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Time Management Re-Visited Part 1

Simon Reilly

iStock_000003405797XSmall13 Simple Steps to Time Management – Part 1

1. What are your beliefs about time?

Are you saying?

  • I don’t have enough time
  • There is too much to do
  • I’ll never get it all done

Whatever you believe, you are right.

This reminds me of a quote from John Kehoe, author of Mind Power.  ‘Thoughts are real forces’.

What if you were to adopt the belief of;

  • I have an abundance of time for anything that I am committed to doing!

In your journal, draw two columns on a page, make a list of all of the limiting beliefs that you have about time in the left column. 

In the right column, write down the antithesis or opposite positive belief to the negative belief.

Practice focusing on the positive beliefs on a regular basis.

You can do the same process with your goals also.

2. Plan Your Day

  • Make a list of everything you have to do every day
  • Prioritize the list into A’s, B’s, and C’s
  • Do the most important things first, the second most important things second, the third things third

 3. Do Your ABC’s

  • A’s are the things that you must do today
  • B’s are the things that you would like to do today
  • C’s are the things that are not essential for you to do today  

4. Check in every 15 minutes

To make sure that you are on track, every 15 minutes ask yourself;  Is what I am doing right now taking action towards the intended outcome of my goal?

Some people go so far as to setting an alarm on their watch or computer to keep them on track.

If the answer to the question is no then;

  • Stop doing it
  • Find someone else to do it
  • Record it on a list to schedule for future action
  • Forget it

5.   Form The Habit Of Allowing 5 to 15 Minutes To Review Your To-Do List

They say it takes 21 days to break a bad habit.  What if, for the next 21 days, you formed the habit of allowing yourself 5 to 15 minutes at the beginning of your day, every single day, to review your list – add to it, subtract from it, and re-prioritize it.

Dedicate 5 to 15 minutes to;

  • Make your to-do list
  • Prioritize it into A’s, B’s, and C’s
  • Estimate the time to compete each to-do
  • Schedule the to-do in your diary
  • Complete the to-do.

6.   Use A Week At A Glance 24/7 Diary

For me personally, I find that I like to be able to view my schedule for the entire week.  All I have to do is review my to-do list, prioritize it, estimate the time and schedule the time into my Week At A Glance 24/7 Diary.

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