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The Importance of Time Management

What are the benefits of time management?

What is the importance of time management to you? How much does being able to manage your time well actually matter?

Here are 5 reasons why?

1. Time is finite
   There are only so many hours in a day, none of which can be reclaimed. How many hours a day do you have left today? Whatever time you have available to you, it can’t be stored, saved or borrowed. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
2. You’re more efficient
   Better time management can help you do more of what you have to do – faster. This doesn’t mean cutting corners or a decrease in quality. You just do what you have to do quicker so you can do what you want to do sooner. Work smarter, not harder, and definitely not longer than you have to.
3. You have more energy
   Strange but true – the act of finishing tasks often brings a level of satisfaction and energy that makes you feel good. The importance of time management here? It will help you do more of those endorphin releasing activities. Your ability to manage time has a direct affect on your energy levels.
4. You develop more qualities
   Once you apply skills, techniques and strategies, you’ll find that they only work in conjunction with qualities that we all have, but don’t use. Patience, persistence, self discipline and learning how to be assertive – all get developed.
5. You achieve what you want to and need to – faster Better time management means you find that you finish more of what you start – sooner. At the level of goals, projects and actions, it can often mean the difference between ‘done’ and ‘doing’. We all know how to waste time, but overcoming procrastination is always possible.

Two time management tools tips that could be beneficial are:

1. Pen and paper
   Keep these with you and you’ve got a ‘capture tool’ handy whenever you want to capture thoughts, ideas, numbers, addresses, reminders, or any other information.
2. Do-diary
   This combines a to-do list with a diary. Instead of scheduling appointments you schedule tasks to do on a particular date. The only rule as such is that you schedule tasks for tomorrow or beyond rather than adding to today’s list (which you wrote yesterday!) as you go along.