Ray's 17 Rules for effective self and time management
I rarely repost previous articles but with the amount of time and self-management coaching I am doing, I thought I would give this twelve-year-old post a slight refresh.
Understand what your limits are. What agendas and schedules have you living out on the edge?
Know the amount of sleep you need and make sure you get it.
Get to know yourself. What are the conditions required to help you thrive with full energy?
Maintain both intellectual and physical fitness.
Clarify the outcomes you want, whether at work or outside of work.
Plan next week, this week; tomorrow, today.
Reposition a successful day from… how exhausted you are at day’s end to the ease with which you paced yourself.
Always ask, Who else can do this? Delegate and then follow up.
Learn to say no to other’s agendas—when appropriate—and yes to yourself.
Do tasks quickly with intense focus unless it has components of creative thinking within it.
Schedule the hardest things when your energy is high, the more mundane when energy is lower.
Work on one thing at a time.
Procrastinate on the non-critical; act now on the vital.
Ease the pedal back to 95%. Productivity will increase when you reduce angst and stress.
Leave work at work.
Stop doing what doesn’t count.
Reward yourself.
If you could do with some assistance in progressing your time and self-management and/or to decrease stress and overwhelm, feel free to get in touch.
Ray
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ray@rayhodge.com.au; www.rayhodge.com.au; +61 403 341 105
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