Importance of time management

Question: “How many tasks you do within a day longer that 2 hours without a break of concentration?”

If you answered “3″ or more, skip reading. You are master of concentration. But if not – material below might be interesting for YOU.

Many people have these habits. Check Yourself!

1.  To check email, facebook, skype chat, twitter etc. each 20 minutes.
2. Average skype message is of 1-3 words, “Enter” then again 1-3 words and skype icon blinks 3-5 times for our friend until 1 thought is finished.
3. When You try to concentrate, to do task for more than 20 minutes, You find out that “there is very necessary question to ask right now” and You ask.
4. The same Your work companions do to You.

SO:

* Cake cannot be cooked if oven is switched off each 20 minutes;
* You can do valuable job after longer concentration period – 1-2 hours;
* You are wasting Your day jumping through all sort of info in Your computer screen.

5 things TO DO

1. Priority list. List of Your projects ranked from 1-5 (with note why project no 1 is so important to You and no 5 isn’t).

2. Day plan. Start a day with scheduling Your 3 major tasks of 1-2 hours. Your first task is of Your project No 1. More about day plan read here.

3. Track time. When finished, when disturbed – enter time You worked. This will show:

• if You have dedicated time for task,
• were concentrated,
• got result.

4. Make adjustments according Your findings:

• wrong priorities,
• missed day plan,
• not clear where time is lost.

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