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The Importance of Time Management

The document discusses the importance of time management. It notes that time is a scarce and finite resource that cannot be replenished once used. Proper time management is about prioritizing how we spend our limited time each day on important tasks and goals. The benefits of effective time management include lower stress, better work-life balance, and making progress toward meaningful objectives.

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The Importance of Time Management

The document discusses the importance of time management. It notes that time is a scarce and finite resource that cannot be replenished once used. Proper time management is about prioritizing how we spend our limited time each day on important tasks and goals. The benefits of effective time management include lower stress, better work-life balance, and making progress toward meaningful objectives.

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The Importance of Time Management

The importance of time management is more than to-do lists and personal
organizers. The benefits of time management extends to your personal life,
career success, and achieving goals.

It is hard to overestimate the importance of time. With 24 hours a day, time is a


scarce and finite resource.

We all know this!

We've heard and probably said ourselves to "make the best of each day" or "live
each day as though it was your last".

These affirmations highlight the importance of time


management - but usually they are not enough.
Here I provide time management powerpoint
demonstrations, time management exercises and
free time management sheets that you can
download to boost your time management skills
today.

The choice that you take in using your time determines your effectiveness -
wasting time can lead to a wasted job or even a lack of purpose and meaning in
our lives.

As Benjamin Franklin observed:

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time - for it is the stuff life is made
out of"

What is the importance of time management?

Imagine if you were given $86,400 each morning.

You are required to spend this money. You cannot save it for a rainy day or
invest it for your future.
The money that you have today you have to spend today!

How would you spend it?

This happens with us each day with a more valuable resource - our time.

Each day we have 86,400 seconds which we have to use. You can't invest it or
save time up. Each day gives us the same amount of time.

While we can save and invest money, time is a resource that can't be replenished
- once time has passed it is gone for ever.

This raises the importance of managing your time - from to-do lists and personal
organizers to your personal effectiveness and the way that you want to your life.

What is time management

When I ask people in conferences, lectures, or in my private practice; most


people respond that time management is about planners, techniques or time
management tools.

But these are the tools to self (or life) management.

Time management is really about self management. How you manage yourself
in relation to time.

You have a finite amount of time in which to choose your activities - don't you
want to choose activities that are of the highest priority for you.

I talk more about this at what is time management?

The benefits of time management

Do you have a to do list as long as your arm?

Are you stressed about what you have to do?

Do you have conflicting priorities and difficulty making decisions?

Are you frazzled and worn out at the end of each day?
With 24 hours in each day, time management is about managing your activities
in relation to time.

The foundation of good time management starts with personal goal setting and
developing your priorities.

How can you make a decision on what to spend your time on if there is not a
clear vision of where you want to go?

By prioritizing what is most important to you, time management allows you to


spend quality time doing important things that add value to your life.

Characteristics of Poor and Good Time Management


Symptoms of Poor Time Management Symptoms of Good Time
Management
Often missing deadlines and feeling
stressed Meet deadlines and review quality of
work
Regularly working long hours
Achieving work life balance
Feeling pressured by a lack of time or
too many things to do Lower stress and feeling more
control
Lack of purpose or direction
Striving toward meaningful goals
Jumping from crises to crises
Spending quality time on important
tasks

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