Time Management: How To Finish Multiple Task In A Short Period Of Time

These days many people are now required to perform a variety of multi-tasking activities at the same time Although there are many people who slip into the multi-tasking scheme effortlessly, there are also many who are overwhelmed with the amount of work that they have to finish within a short period of time. If you are one of those people who are stumped when it comes to time management, it would be a good idea for you to start studying means and methods of effectively managing your time. The art of time management can quite easily be learned and mastered so it should not be something that you should worry to much about for the mean time. As soon as you are able to begin developing your time management skills, you will have less problems going through the variety of tasks you need to do, and will be able to accomplish multi-tasking quite effortlessly

To To Begin

The first thing that you need to learn about time management is setting priorities and goal management. Before you even start with each task you need to complete, you should first create a to-do list and then rank the items on this list based on priorities The to-do list is a very important step, as this list will be your guide when you start the tasks that you need to do, and this list will also keep track of your progress as you tick of each item that has been completed. The list will also help you analyze and determine which of the tasks need to be accomplished first and this will assist you in prioritizing each individual task.

Prioritizing

Being able to set your priorities for each given day is very important. You will have to set your priorities so that you know what needs to be done first and what can be done later, and to do this you will need to set a criteria for your priorities. When setting your criteria, you will need to consider the relevance of a specific task and the time relevance towards the other tasks. For instance, if you are working on more than one project at the same time, you need to determine which ones are urgent and which ones are not. Furthermore, if you are performing a series of tasks, you need to determine which task should be done first before you can proceed with the others.

Learning To Schedule

The ability to be able to schedule your tasks is very important when it comes to time management. You need to learn to divide your day so that you can accomplish more. Every minute counts when it comes to time management, and in order to be able to accomplish more, you should give yourself hourly deadlines. For instance, you give yourself an hour to work on a certain task and then move on to another task at the end of the hour.

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2 Responses to 'Time Management: How To Finish Multiple Task In A Short Period Of Time'

  1. John B. Kendrick - September 29th, 2008 at 1:40 am

    Great points, all. I prefer to think of task management rather than time management. And the most important first step is just to get the tasks that need to be done in a trusted system.

    I’ve written several posts about how I do that on my blog at http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com/how-to-gtd/ John

  2. Dan - September 29th, 2008 at 5:43 am

    If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:

    http://www.Gtdagenda.com

    You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
    A mobile version and iCal are available too.


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