You must already know what Time Management is, yes that’s right! Time Management is how we manage our time. Why time need to be managed? Not every human being has 24 hours a day, whoever he is, whether he is a staff, supervisor, manager, GM, Director and even president Joko Widodo also has 24 hours a day, no more and no less.
There is a supervisor who complains, feels less time, so that the complaints were heard up to all employees in the company, the director had already heard the complaint. He’s short on time!
The director says “The bottom line is not the time cut, but from the timing management that is not good or not right, look at the A conglomerate, have dozens of companies, never the A complains of lack of time. Yes The point is Time Management.
Do not Waste Time!
Have you unknowingly spent a lot of time but what should you do when it cannot be solved? Yes, it could be that what you do is included in the waste of time. Waste of time may be considered trivial, but if you know more deeply, then you will find that the waste of time is very-very harmful to you. Some examples of time wastage, among others:
- Think of something that has or has happened
- Busy to see the pile of tasks, but not immediately do it
- Spend time searching for files or important items because you forget to put them
Yes, you usually wasted time in the middle of your work, resulting in the time you should be able to use to work even taken with other things that are actually not even important.
Therefore, from now on you can follow the steps below so that you avoid the name of waste of time:
- Analyzing Time Users
First you can do an analysis of the use of time during this time. You can try asking yourself questions, how much you can accomplish targets in the job, any interruptions that make you wasteful time, whether you’ve been really productive, and so on. That way, hopefully you can really find an understanding of how your time is being used.
In addition, identify in detail what things or activities are a waste of time. You look closely because often the activities that include waste of time are missed by observation. If you’ve found it, then you can gradually change the habits in order to manage your time for the better.
- Changing Habit
Once you have successfully analyzed the use of time and of course your activities that are a waste of time, then it’s time you change habits. Indeed, changing habits is not easy for you to do, it takes time and a hard effort to change it.
Change the habits that you think use less effective time into more time-consuming habits. Concentrate on avoiding or eliminating activities that include time wastage.
By writing down a list of time-wasting activities, then after that you can visualize how you will save time. Imagine how you can eliminate time-wasting habits by saving time. After that develop your visualization in your daily life.
- Task Management
When you are in the process of turning a habit into a self that uses more effective time, you can apply task management. What to do to manage the task?
First, know your responsibilities. Every job, must have a job description. In the job description, there is a responsibility that you should be working on. That way, it is hoped you can realize what you should do and avoid activities that are a waste of time.
Second, set your goals. Setting goals in each job allows you to focus on how to start doing what you need to do and avoid wasting your time.
Third, identify the priorities of each job. By identifying the priorities of each job you can easily reach your goals or goals. Prioritize which jobs are important and urgent so you need your full attention in doing them. Once that is fulfilled, you can do other work that you can postpone earlier.
Well so, do not let your wasteful time because you will really lose money. Maybe you will be stressed if not clever to manage time. Manage your time management well as described above.