Time Management Tips

1. Today, choose ONE job that needs to be done and start it.

2. Tonight, prepare everything you need to get going to morrow (i.e. put out the clothes you're goin gto wear, and put your car keys, backpack, and wallet in one place so they are ready to go in the morning)

3. Set every clock in your house 15 minutes fast and intentionally forget that you did.

4. If you don't like to forget what you have to do, write it down. Then forget about it, and concentrate on more important things than remembering.

5. Resolve today to put away everything you take out. Also, strangithen up one little corner of your work before something grows in it.

6. Next time your supervisor gives you an assignment ask "What's most important here?" (i.e. then find out what his or her priority is)

7. The next time you're asked to serve on a committee or to volunteer for something, instead of saying "yes" right away say "I need 24 hours to think it over."

8. The next time you meet a potential new employer at a networking function and they give you their business card write on the back of it where you met this person, what was discussed, and follow up with a call or email.

9. The next time you find yourself overwhelmed with a lot of things to do, identify only 3 top priorities each day until you complete them all.

10. Buy a calendar with large squares for writing extensive notes about your daily obligations, including your job schedule. Keep a small agenda or notepad with you to write down items to add to your calendar at home.

11. Take into account long weekends and vacations and mark them on your calendar. Decide which projects or assignments you can work on at home or on vacation.

Source: These are tips from Hedrick's "365 Ways to Save Time"

Time Tips

1. Count all your time as time to be used and make every attempt to get satisfaction out of every moment.

2. Find something to enjoy in whatever you do.

3. Try to be an optimist and seek out the good in your life.

4. Find ways to build on your successes.

5. Stop regretting your failures and start learning from your mistakes.

6. Remind yourself, "There is always enough time for important things." If it is important, you should be able to make time to do it.

7. Continually look for ways to free up your time.

8. Examine your old habits and search for ways to change or eliminate them.

9. Try to use waiting time to learn something (read a book, listen to a podcast)

10. Keep paper or a planner with you to jot down the things you have to do or notes to yourself.

11. Examine and revise your life goals on a monthly basis and be sure to include progress towards those goals on a daily basis.

12. Put up reminders in your home or office about your goals.

13. Always keep your long term goals in mind.

14. Plan your day each morning or the night before and set priorities for yourself.

15. Maintain and develop a list of specific things do be done each day, set your priorities and do the most important ones as early in the day as you can. Evaluate your progress at the end of the day.

16. Look ahead in your month and try to anticipate what is going to happen so you can better schedule your time.

17. Try to reward yourself when you accomplish things, especially the important things.

18. Do first things first.

19. Have confidence in yourself and in your judgement of priorities and stick to them no matter what.