| Time Management: How to create more time for languages ? |
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“Many people spend their days in a frenzy of activity, but achieve little because they are not concentrating on the right things.” By using time management skills you can learn to: - determine which of the things you do are important and which can be dropped - use your time in the most effective way possible - increase the time you spend on important things - control the distractions that waste your time break your flow - increase your effectiveness and reduce stress By becoming more effective in your use of time, you can reduce stress by: - being more in control of what you do - being productive and confident because of this - enjoying what you do - giving yourself more quality time to relax and enjoy life outside duties/work. Sounds great ! Why don’t people do it ? This could be because: - they don’t know about the skills - they are too lazy to plan - they enjoy the adrenaline buzz of meeting tight deadlines - they enjoy crisis management The problem: they can lead to high levels of stress, a disrupted family life, tiredness and failure of projects/tasks. 4 Steps to More Time:
- For 1 week write a diary noting down how and on what you spend your time - After the week, understand how much time you spend on each area in your life - Rank the areas by the amount of time you spend on them - Ask yourself: Is this where my priorities ly ? Is this how I want to spend my life ?
- decide on your priorities in life, how do you want to distribute your time - plan your week making sure your priorities get enough space - work with to do lists and always know your top 5 (are they your priorities ?) - understand others demands exactly before you accept and learn to say “no”
- Cutting the crap (non-important things) - 80/20 rule - Delegation
- phone calls, door bells, email, learn to say “no”, escape activities
Reward yourself ;-) !! Silke Rehman
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