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Is Time Really on my Side?
August 1, 2007
In the years I have worked, I have never really taken “time management” much in to consideration. I came in early, worked late, and worked on the weekends. I planned my work load to match my schedule and my home life. Well things have changed. I now work on a schedule 7:30 to 4:30, hour for lunch, and no weekends. Not by choice but the forced rules of management.
Well, with the work stacking up, the to do list getting longer, maybe it is time to look in to this “time management” stuff. It really used to irk me when it took three days to get an answer on an email. Also when employees refused to answer the phone and let it go to voice mail. This is the business world of today. The conveniences to make business better, sometimes makes it worse.
Penelope Truck’s website has a tag line of “Advice at the intersection of work and life.” I am looking at her 10 tips for time management in a multi-tasking world. Penelope said, “Time management is one of those skills no one teaches you in school but you have to learn. It doesn’t matter how smart you are if you can’t organize information well enough to take it in. And it doesn’t matter how skilled you are if procrastination keeps you from getting the work done.”
So here are 10 tips to make you better at managing your work:
1. Don’t leave email setting in your in box. Take action on an email as soon as you read it.
2. Admit multitasking is bad.
3. Do the most important thing first.
4. Check your email on a schedule.
5. Keep website addresses organized.
6. Know when you work best.
7. Think about key strokes.
8. Make it easy to get started (people have problems starting things).
9. Organize your to do list every day.
10. Dare to be slow.
No. 10 states what we need to do now is recognize that processing one’s work (evaluating what comes in and how to handle it) and planning one’s work are also mission critical tasks.
Believe me, if you have maintained a home, prepared meals for the family, got kids through college and worked sometimes away from home, you know how to prioritize and manage time. The article states that younger workers understand time management more than the older generation. I would probably argue this point! Being a home maintenance engineer and running a taxi service, requires concentration.
Posted by Mary Walker on August 1, 2007 | Comments (0)