13 TIPS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PERSONAL TIME MANAGEMENT

13 TIMELY TIPS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PERSONAL TIME MANAGEMENT============================== By Kathy Procashka Cue, Family Economics Specialist======================= 1. Spend Time Planning and Organizing – Use time to think and plan. Organize in a way that it make sense to you; in your own way, style and approach, strategically sought to general, particular objectives.============================= 2. Set Goals - First, you’ve got to decide what you want. Specific, Measurable, Realistic and Achievable. [Optimum, Minimum with positive result]===================================== 3. Prioritize- Use 80-20 rule. Rank of importance and timetable================================== 4. Use a To Do List – itemized things to do, daily, weekly and running list================================ 5. Be Flexible – allow time for interruption and distractions======================================== 6. Consider Your Biological Prime Time- are you a morning person, afternoon person or night owl person - time that you can utilize your mind as productive as it is===================================== 7. Do the Right Thing Right- slowly but surely. Doing the right thing is effectiveness, doing things right is efficiency. Focus first on effectiveness, identifying what is right is the right thing to do] then concentrate on efficiency [doing it right]=================== 8. Eliminate the Urgent- urgent task is a short term consequences, important task is for long term - ===================== 9. Practice the Art of Intelligent Neglect- delegate those things that other can do for you; work on those what you can do it alone================================== 10. Avoid Being Perfectionist - do the best you can as you are a human being – never think you are a perfect person – you are not – and never be.===================================== 11. Conquer Procrastination – break out into smaller task, do it little by little============================== 12. Learn to Say NO - say no in a graceful manner with reason================================== 13. Reward Yourself – celebrate achievement========================================= Resources: Ducker, Peter, The Effective Executive, New York, Harper & Row, 1966