Do you need more time?

Written by Militza Basualdo


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Knowing these two alternatives and their consequences atrepparttar time of starting activity A-1 which would you rather chose?

ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR CONTROLLING TIME

•If possible, delegate. This isrepparttar 130182 first point to consider before startingrepparttar 130183 to-do´s. Never do others work because “I can do it faster and better”.

•Say “no” whenever you can. Of course, you must be careful of saying “no” to important projects or delicate tasks. A good rule to follow is to ask “will something terrible happen if I don’t do this?” Ifrepparttar 130184 answer is “no”, don’t do it.

•Closerepparttar 130185 door to your office. Tell others you will not be available at certain hours. Keep your door closed and do your “A”´s without distracting yourself. For some, a half-hour is enough. For others, maybe two hours are necessary. It doesn’t matter, do it.

•Don’t worry about your “C”´s. Forgetting about these projects will take a load off your back. You can to this without guilty feelings if you follow Pareto´s Law of 80-20. According to this law, 20% of all things account for 80% of their value.

•The 80/20 rule, suggests that in a list of 10 activities, doing two of them, will accomplish 80% of their work. Find these two, classify them as “A” and do them. The rest can be left as they were because, after all, they represent only 20% ofrepparttar 130186 total value.

•Frequent ask yourself, “What isrepparttar 130187 best use of my time at this moment?” If it isn’trepparttar 130188 activity you are doing at that moment, change your activity.

•If you finished an important task, give yourself a reward. Think ofrepparttar 130189 reward before doing your “A”s.

•Manage your meetings. If you calledrepparttar 130190 meeting: 1.Minimizerepparttar 130191 number of participants. 2.Let everyone knowrepparttar 130192 organization and objectives ofrepparttar 130193 meeting. 3.Don’t let ideas get onrepparttar 130194 wrong track. 4.Summarize each point after it has been discussed. 5.Set goals and deadlines to finish before callingrepparttar 130195 next meeting. 6.Program your meetings as close as possible to quitting time. The meeting room should have, if possible, uncomfortable chairs. If you were invited torepparttar 130196 meeting: 1.If possible, don’t attend. 2.Ifrepparttar 130197 meeting looks disorganized, try to control it. 3.Prepare yourself before attending.

•Control your telephone. For incoming calls: 1.Let your secretary filter them. 2.Say “no” if you are notrepparttar 130198 indicated person to deal withrepparttar 130199 request. For outbound calls: 1.Group your calls at a certain hour. 2.Don’t make calls on impulse. Have on hand allrepparttar 130200 information you will discuss. 3.Shorten friendly, but unproductive conversations.

•Keep your desk clear for action. Place atrepparttar 130201 centerrepparttar 130202 most important papers. Once you have finishedrepparttar 130203 activities, remove allrepparttar 130204 papers related to it. Startrepparttar 130205 next activity with clear mind and desk.

•Answer your emailsrepparttar 130206 first time you read them. Copy only those persons who need to know.

How well you manage your personal time may determine how successful you are. It reflects on how many important things you are able to do.

Parkinson’s law says work expands to fillrepparttar 130207 assigned time. Dare against this law. You knowrepparttar 130208 techniques,repparttar 130209 following step is yours.

Militza Basualdo is a Six Sigma consultant (www.iesixsigma.com). Ms. Basualdo holds a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and received a Bachelor´s degree Summa Cum Laude in Mathematics and a Master´s degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in Kingsville. Ms. Basualdo completed all courses towards a Ph.D. in Engineering - Operations Research. Ms. Basualdo has held Information Technology and Six Sigma positions for two Fortune 50 companies


Why you don't need Motivation

Written by Marie-Pier Charron, Life Coach


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- Our objective is motivated by self-rejection rather than self-respect (Very frequent, and always overlooked. People trying to lose weight often experience that) - Our objective is a strong “should”, or a vibrant “must”; but not a “want” (It would be appropriate to be in better terms withrepparttar other members of our family, but we are too resentful about past events to really change anything) - We are afraid of success, afraid of failure. Afraid of something (We are conflicted about our objective, we have mixed motives – even if we are not aware of them) - Our objective is not in alignment with our true self (Looking for a job in a field that doesn’t feel right to us) - Some part of us doesn’t want to reach our objective, for some reasons (We know that when we do reach our goal, we’ll have to do or experience something that repulses us) - We feel overwhelmed by allrepparttar 130180 actions we have to take (we have a hard time taking one small step at a time) - A recent failure makes us feel powerless - Etc.

When we start looking at this, we realize thatrepparttar 130181 results we get (or do not get) are an accurate reflection of what we deeply think, and feel. We do not experience in life what we hope for, but rather what we think we deserve, what we expect, what we arerepparttar 130182 most confident in. That’s how we create. We will not feel much motivation for a goal that is incongruent with our profound beliefs and thoughts – as idyllic as this goal may be.

Motivation isn’t about toughness and strength – it’s about alignment. It’s not necessarily about wanting something very badly… but more about wanting something completely. When we lack motivation, some part of us is saying, “I don’t want to reach that goal – it doesn’t serve me”. Maybe it’s time to change our objective… maybe we need to look inward and take care of other things first (seerepparttar 130183 list above). Or maybe we just need to take a deep breath, relax, and listen torepparttar 130184 wind for a while…

Marie-Pier Charron, life coach, is founder of Implosions, and editor of a monthly newsletter filled with practical tips and powerful empowerment strategies. To get your own free subscription, visit her at http://www.implosions.net


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