| Every now and then there are moments when we need more than twenty four hours to accomplish all our things to do. In most situations we find time to meet just urgent engagements, and every day we hear a certain number of complaints that there is no time to meet close friends, or to visit the family, or even to allot a couple of hours to ourselves.
Is that familiar to you? Imagine that you are able to slow down the time. It's possible if you know 3 not complicated suggestions listed below.
1. Do not postpone your duties.
Procrastination is not only postponing all the tasks, sometimes it's just failure to prioritize when people convince themselves that the triffles they do are of great importance, but postpone those tasks that are really require to be done. It happens when these tasks aren't very pleasant, or if a person does not know what to begin with.
Keep in mind that procrastination doesn't solve your problems, it may only make them worse. That is why it's reasonable to make a schedule of your urgent tasks in order of decreasing importance, and start with the most essential duties. Do not put off essential tasks till late evening, it is just a psychological trick.
2. Difficult tasks are to be carried out first.
If you have two or more tasks with similar priority, begin with the most difficult thing. It's human nature to postpone the things that seem difficult or unpleasant. It's not practical both because you waste your time and because the longer you wait the more unrealizable the duty would seem. So be honest to yourself, and start with complicated duties.
3. If it is possible do a number of tasks at once.
Take into consideration the words: if it's possible. For instance, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that is why do not try to solve your business problems on the phone while driving. It's a good idea to combine mental duties with mechanical ones. If you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may start with these duties whilst talking on the phone. But make sure that your efforts to multitask do not slow down your activity.
Try these suggestions on practice, and you'll save a lot of time. But still, keep in mind that no strategy will work if you waste time on unproductive things. From time to time we tell ourselves that we will look aside just for a minute but then we find it even more complicated to concentrate attention on our obligations. There is a famous proverb: business before pleasure. |
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