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Time Management Skills 

Time management skills are crucial for your effectiveness as a manager. By better managing your time you will be able to accomplish everything in your "to do list" and meet your goals without exhausting all your resources. Rushing thorough hectic schedules makes it easier to put things off:
" too busy for an activity-log, too busy for a  training on time management skills etc.". Putting off your time management plan  is putting off your opportunity to become productive.

Start taking control today by intellectually and strategically self-assessing your time management skills, monitoring and evaluating your schedule, your goals and start planing for effectiveness.

Time management becomes challenging not always because of the workload, but because of the approaches taken to implement certain tasks. You may be putting your energy on the wrong tasks. Examine your activities and their relation to your goals. Are they taking you were you want to be?
Are you using your time to accomplish the things you truly want? 

Start with the following quiz and then move on to the next step - crafting your action plan to improve your managementn skills for the long-run. You will be glad you did.

Time Management Skills Quiz

1. Why do you want to better manage your time? What do you want to achieve? Eg. More time with your family? More time for personal development? List down three reasons and rank them in order of importance.

2. How much time you think you will need to make the changes?

3. What do you want your life to look like once you have incorporated all the changes into your daily schedule? Visualize the perfect day.

4. Is there anything positive about your current schedule? What do you like about it?

5. What do you really hate about your current schedule?

6. What's your biggest excuse for not starting to manage your time better?

7. What's one thing you wish you had changed in your schedule a long time ago? What was the biggest obstacle that held you back? Name one possible way to overcome it?

8. If you had an extra hour each day to spend, how would you choose to spend it?




Once, you have finalized your time management skills quiz, continue with the time management activities, tools and tips. They will help sharpen and improve your time management skills as well as support a long- term program. This way you will be able to maintain your time management plan and improve it constantly as you move on with your life and your career.
 
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Time Management Activities: Controlling your time seems impossible at times. There's just too much to do, too many deadlines to meet and only 24 hours in a day. Relax! Accept the fact that you have all the time available to do what you must do!
But, are you doing what you must? Are you meeting your priorities? Find out with these time management activities.

Time Management Tips :To achieve all your goals and become a successful manager, you must get your time under control. Here are some time management tips to get you started in organizing your life and increase productivity without draining all your resources.

Importance of Time Management: The first step to better managing your time is to be completely self-aware of the importance of time management and its benefits in your life.

Effective Delegation: Delegation is not a sign of weakness. It’s an opportunity to empower and discover potential, new talents and skills.

Definition of time management - In a nutshell, time management is the ability to manage time using a range of skills, tools and techniques to effectively manage tasks, projects, goals and schedules.

Time Management Tools - Better time management is made possible with the right time management tools.There is a wide range of tools to help you use your time efficiently and double your productivity without doubling effort.

Time Management Chart - A Time Management Chart is one of the most effective ways of planning your time.

Why is Time Management Important - If you have reached this page then you are probably asking yourself; Why is time management important? With the quickened pace of the modern world, teams are expected to produce quality results on a tighter schedule .

Learning Time Management Skills -  Learning time management skills is crucial not only for a successful career but for every aspect of your personal development.

Time Management Quotes - A great collection of time management quotes!




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