3 Ways to Stop Fighting Your To Do List by @_ChelleShock

by Michelle Nickolaisen | Featured Contributor

Many business owners have a love-hate relationship with their to-do list – they know it’s a good idea to have one, in theory, but in actuality, they struggle with it. They feel stifled- or, just as often, intimidated and overwhelmed – by it, they feel like it messes with their focus, is too hard to manage, and so on.

Maybe It’s Time To Toss In The Towel

Here’s a take on time management I haven’t tried before. Let’s pause for a minute and try to determine why it is that even though we’ve read a million time management books, attended any number of seminars, and purchased every gadget and organizer we could get our hands on, we continue to feel like time is managing us instead of like we are in control of our own time.

What Gets YOU Through The Day?

I’m in a risk taking mood tonight. So, I’m going to go out on a limb with this blog post. “What’s the risk,” you ask. The risk is that I write this blog post and I don’t get any comments. Oh how embarrassing that would be. I suppose after a certain period of time I’d just have to take the post down. Oh well, here goes.

Time Management Quotes

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This collection of time management quotes may help you make the most of your day and manage your time more wisely.

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr

“How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most”
Stephen R. Covey

“A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin

“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”
Henry David Thoreau

“Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”
M. Scott Peck

“Never leave ’till tomorrow which you can do today.”
Benjamin Franklin

“One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”
Stephen R. Covey

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
Auguste Rodin

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
Muhammad Ali

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
William Penn

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nelson Mandela

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
Napoleon Hill

“Do we need more time? Or do we need to be more disciplined with the time we have?”
Kerry Johnson

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
Michael Althsuler

How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking

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Doing several things at once is a trick we play on ourselves, thinking we’re getting more done. In reality, our productivity goes down by as much as 40%. We don’t actually multitask. We switch-task, rapidly shifting from one thing to another, interrupting ourselves unproductively, and losing time in the process.

Peter Bregman tells us How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking. I realize this won’t stop anyone from multitasking, but I thought it was an interesting read!

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Time Management Enhances The Quality Of Your Life

I think you’d agree time is a much-needed resource you need to get your work done, achieve your goals and enjoy your life. I believe time management is about finding the best ways to use your time to get the most from it and enhance the quality of your life.

6 Tips To Make You More Efficient

Here’s six things to think about incorporating into your work day to make you more efficient.

1. Close your office door and concentrate on the biggest toughest project on your desk. Procrastination is a waste of valuable time.

2. Establish “quiet hours” for uninterrupted concentration and make sure people around you know what rules apply. Have all the materials you need so you can make maximum use of the allotted time.

Color Coded E-mail Tip May Save Your Job

Is your In Box so full you sometimes miss the important e-mail from your boss, or your wife? Try color-coding your e-mail. In Microsoft Outlook, go to the Tools menu and click Organize. In the Ways to Organize pane, click Using Colors.

Time Management Drive Time – Plus

When scheduling an appointment for a meeting outside the office be sure to schedule drive time before and after the meeting, plus a little extra time to pack up what you need for the meeting. I have found this tip to be very helpful. It gets me off the phone or out of a meeting in time to prepare myself for the next meeting and get there without feeling pressure to be on time.

Tips For Outcome-First Meeting Plans

I hate meetings! I am busy and don’t have time to attend meetings. Most meetings are a waste of time because they are just an opportunity for the attendees to hear themselves talk. Many meetings have no agenda or the meeting leader lets the meeting get away from them and the agenda isn’t accomplished. If you are meeting to hear reports – DON’T. People can read reports.