Work Smarter Not Harder!

Do you feel that you work days are too full yet you don't really seem to achieve enough?

Do you feel that there are never enough hours in the day to accomplish all you need to? Do you feel you need to be more organised?  The Time Management Workshop on Wednesday 25th August will help you to work smarter not harder!

Wednesday 25th August 2010

From 14:00 – 18:00

1 Afternoon

Venue: The Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Training Cost: €30

Click here to book online

Here are some Time Management Tips To Get You Started!

Realise that time management is a myth: No matter how organized we are, there are always only 24 hours in a day. Time doesn't change. All we can actually manage is ourselves and what we do with the time that we have.

Learn to see the difference between urgent and important: The important tasks are those that lead you to your goals, and give you most of the long term progress and reward. Those tasks are very often not urgent. Many urgent tasks are not really important.

Know and respect your priorities: Aim to do the important things first. Remember the 80-20 rule: 80 percent of reward comes from 20 percent of effort. One of the aims of time management tips is to help you refocus your mind to give more attention and time to those most important 20 percent.

Plan your actions for achieving your goals:  Convert your goals into a system of specific actions to be done. The first significant point of planning is the planning process itself. It is a known fact, and you will see it for yourself, that the planning process stimulates your brain to come up with new efficient solutions. It programs your subconscious mind to search for shortcuts. It makes you much more prepared for each specific action.  Planning can also significantly lower the time spent on routine maintenance tasks, leaving you more time on what you like to do or for what you think is important for your long term success.

Schedule time for your tasks:  Your concentration can be easily lost in the sea of many boring or less important things waiting to be done in your head. Undone things circulating in your mind are also a big drain of your mental energy. Most often, there is no way to get those things out of your mind except of either doing them or scheduling them in a trustable system, convincing your mind that they will be done in due time.

Learn to delegate:  No matter how small your business is, there's no need for you to be a one-person show. For effective time management, you need to let other people carry some of the load. 

Click here to book online for the Time Management Workshop on August 25th

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