time management coaching tips<\/a><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\nThe key lies in allotting the right time to the right activity for optimum time utilization by prioritizing tasks according to their importance and the estimated time for their completion.<\/span><\/p>\nPlan early<\/b><\/p>\n
In time management coaching, planning is the first and the most readily proven time management technique. First, it helps you properly organize your day. Second, it provides a detailed insight into all the things you need to work on. So, if you plan your daily, weekly, or monthly tasks, the rest gets easier.<\/span><\/p>\nMany tools are there to plan and organize your work:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Calendars, personal organizers (digital or paper)<\/span><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Time management apps and tools<\/span><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>To-do-lists<\/span><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Post-it-notes, notepads, and other time managers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You may mix and match these options to evolve your own time management formula.<\/span><\/p>\nPrioritize<\/b><\/p>\n
Any time management coach can tell you that good time management basically means spending more time on your priorities, along with avoiding a wastage of time on non-priority tasks. Ask yourself:<\/span><\/p>\nWhat\u2019re your goals?<\/b><\/p>\n
What\u2019re the consequences of doing a particular activity? Are you getting ahead in that direction or away from it?<\/b><\/p>\n
Plan in advance for the week or the day to feel organized and focused. You can break your tasks over days to see how much time you need for a specific project. Even a few minutes of planning can transform the way you work.<\/span><\/p>\nGroup together your tasks in terms of their importance by placing them in terms of their relative importance. For example, the tasks labelled \u201curgent\u201d must be done today while those named \u201cimportant, but not urgent\u201d are important, but can wait for some time. And \u201clow-priority\u201d tasks can be put off, if you need to.<\/span><\/p>\nNow put the tasks under each category. If you need to make a report, it\u2019s an urgent task. But if you have to begin another project with a 2-week deadline for completion, it is an \u201cimportant, but not urgent\u201d task. Chatting with friends is vital, but certainly not urgent, therefore, you can put it in the \u201clow-priority\u201d group.<\/span><\/p>\nTo-do lists<\/b><\/p>\n
At a personal plane, I find them very easy, useful and motivating as I can get a clear idea of what\u2019s supposed to be done on a day. I have found with experience and time that the ideal time to make a to-do list is the end of the day when you clearly know from where to start work the next morning. You may also use some software to do the job for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTime management coaching recommends having S.M.A.R.T. \u2014 Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound goals to bring a solid structure to work and ready yourself for the day\u2019s work. Take a short break for a coffee, a walk or just stretch your limbs after an hour or so to boost your productivity. It really works!<\/span><\/p>\nDecision-making<\/b><\/p>\n
You cannot sit down and begin working unless you have made a prior decision about how you are going to do it i.e.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Which task demands high priority?<\/b><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>When is a task to be finished?<\/b><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>What resources are available for the task?<\/b><\/li>\n
- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Which task\/s ought to be taken up later?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
All these decisions need to be made before you begin to work. This strategy can let you decide clearly about your tasks to improve your quality of work.<\/span><\/p>\nPutting together same tasks can save you time. Instead of jumping from one task to another, it would be smart to group them together. For instance, you can fix a time for emails and phone calls rather than doing it anytime in the day. I can certify its efficacy as this is exactly what I do all the time.<\/span><\/p>\nMornings for MITs<\/b><\/p>\n
Time management coaches advise taking out the most important tasks (MITs) from your to-do list to finish them first. We have the most amount of energy and enthusiasm in the mornings, so why not solve the biggest and the most challenging tasks then? Besides, by accomplishing the most important tasks early in the day, you can keep yourself motivated for the rest of the day.<\/span><\/p>\nLog In, Log Out<\/b><\/p>\n
Try to be aware of how you\u2019re spending your day on various things. List down all your day-to-day, routine activities and the time they take. Now, by having a clear idea of how you are spending your time, you will be better positioned to focus where time is leaking off the tap and how you can plug the hole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMake a diary of your daily routine to know which activities are time-wasters e.g. phone calls, social media, TV, gossiping etc. Time tracking and productivity apps are great tools for this one. By recording your daily routine for about a week, you will be able to spot all the time-wasters and then cut them out.<\/span><\/p>\nLimit e-mailing time<\/b><\/p>\n
