| From time to time there are moments when we need more than twenty four hours to carry out all our tasks. In the majority of cases we find time to meet only urgent engagements, and every day we hear a 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.
Does that sound familiar to you? Fancy you can slow down the time. It is possible if you follow three simple suggestions listed below.
1. Don't put off your duties.
Procrastination isn't only postponing all the things to do, sometimes it's just failure to give privilege when people convince themselves that the small things they do are very important, but putt off those tasks that are really require to be done. It occurs in case these tasks aren't very pleasant, or when a person does not know what to start with.
Take into account that procrastination does not solve your problems, it may only make them worse. In such a way it's logical to make a schedule of your urgent duties in order of decreasing importance, and start with the most essential tasks. Don't postpone important tasks till late evening, it is just a psychological trick.
2. Complicated tasks are to be accomplished first.
If you have several duties with similar priority, start with the most complicated task. It's human nature to put off the duties that seem difficult or not pleasant. It is not reasonable both because you waste your time and because the longer you wait the more impracticable the task would seem. That is why try to be honest to yourself, and start with complicated tasks.
3. If it is possible do a number of tasks at once.
Pay attention to the words: if it's possible. For instance, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that is why do not try to settle your business troubles on the telephone 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 be sure that your efforts to multitask do not slow down your activity.
Try these suggestions on practice, and you'll save lots of time. But remember 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 difficult to concentrate on our obligations. Remember a famous proverb: business before pleasure. |
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