Develop a new personal sense of time

Develop a new personal sense of
time

Do not rely on memory: record where your times
goes



Plan
ahead

Making plans on how you are going to spend your time a day, a
week, a month, a year ahead. Plans in term of opportunities, results, priorities
and deadlines.



Make
the most of your best time

Program important tasks for the time of
day you functions best. Have planned quiet periods for creative
thinking.



Capitalize
on marginal time

Squeeze activities into the minutes you spend
waiting for a train or between meetings



Avoid clutter

Try
re-organizing your desk effectiveness. Sort papers into categories according to
action priorities. Generate as little paper as possible
yourself.



Do it
now

Procrastination is the thief of time

My object was always to
do the business of the day in the day (Wellington)





Learn to say NO

Do not let
others misappropriate your time. Decline tactfully but firmly to avoid
over-commitment.



Use
the telephone as the time saving tool

Keep telephone calls down to
minimum length



Delegate

Learn to delegate as
much as possible



Meetings

Keep them short. Sharpen your skills as a
chairman. Cut out unnecessary meetings.

By John Adair


Effective
Leadership - Self Development Manual

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