Several time management examples focus on the apparently innocuous tasks like e-mailing, which, takes a lot of time. Checking and replying to e-mails is a burdensome task. An average worker spends around 20 hours a week checking emails. Think of all the tasks you could do in this time. Reduce the time you spend on e-mails to the minimum to keep those 20 hours for work. If you check e-mail in the morning, reply only to important ones, which need an immediate reply and leave the rest for breaks or read them at the end of the day. Make sure that you mark those unimportant messages as \u201cspam\u201d so that they don\u2019t tend to crowd your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\nGet breaks<\/b><\/p>\n
While giving time management examples, many time management coaches recommend that working without breaks can be more harmful than good to your performance. These breaks help us freshen up our brain and refocus on work. Take a short walk, read some pages from a favorite book, have a coffee or watch a documentary or play an instrument to spend your breaks.<\/span><\/p>\nDo use these intermediary breaks to improve time management and feel refreshed for a significant productivity boost.<\/span><\/p>\nDiscover your time zone<\/b><\/p>\n
An important part of time management coaching is finding out which particular time works best for you. Each of us is focused and highly productive at certain specific times in a day i.e. we are in our \u2018zone\u2019. Find your zone for the best time utilization to bring out the best in you.<\/span><\/p>\nShould you feel more energetic at some times in the day, amend your schedule to accommodate this fact to make the most of your time. Some people feel more energetic early in the morning, while others happen to be night owls. Find out your personal best time schedule to reap the benefits of doing more and achieving more.<\/span><\/p>\nAvoid Perfection and multi-tasking<\/b><\/p>\n
Time management examples often show that the perfect is very often the enemy of the good. Avoid over-thinking and do not try to do everything. Of course, it doesn\u2019t mean that you should be careless in your work. Do your best but a longing for perfection can drag you down. Once you\u2019ve done a task by giving it your best, move on.<\/span><\/p>\nLet\u2019s accept this hard fact: Most of us aren\u2019t really good at multi-tasking. Therefore, it\u2019s better to focus on one thing at a time and excel at it. Try time boxing i.e. allot a time-frame for every task which increases the likelihood of its completion.<\/span><\/p>\nKnow time stealers<\/b><\/p>\n
In time management, we often talk upon finding time stealers to do something about them. You may be spending an hour on emails instead of completing your projects. Knowing where your time goes can let you decide about delegating tasks or using a software to accelerate the lower-level processes.<\/span><\/p>\nSimilarly, you can\u2019t do everything by yourself. So train someone to undertake simple processes to free yourself up to work on bigger things or more complicated tasks. It\u2019s always a smart thing to allot some tasks to others and let them share the load and if done correctly, it can save you time and effort, besides making others more responsible and confident. You may even outsource some secondary tasks to a freelancer.<\/span><\/p>\nTime blocking<\/b><\/p>\n
The Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s secret to good time management is time blocking i.e. giving a certain fixed number of hours to only one task, while blocking off other tasks. In his <\/span>15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management<\/span><\/i>, Kevin Kruse says that top performers plan their day by way of time blocks. It seems to be commonsensical as you are more likely to succeed with a well-defined action plan and see your task through to the end. Avoid doing half work, i.e. procrastinating over the current task to do something else e.g. writing a report and then suddenly checking email for no reason and writing back replies. It is not only bad time management but is also bad for your concentration and momentum.<\/span><\/p>\nDistractions<\/b><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nBeing focused on a task in hand when you have hundreds of them isn\u2019t really easy. So, getting distracted is perfectly normal. Notifications, pop-up messages, e-mails, colleagues constantly disturb you and divert your attention away from work. While working, put your phone on the silent mode and block the phone notifications to save time and improve your efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\nTime Management<\/b><\/p>\n
There are many ways to become focused \u2013 keep your phone away, turn off social media notifications or block distracting websites. But the best way is to concentrate and do what is to be done. Reduce your presence on social media to the minimum possible as it takes a lot of time and doesn\u2019t bring much value into life. Be on track with your goals by focusing on one part of your work at a given time and say no to messages, emails or social media notifications. Hard? You may need some practice and a short wait. It will work out ultimately!<\/span><\/p>\nGroup similar tasks<\/b><\/p>\n
Various tasks require team members to spend different amounts of time and effort but because most team tasks are quite similar,\u00a0 putting them together is a good, smart idea. It can allow the teams to save the time spent on reorienting themselves for a new task, thereby ensuring faster project delivery.<\/span><\/p>\nReward yourself<\/b><\/p>\n
Having done the task at hand, have a break to do something else- a cup of coffee, listen to a song or call a friend. These little gifts are a great way to motivate yourself \u2013 the same thing to a rabbit chasing the carrot tied to its ears. 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Time Management<\/b><\/h3>\n