By: Ken Austin
There are practically two types of people on the workplace. The first type of corporate workers would be those who always find sufficient and ample time to easily do things that should be done.The second type of workers would be those who are always cramming to complete tasks or work things out at the last minute.
A thorough analysis of the situations of the two types of workers would certainly lead you to the idea that the two differ from each other through their time management practices.
As such, time management is very important, especially to people in the workplace who are always bombarded by heavy work loads and different tasks. Each person for sure has his or her own other life aspects like social, life, sex life, family life and spiritual life. Each individual has his or her own set of priorities.
That is why effective time management would really be necessary so people would easily and effectively meet targets and beat deadlines with greater ease.
But it is to be noted that efficient and effective time management would
have to entail a greater skill, that is, effective goal setting.
Goal setting and time management
Goal setting and time management are two different concepts, but they are practically inter-related and inter-twined.
Time management would not be effective and achievable without goal setting.
Goal setting, for its part, needs effective time management skills for it to be successfully achieved.
Remember, when managing your time, the first thing you should attend to would be assessing or setting out your list of priorities. Doing so would enable you to carry out tasks that need to be carried out first than the others.
It would be impossible for anyone to set priorities without first setting goals. Priorities are things that should be given primary and foremost focus and attention. The same goes for goals.
Priorities and goals are almost the same in a way that both are the ultimate targets and aims of each individual.
Some useful tips to set goals and manage time:
Here are several simple, logical and practical tips and guidelines to help you set goals and eventually manage your time better.
► Set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely goals. Remember the acronym SMART to simplify and unify all these. By doing so, bear in mind always your goals and arrange your schedule in a way that the achievement of these goals would be attained.
► Determine the things or activities that need to be done or carried out in order to attain priorities and goals. By doing so, you would inevitably consider and think about the time frame needed to perform the tasks.
► When arranging your schedule, make sure that the set of activities related to attaining the goals would not conflict with any other important appointments or activities. Make a time table so no deadlines, appointments or important dates would be forgotten or missed out. That could be a great start up to effective time management.
► Assess yourself during goal setting. Humbly and honestly determine your skills, talents, competency and capacity to carry out your desired outcome or goals. Doing so would enable you to estimate the time it would take for you to attain and achieve your goals.
Overall, make sure you focus on your goals and ensure that you always remember the tasks that need to be done and completed on time, so the goals would be achieved also on time.
