Time management tips??

[Isla007]

Hello Guys!!
I am a employ in software company and i have a plan book but i don't manage my time..
So please suggest me how can i improve my time management..
Also tell me the best time management tips..

Please Help!!

[Jon Spiels]

Discipline

I have been into this kind of situation were I really go crazy managing my time to finish every tasks laid to me, but just can't. I've been reading articles, tips, major self improvement blogs and so on... I've learned, but still can't get through the process, why? Yes you have all the tips expert could ever give you, but if you don't do it with willingness and self discipline, then it's totally useless.

[vin.churchil]

Hi Isla 007,

I understand your situation. Especially for Technical people who dont check their time often in a day, its pretty much necessary to keep track of their time and manage all the tasks accordingly.

We use time clock software tools for managing and tracking time. When we have the track of what we do and when we do, its easy to assign tasks and cut off unnecessary tasks, isn't it?

[snafu]

It's important to know your own biorhythm so you're doing your most difficult tasks at your best times. For reasons I can't explain, writing down a To Do list causes the jobs to get done. Prioritize your tasks no more than 3 'A's', no more than 4 'Bs,' the rest 'Cs.' Keep your daily lists as they are useful when you need to prepare for an evaluation.

Shut your door when working on A & B tasks to avoid interruptions and concentrate on your task. Pick a couple of times each day to return calls and reply to texts/e-mail like 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 4:15 PM. Grouping these tasks helps avoid telephone tag, allows you to assemble needed information and prepare a list of questions you need answers.

[swapnil]

Many of them suffer from this problem specially because they are just curious to know the practices to be preached to get proper time management done but are not willing to work accordingly, I am also a part of it, rather I would say I never plan things and just tend to do the task according to the FIFO method the first project that has less work I try to finish it first, then I move on to the little lengthy projects because we at work get 2-3 projects at a single go to do so I have this way of doing it, the most important thing is I just keep a time set for completing the task at hand and so do I do within the time frame.

[Dave2000]

Hi Isla007;

Time management is just like organizing your "What to do Task"
The best thing that you can do to manage your time is having a Time Planner
You have to list all the "What to do Task" with specific time.
You have to make sure that you are focusing on what you want to do...

I agree with spider_web, your behavior will affect your time management.

[elfen lied]

Before you can even begin to manage time, you must learn what time is. A dictionary defines time as "the point or period at which things occur." Put simply, time is when stuff happens.There are two types of time: clock time and real time. In clock time, there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year. All time passes equally. When someone turns 50, they are exactly 50 years old, no more or no less.

[Jimhassel]

Schedule each day when you can concentrate on important tasks.
Maintain record of daily work.
Value your time.

[DividendInvestor]

Hello Guys!!
I am a employ in software company and i have a plan book but i don't manage my time..
So please suggest me how can i improve my time management..
Also tell me the best time management tips..

Please Help!!

Hey just registered and this was the first thread I read.Few days back I read this article and found really useful, so I am sharing it here. Hope this will be helpful to you.As I am a newbie so cannot post a link so writing it in a plain text.

entrepreneur[dot]com[slash]article[slash]219553

Hope I am not doing a wrong thing.

[Wino]

The way I manage my time:

Write down all tasks. I usually use Outlook for this, as most of my tasks come via email.
Determine the amount of time each task will take. Usually done in my head, and it is usually "long time" or "quickie."
Prioritize the "long time" tasks. Do the most important first, and delegate other tasks that can or should be delegated.
Do quickie tasks immediately upon receipt.

I also do projects which are team tasks. These require formal planning and meetings, and are not tasks themselves, but they generate tasks that fall into one of the two categories above.

The main objective, though, is to keep working through the tasks, and not to get bogged down on a single task if it should be in the other column; "quickie" becomes "long term," so it needs to be stopped, prioritized and put on the other list and worked when its time comes up.

[elessar78]

The most useful adage I have received on time management: Work expands to fill time.

Set a deadline, if you don't have one imposed on you. It'll force you to get stuff done.

[Wino]

Set a deadline.

Best advice in the thread. I should have had it on my list, because all of my tasks have deadlines.

[choreminion]

There are a lot of different ways to manage time. One that I read in a book which has been useful is to wake up an hour earlier than usual and use that time to get things done.

[ShawnaC123]

Before you can even begin to manage time, you must learn what time is. A dictionary defines time as "the point or period at which things occur." Put simply, time is when stuff happens.There are two types of time: clock time and real time. In clock time, there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year. All time passes equally. When someone turns 50, they are exactly 50 years old, no more or no less.

Well that's really helpful.

[shaggy]

If you are willing to try something different, look into GETTING THINGS DONE by David Allen.

Changed my life.