Twelve Laws of Time Management
January 14, 2008 – 5:16 pmJust what the internet needs, another list of time management tips- still, it never hurts to review and think about how we use our time. I was thinking about it today and came up with these tips to improve myself and my team:
1. Do what matters most first.
2. Eliminate “shoulds” and “coulds”. If it can’t go, put it on your ’someday’ list.
3. Don’t plan your time too tightly. There’ll be a crisis or a surprise, your schedule will get off because you didn’t leave enough slack, and you’ll waste even more time recovering.
4. Live in the Now. The past is gone - whatever went wrong then went wrong. How you deal with what went wrong is what matters.
5. Before you invest your time in it, weigh your ROI (return on investment). If you’re not gaining anything of value from it, perhaps you shouldn’t do it.
6. Always finish your task completely and permanently. Coming back to it later is asking to waste time as you deal with figuring out where you left off, redo some work, cope with the incomplete parts, and so on.
7. If it isn’t vital, say no. If someone doesn’t truly need your help, don’t give it. You may be building a relationship by helping, but then again, you may be building a dependency. Enpower and move away.
8. Under-promise. You never know when disasters will step in and change the rules.
9. Don’t associate with people or join anything that wastes your time. Delegate or disassociate yourself.
10. Solve your own problems. Let others solve their own problems.
11. Multitasking wastes time and lowers quality.
12. Take a break when you need it. Reorganize when you need it. Resetting and recovering will give you what you need to do more, better.
Have any other tips? Toss them in under the comments!
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