Time Tips
1.Count
all your time as time to be used and make every attempt to get satisfaction out
of every moment.
2.Find something to enjoy in whatever you
do.
3.Try to be an optimist and seek out the
good in your life.
4.Find ways to build on your successes.
5.Stop regretting your failures and start
learning from your mistakes.
6.Remind yourself, "There is always
enough time for the important things." If it is important, you should be
able to make
time to do it.
7.Continually look at ways of freeing up
your time.
8.Examine your old habits and search for
ways to change or eliminate them.
9.Try to use waiting time-review notes
or do practice problems.
10.Keep paper or a calendar with you to
jot down the things you have to do or notes to yourself.
11.Examine and revise your lifetime goals
on a monthly basis and be sure to include progress towards those goals on a
daily basis.
12.Put up reminders in your home or
office about your goals.
13.Always keep those long term goals in
mind.
14.Plan your day each morning or the
night before and set priorities for yourself.
15.Maintain and develop a list of
specific things to be done each day, set your priorities and the get the most
important
ones done as soon in the day as you can.
Evaluate your progress at the end of the day briefly.
16.Look ahead in your month and try and
anticipate what is going to happen so you can better schedule your time.
17.Try rewarding yourself when you get
things done as you had planned, especially the important ones.
18.Do first things first.
19.Have confidence in yourself and in
your judgement of priorities and stick to them no matter what.
20.When you catch yourself
procrastinating-ask yourself, "What am I avoiding?"
21.Start with the most difficult parts of
projects, then either the worst is done or you may find you don't have to do
all the
other small tasks.
22.Catch yourself when you are involved
in unproductive projects and stop as soon as you can.
23.Find time to concentrate on high
priority items or activities.
24.Concentrate on one thing at a time.
25.Put your efforts in areas that provide
long term benefits.
26.Push yourself and be persistent,
especially when you know you are doing well.
27.Think on paper when possible-it makes
it easier to review and revise.
28.Be sure and set deadlines for yourself
whenever possible.
29.Delegate responsibilities whenever
possible.
30.Ask for advice when needed.
Adapted from A. Lakein. How to Get Control of Your Time And Your
Life
