Time Management 101

Educator and speaker Stedman Graham says that the 24 hours in a day is what makes us all equal. It’s what we do with it that makes the difference.

Most of us are text book time wasters and procrastinators. Does not work if you want to make progress in your life, be a success in your business, etc. So, here are a couple of ideas.

Break whatever tasks/goals/to do’s that you have for the day into 15 minute chunks. Focus for that 15 minutes on getting one thing done. After the 15 minutes, look back for a few seconds, acknowledge what you did, what you learned, what you are going to do next. For bigger project, it may be just continue on with the job.

Yes, you can get totally lost in your work and hours just disappear. Most people who work for themselves or at home dont have that problem.

Tip number 2: get a cheap-o digital timer/alarm. I bought one on ebay for $1 (I think the shipping was $4 … funny business model where your profit center is on the shipping markup and not the product itself)

I use the internet for all kinds of things - research, online marketing, blogging etc etc. Continuously available source of distraction. When I open up my browser, all bets are off for how long I will get lost in all of the amazingly cool stuff you can find “out there.”

I put 2-5 minutes (depending on what it is I’m in for) on my digital baby sitter alarm and when it goes off, if I have got what I wanted, I get out immediately. If not, I get it immediately and get out.

You can use the timer in association with the 15 minutes idea as well.

Amazing what you can get done.