I have always been a fan of all things involving lifehacking, prioritisation and money making online. Primarily because I have no clue how the leaders in those fields do it. That’s one of the “goals” of this blog, to share with you whatever I learn. I know you might end up earning more through this, but that’s ok, you’ll atleast get profiled by me here then ;-).
For effective time management, it’s necessary to know a couple of things.
Goals determine your tasks.
You are on a football field, you see a goal. Your aim is to score. It’s that simple. Everyone who comes in your way from the opposite team (and there are loads of them) are just distractions. You have to write down your goals and what it is you wish to achieve and be a selfish bitch about it.
Tasks in decreasing order of priority
Brain Tracy has a nice book called Eat that Frog. The basic idea is you have to eat the frog first and forget the tadpoles. Aka do the shittiest job first. AND THEN only do the small ones. This I find is an easy concept to write a book about… but to do is another task.
There are 2 types of tasks
- Important activities have an outcome that leads to the achievement of your goals.
- Urgent activities demand immediate attention, and are usually associated with the achievement of someone else’s goals, or with an uncomfortable problem or situation that needs to be resolved.
That’s all, in part of being selfish Focus on the first, ignore the second. They are just distractors and they come in pleas, cries, bargains, orders whatever. Learn to say no, be nice while saying it and keep to it. In the end if you don’t achieve your targets, you’ll be the one thrown out.
So in the end, effective time management is -
- Set Goals (Lose weight 10 kilos)
- Set tasks that will get you to those goals (jog everyday, diet till you are reek thin, don’t dream of cakes and melting chocolate)
- Avoid distractions (please come for dinner, let’s go partying, “dude jog tomorrow man..”)
- Focus on the important
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