Overcoming 5 Time Stealers

If you regularly find yourself running & dashing to meet deadlines, you have most probably fallen into the deadly sins of time management.

We often try to make time. ………… read that line again. How can one make time? We can only utilize the time we have.  In this post I have tried to analyze some of these traps that one needs to avoid, because these are dangerous & hidden time stealers.

Garnishing  or Decorating:  In the process of completing projects , we give over emphasis to our own creative ideas & end up doing un-necessary things that are fun but do not add any real value to the project. The result of all this distraction is a delayed project.

The bane of Perfectionism: Some blessed beings, under the burden of ego end up spending too much time perfecting their projects rather than focusing on tasks that should already be done.

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Tips on time management

Phew ! had a very hectic day today . Most of the well made plans went awry due to unplanned appointments & non-stop calls on the mobile. It’s almost midnight & kind of strange that i do not feel drained by the days work. Such days used to exhaust me in my younger days !! However i found a simple but effective trick to overcome this problem.

The heading here is a misnomer. You cannot manage time. If you think you can – Try stopping the rotation of earth !!! The only thing we can control is the activities done in the time span. The tip I am hinting here is the To-DO LIST. I am sure all of us tried this list many times with different levels of success. The problem in my case was that i just did not known the tricks to use this list effectively.

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