Carefully organizing one’s day is fine and well, but when did you last take a moment to assess what you truly want to get out of life? In her Time Management Article, Wendy Hearn puts a human flare on the concept in order to bring our perception of time itself to a focus. For the paragraphs to follow, we’ll lend Wendy the wheel and allow her to steer our course on creating order that conforms with a well-rounded knowledge of self.
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Before you can effectively manage your time, you must first get in touch with what you truly wish to get out of life. Identifying your core beliefs, values and desires, will help you effectively set forth on the path of true achievement. Throughout your journey, keeping the vision and potential aligned will pave way for incredible things.
Next, bridge the gap between your ideal life with where you are now. Focus on accomplishing one small and one big step towards the future you want to create. With this angle of attack, you can gauge a realistic idea concerning the workload you can handle.
Once you have a clear idea of what needs to be done, know your approach. The 4 D’s—Do, Delegate, Dump, or Defer—are initial procedures to help you decide how to sort through work to be executed. Once you know the how, determine when it must be complete and follow through.
Going the extra mile to carefully plan your day will augment its flow, but being fully conscious of who you are will help you decide on how to invest your precious time. Know what you want to get out of life, discern the workload you can handle, reflect on the 4 D’s, and begin embracing the livelihood most meaningful to you. So what do you say—ready to unlock Superhuman Time Management Prowess through self-discovery?