Everyday something unexpected is going to happen. Count on it. Don’t let last minute emergencies throw off your day – count on them to happen.
Key to paper management – keep it moving. Move it to your “in” basket, your file, your “to read” folder or to the trash. Don’t let paper sit and accumulate.
NEVER say yes without considering the time investment and have the courage to say no to requests that are unnecessary.
Check yourself and discover how you are using your time. Do you spend time doing the right things or the wrong things? How well are you doing them? You may be doing the right things wrong or the wrong things right. Focus your energy on doing the right things right.
Reward yourself (Starbucks coffee, new CD, etc.) when you complete a task you wanted to delay. It will give you incentive to knock out other unpleasant tasks.
Learn how to separate the majors from the minors. A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things.
Drop in visitors. The five deadliest words that rob your time are, “have you got a minute?” Everyone is guilty - colleagues, bosses, peers. Knowing how to deal with interruptions is one of the best skills you can learn.
Always define your objectives as clearly as possible. Do you find you are not doing what you want because your goals have not been set? One important trait of successful people is their ability to work out what they want to achieve complete with written goals, which they can review along the way. Your long-term goals should impact your daily activities and be included on your "to do" list. Without a goal or objective people tend to drift personally and professionally
Plan time for discussing routine matters with your colleagues, this time decreases disruptions and interruptions.
And lastly, stress and fatigue are rarely caused by the things you have done, but by the thought of what you haven’t done!
-Jim
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