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Volume 7, No. 2, Winter 2003

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IN THIS ISSUE

Time Management


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Visit some of these websites for more information on time management. Links are valid as of September 2004.

EHow To.
http://www.ehow.com/
Ehow To has numerous articles that provide tips on how to manage time more wisely. Some of the articles include finding free time, getting organized, delegating responsibility and breaking the procrastination habit.

Mind Tools - Time Management Skills.
http://www.psychwww.com
This resource has various articles dealing with many different aspects of managing your time effectively. Some of the articles include avoiding procrastination, getting the most out of meetings, getting up early and making your own time.

Personal Time Management for Busy Managers.
http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art2.html
Personal time management for busy managers is an article that outlines and discusses important techniques on how to manage time. The article covers how to eliminate wastage, being prepared for meetings, planning each day and week effectively as well as efficiently.

Personal Time Management Guide.
http://www.time-management-guide.com/
The goal of personal time management is to help you live a life of balance and high achievement. The aim of this time management guide is to give you all the practical information and support for making personal time management work best for you. No matter in what state your time management system is now, you can take a full control of your time and your life, and you can get the best out of it, if you learn how.

Successful Time Management.
http://www.umich.edu/~fasap/stresstips/1.html
Many people complain about needing more time in a day. While you know it is impossible to turn minutes into hours, you can learn to manage the time you have more efficiently. Maybe your work never seems to get any closer to being completed. The stress level you are experiencing is rising and every-day you become more frustrated. Although you can't control time itself, you can take charge of what you do with the time you have. It's really not as difficult as you may think. It takes willingness and determination on your part to change your old ways of doing things.

Ten Guidelines for Effective Time Management.
http://content.monster.com/career/team/time_mgt/
Every schedule reflects its maker's unique set of priorities and responsibilities. No two people have precisely the same idea of what constitutes perfect time management. The final determinant is simply whether your relationship with time is a happy one that enables you to meet your professional obligations, enjoy the company of those you love, and take good care of your most important asset - your health. But while there is no one-size-fits-all plan for managing time, there are basic principles that apply to a wide variety of circumstances.

Time Management Skills: Do You Respect Your Priorities?
http://www.manage-your-time.com/time-management-skills.html
Prioritizing skills are among most wanted time management skills for jobs that involve handling many projects at the same time and coping with information overload. We all have many things to do. How do you decide what to do first? A very common answer is to start from what is most urgent or from what feels most comfortable. This is what you often do automatically, if you don't learn to prioritize. The truth is that the most important things are typically not urgent, and the urgent things are often not that important for your long-term success. Without solid prioritizing skills you rarely have time for what is most important, you are getting stuck where you are.

Time Management Skills - Making the Most of Your Time.
http://www.mindtools.com/page5.html
This Mind Tools section shows you how to use personal time management skills. These are some of the most important career skills that you can learn. Time Management skills are essential for successful people - these are the practical techniques which have helped the leading people in business, sport and public service reach the pinnacles of their careers. The skills explained in these articles help you to become reli-able and effective and show you how to identify and focus on the activities that give you the greatest returns. The section finishes by explaining goal-setting, which is a vitally important skill for achieving what you want to achieve with your life.

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