Of all the skills that
you can learn to be
successful as an
entrepreneur or a career
professional, time
management is arguably
the most fundamental and
also the most important.
Time management is not
just about make
schedules and following
your to do lists to be
truly successful, you
need to incorporate the
mental patterns of being
conscious about how you
spend time.
Much like you spend all
your life learning
wealth-building habits,
there is also a need to
learn time management.
In other words, you
should become a student
of time management. It
sounds odd, but once you
treat time management as
a proper skill and not
something you apply in
crisis situations you
will be able to see the
vast gains in your
productivity.
Learn From the Best
As a student of time
management your first
task is to surround
yourself with the most
accomplished leaders of
this field. This in
effect means that short
of being able to
apprentice with a time
management mastermind
like David Allen, you
have to acquire
resources (namely books
and tools) that will
help you learn. We all
have problems with
managing our time what
matters is how we deal
with such issues. By
committing yourself to
be a student of time
management you should
also commit yourself to
learning from the best,
and that means starting
by acquiring the books
and tools put out by the
time management experts
of our day.
Being a Successful
Student of Time
Management
Learning about time
management does not
automatically make you
good at it. To be
successful, you have to
develop a process of
evaluating your progress
and developing a process
by which you can
continuously refine
your time management
habits.
Eliminating Waste
As a student of time
management your biggest
task will always be to
fight against time
wasting. Did you know
that wasted time is the
number one cause of
stress in North America?
There comes a time when
you feel that you have
mastered a skill this
comes after thousands of
hours of practice and
implementation. At that
point, you have a choice
you can choose to be
satisfied with your
progress and the
improvements you have
made in your life, or
you can choose to remain
a student of time
management and develop
your skills further.
At this point, the
choice is yours you
have already brought
marked improvements to
your life by investing
so much into managing
your time better; it is
up to you to decide
whether you are happy
with your success or
whether you want more.
My guess is that when
you reach that point,
you will definitely want
more. But the real
battle (and the reason
why you should become a
student of time
management) is getting
to that point first.
From the
Time Management Website
Bronwyn
Ritchie's
