Here’s a good starting point on time management:
1) Know what you’re goals are. It’s very difficult to prioritize your time when you don’t know what you want.
2) Make a list of everything you want to get done. This is your master to-do list
3) On a daily basis, identify 4 – 6 things that you can do either in the morning or the night before to move you towards your goals. Do or schedule those things first, before doing anything else in your day. Don’t try and do more than 6 things in a day. That will just set you up for failure and frustration. We all have a limited amount of time. The key is to be as effective as you can with the time you do have.
4) Review your master list on a regular basis (weekly or monthly). Delegate anything you can to others and dump tasks you don’t really need to do. Add any new tasks that came up during the week or month.
5) Learn to say no to things that won’t move you ahead in your goals.
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