Let's assume you know what your goals are. Let's also assume you have a well-defined plan to help you begin to meet the goals that you have set for your life. There's only one problem left to solve. Knowing that you have to live in the "real world" with all its responsibilities, demands and obligations, have you figured out if there is really time for you to accomplish all that you profess to want to do? Could even Superman or Superwoman do it all?At this point it would seem natural to discuss time management. But rather than doing that, it is more important to talk about self-management. It is always fascinating to see the people that read books, listen to CDs or attend seminars about time management, and yet very little ever changes for them. They learn a few tricks about being more efficient or getting more organized. But the real question is: efficient and organized for what? This most often occurs because they do not have clear goals that allow them to assess what the most important things are that they should be doing at any point in time.
Time management is not really about managing time – it is about managing ourselves and our priorities in the context of our goals. Time management outside the context of our goals is a waste of time. Without knowing exactly what you want and where you are going, whatever you choose to spend your time on is as good as anything else you might spend your time on.Let's look at what self-management really is. The place to start is to figure out what your current obligations and responsibilities are. Put together a blank calendar of one week, with each day broken up into 30-minute increments. Begin by crossing off all the times that are currently committed to some activity or responsibility. For example, cross off the time you spend getting ready for work, meal times, your commuting time, time on the job, your prayer time, exercise time, family time, church activities, recreation, volunteerism, etc. In other words, take a snapshot of what your life and your days look like right now.Next, look at your activity plan for each of your goals. Start fitting all of those additional activities required to reach your goals into your schedule. What do you discover as you do this? Do you find that you have more than enough time to accomplish your goals? If so, you are one of the fortunate few.Most people find that there isn't nearly enough time to do everything that they are already committed to and then add all of the necessary activities to achieve their newfound goals. If that's the case for you, what do you do? One of two things will have to happen. Either you will have to scale back your goals, or you will have to give up some of your current activities and commitments in order to make room for your new goals.You have to decide which are the most important. Should your new goals take precedence over some of your existing activities and obligations? What are you willing to give up in order to achieve your goals?Whichever is the 'right' answer for you, it is very important that you schedule and put on your calendar, your 'BLACKBERRY', your 'tickler file' or your 'Day-Timer', those things that you have decided must get done. Create a calendar for your 'ideal week' – the kind of week where you accomplish everything that you set out to do. Use that as your goal. You can't anticipate every thing that may happen or when "Murphy's Law" is going to kick in, but you at least have a goal to shoot for, instead of just letting life happen to you.For a FREE subscription to Rick Seymour's newsletter, "Goal Getters" (Tips, tricks and insights to achieve your goals), go to: http://www.godinyourgoals.com
Mathematician, Aerospace Engineer, Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Management Consultant, Author, Professional Speaker and creator of multiple training curriculum. Rick Seymour understands and relates to a wide variety of both private and public organizations and the people that make them up. He has consulted most of the Fortune 100 companies.
Rick is called the "velvet hammer". He teaches powerful ideas and concepts in a way that people readily accept their need to change and grow. Rick believes that "If behavior doesn't change - it isn't training!"
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Self-Motivation and Goal Setting
Wellness and Sports Nutrition
High-Integrity Sales / Permission Marketing
Communication & People Skills for 'Techies'
Effective Team Building / How To Lead A Team
Succeeding As A First-Time Manager
Professional Supervisory Skills
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