What is Time Management?
Effective time management is the combination of skills and techniques that help people manage their limited resources. These include creating realistic timetables for work, leisure and home activities, setting goals, planning progress and analyzing it, organizing tasks and delegating them.
How to use time effectively
To start using your precious time more effectively, create a visual chart of how you use it. This will enable you to track where your time goes and how you can improve the efficiency of your work by using time management software.
Time management is also a critical skill for businesses, with executives citing time management as the second most important factor in their hiring process and one of the top three factors affecting company performance, according to an IBM survey [4]. Good time-management improves productivity, reduces stress and promotes work-life harmony.
Prioritizing your time is important.
Focusing on the most important tasks first is key to successfully managing your time. If you’re trying to finish a project, or just complete your daily tasks, focus on the most important things.
How to categorize your work properly
The Getting Things Done, or GTD method, is a well-known time management technique. It involves writing your tasks down and categorizing them. For example, category A is for the most urgent and important tasks; category B for less urgent or non-urgent.