

Don’t waste time, time is money

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 Bibliography and
reference sites

1. Time management Authors Ken Blanchard and

Robert Lorber
2. www.google.com

3. www.time-management-guide.com

4. www.timethoughts.com

5. www.timemanagementgoals.com

6. www.raifoundation.org

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