Time Management and the 26 Hour Day

One of the most perplexing, yet one of the most understandable rules of the world – to me is – your outer life trends into the direction of your inner life.  It makes perfect sense to realize that how I feel inside is going to impact how I handle things, people and situations I encounter.  But the perplexing side is that the very same rule tends to keeps you from seeing things as they are.  Instead your perception of how things are is colored by the direction of your inner life.  However, I have good news!  If you want to change what is going on in the world around you, whether that be your work life, home life, relationships or rewards then you need to change what is going on inside you – and this is the single factor in your entire life over which you have complete control!

I can hear you now “Wait a minute Tracy I thought this was to be about time management not a touchy feely emotional post.”  Well the starting line of time management is desire and motivation.  After all, I have found that most of us feel that our time management habits could use some (or a lot of) improving – which is probably why your still reading this article.  The kinds of people that take the time to read an article on time management have the desire so that leaves motivation.  The key to motivation is the ‘motive,’ or more plainly the benefits.  If you want to motive or fuel that desire to enhance your time management skills then focus on the benefits you will enjoy.

Wouldn’t it be great to have an extra two hours per day? Could you get more done with a 26 hour day?  Of course you could.  Think about how that little bit of time would add up… let’s see: Two hours a day times five days in a week (because you want to take the weekend off) equals ten extra hours per week. Now take the ten hours and multiply that times fifty weeks (Because you want to take a two week vacation) and you get FIVE HUNDRED extra productive hours each and every year. WOW – if you have a forty hour work week then you have just gained twenty four more weeks – WOW AGAIN that is three months.  So I ask you again – wouldn’t it be great to have an extra two hours per day?  Do you think those three extra months per year would change your life?

Okay okay I can feel the energy coming thought the website – I can almost hear you saying “HOW?” How can you get an extra two hours per day turning your 24 hour day into a 26 hour day?  Well here are a couple time management tips to get you those three extra months a year:

1. Spend a few minute every hour and track where you are spending your time
   set your computer, cell l phone or egg timer to go off every 60-90 minutes then immediately make a few notes about where you spend that last batch of time.
2. Review your list and see where your ‘wasting time’ – a few of those areas might be extended times chatting it up with fellow associates, television, personal phone calls, etc.
3. Where are you waiting and doing nothing, when you could be doing something?  I personally bring notes, books, marketing material, speech topics, etc to doctors meeting and on road trips Cheap Propecia online with me.  That way whenever I have some downtime in an airport, at the dentist office or any where I can pull out something I need to get down and work on it.  Heck I work while I am on the treadmill or stationary bike!
4. PRIORITIZE – get the important done first!  When you start your day ask yourself what I HAVE to get done today.  Then set to getting it done – don’t go stray until it’s done or until it is at a point where you can no longer advance it further today.
5. Delegate – sometimes it’s better to have someone else do it!  I really learned this in the revamping of my website – I can and could do it.  But it would not only take me twice as long but the results would be half as good as someone who specialized in website set up.  So I bartered some services and got what would have taken me a week or two, done in two days.
6. Set Limits – there will be routine and/or regular tasks that you need to do, i.e. read and respond to emails, make phone calls, review reports etc.  Set yourself a reasonable time limit to execute these tasks then stick to it.  You will find that if you tell yourself – SELF you only have 45 minutes to do this that you will be far more focused at the task at hand.

When you utilize some of these tips to leverage the power of time management and get a sense of control over your time, yourself, your work and your life you will begin to feel like the master of your own destiny.  This will positively feed your self esteem and push you to new heights – these powerful positive feelings will have a definite impact on other areas of your life.  I mean think about it, you will have more time to spend as you choose.  You can spend it with your family, friends or other loved ones as YOU choose.  You will have the time you desire and deserve to build your business, your relationships or yourself both personally and/or professionally.  So follow the time management tips here and become a master of your own time so that you can get that extra three months every year to chase your heart’s greatest desire!

Think Successfully & Take Action!
Tracy Brinkmann

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