2. Make specific action plans. showing the action steps you need to take to achieve your objectives. When each big objective is broken down into smaller tasks, it becomes much easier to move towards. “Inch by inch, it is a cinch!’ With small mouthfuls of rice, you can eat up a whole granary. Prioritize all tasks.
The song that I came to sing remains unsung. I have spent my days in stringing and unstringing my instrument. Rabindranath Tagore
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Practical Tips for improving using ‘now’ well11Managing Time
Whether you are Prime Minister of a country or a Cook for a kitchen, exactly the same amount of time is available to you. That is why time is called the most socialistically distributed of all resources!
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Managing Time
No improvements No planning
Lack of time
Errors, mistakes overlooked
Crisis management Fire-fighting
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Managing Time
No delegation No development of
1. Set your objectives. in alignment with your mission, strengths and deeper values. Remember that this life is all you have. Make every moment count.
•Planning •Innovation •Creative work •Self-renewal •Research Quadrant II •Gossip •Chit-chat •Long tea breaks •Useless diversionary activity •Quadrant IV
subordinates
I don’t have Any time
I’m exhausted
Subordinates not taking on load or making too many mistakes
I have to do Everything myself
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Managing Time
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Managing Time
The Past
(Dead and Gone, Only Memories)
The Future
(Imagination and Dreams)
The Now Zone of Action
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Managing Time
Managing time is the same as managing our life. What we do with our time will determine what we do with our life. Time, in turn, is nothing other than a series of ‘NOWS’. The only time you have control over or which you really have to do anything is now.
Urgent vs Important Matrix
•Crisis •Fire-fighting •Last-minute deadlines Quadrant I
•Some phone •Some interruption •Some meetings •Some paper, mail, reports •Quadrant III
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Managing Time
Life Management Time Management ‘NNooww’ Management
Prioritization Managing Your Mind
AwAwaarreenneessss
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Managing Time
When you add up all the ‘NOWS’ you have to act in, you end up with 1440 minutes per day
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Blissful Here-Now (The Point of Action)
Things to Do Today Smart Objectives Key Result Areas Vision for My life My Value
Awareness/Bliss
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MANAGING TIME
BRAC Training & Resource Center
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WHAT IS TIME?
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EINSTEIN DESIGNATED IT AS THE FOURTH DIMENSIONS
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“TIME IS THE INEXPLICABLE RAW MATERIAL OF EVERYTHING”
- ARNOLD BENNETT
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“TIME IS THE SCARCEST RESOURCE AND UNLESS IT IS MANAGED, NOTHING ELSE CAN BE MANAGED”
- PETER F. DRUCKER
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Watch telling us:
W = Words A = Actions T = Thoughts C = Character H = Habits