The Power of Time Management
Written by: Awaz Ahmed, Executive Contributor
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We can all agree time is precious, while sometimes it can be challenging to manage. Managing time helps prioritize tasks in order to achieve professional and personal goals. However, the power of time management in both professional and personal settings is often underestimated. Managing time helps ease frustration, creates new opportunities, helps grow, increases productivity, and leads to success. But, the important thing to know about time is the hours we have in a day are always the same, no matter how organized we are. Hence, we have to manage ourselves first and how we spend the time we have.
Time doesn’t only involve getting things done but also involves the pressure and stress that comes with it. It’s vital to understand getting everything done in a short time doesn’t mean success. It may lead to challenges at the end of the day and lead stress. Most people are aware of the saying, “less is more.” When an individual decides how they spend their time, they’re deciding how they spend the time they have, and most of the time, the important things that need to get done are the power of time management.
Of course, in reality, there are deadlines, and they need to be met. How do an individual manage themself and the time they spend? Well, have a look at a few tips below.
4 Helpful Tips!
Create a schedule of your daily tasks. Manage, manage and manage your activities! For visual individuals, use a calendar. For auditory learners, record your daily tasks. For kinesthetic, use something that will help you remember your activities.
Less is more. Just because you didn’t achieve all the tasks for the day doesn’t mean the day was not successful. It was productive!
Create an environment that makes you feel comfortable. This creates motivation to tackle daily tasks!
Write a list. This is my favorite and is something I do daily. Write a list of things to be done from most important to least. Work your way down from that list and adjust the timing on tasks that can be adjusted.
Remember, managing time can be challenging but not impossible!
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Awaz Ahmed MBPsS, Business Psychologist, Business and Emotional Intelligence coach Awaz Ahmed is a Business Psychologist and Coach, helping organizations and individuals in the workplace by encouraging and facilitating clients in a range of professional and personal areas. She has also worked internationally and is the founder of Aweology, a business psychologist, and experienced coaches. With an MSc in Business Psychology and coaching Awaz Ahmed, is also a certified emotional intelligence coach, NLP practitioner, certified 70+ hours of ICF coaching training, member of the British Psychology Society, American Psychology Association, Society for Industrial and organizational psychology and currently studying her Ph.D. in Business Psychology. Through her extensive experience and education in Business Psychology, she is highly skilled and passionate about research, psychometrics, assessments, training, development, recruitment, and coaching.
