Time Management Skills
Time Management Skills - Maximise your effectiveness
This Mind Tools section shows you how to use personal time management skills. These are some of the most important career skills that you can learn. Time Management skills are essential for successful people - these are the practical techniques which have helped the leading people in business, sport and public service reach the pinnacles of their careers.
The skills explained in the articles below help you to become reliable and effective and show you how to identify and focus on the activities that give you the greatest returns. The section finishes by explaining goal-setting, which is a vitally important skill for achieving what you want to achieve with your life.
While you are reading these articles, have a look at the time management book reviews, resources and stores on the sidebars - these will help you to develop your skills further and will support you in your regular use of time management skills.
Introduction
Costing Your Time - Finding out how much your time costs Deciding Work Priorities - Doing tasks which add the greatest value Activity Logs - Understanding where you lose time Small-Scale Planning - Action Plans Prioritized To Do Lists - Doing the most important things first Personal Goal Setting - Planning to Live Your Life Your Way Scheduling Skills - Planning to make the most of your time
Time Management Skills
This chapter discusses personal time management skills. These are essential skills for effective people. People who use these techniques routinely are the highest achievers in all walks of life, from business to sport to public service. If you use these skills well, then you will be able to function effectively, even under intense pressure. At the heart of time management is an important shift in focus:
Concentrate on results, not on being busy
Many people spend their days in a frenzy of activity, but achieve very little because they are not
This Mind Tools section shows you how to use personal time management skills. These are some of the most important career skills that you can learn. Time Management skills are essential for successful people - these are the practical techniques which have helped the leading people in business, sport and public service reach the pinnacles of their careers.
The skills explained in the articles below help you to become reliable and effective and show you how to identify and focus on the activities that give you the greatest returns. The section finishes by explaining goal-setting, which is a vitally important skill for achieving what you want to achieve with your life.
While you are reading these articles, have a look at the time management book reviews, resources and stores on the sidebars - these will help you to develop your skills further and will support you in your regular use of time management skills.
Introduction
Costing Your Time - Finding out how much your time costs Deciding Work Priorities - Doing tasks which add the greatest value Activity Logs - Understanding where you lose time Small-Scale Planning - Action Plans Prioritized To Do Lists - Doing the most important things first Personal Goal Setting - Planning to Live Your Life Your Way Scheduling Skills - Planning to make the most of your time
Time Management Skills
This chapter discusses personal time management skills. These are essential skills for effective people. People who use these techniques routinely are the highest achievers in all walks of life, from business to sport to public service. If you use these skills well, then you will be able to function effectively, even under intense pressure. At the heart of time management is an important shift in focus:
Concentrate on results, not on being busy
Many people spend their days in a frenzy of activity, but achieve very little because they are not