As a Life Coach, and after coaching many different clients, I have come to realize that to effectively manage time, we need to first realize that time itself cannot be managed! We all get seven days a week and 168 hours within those seven days. This cannot be increased or changed in any way. However, what we can change, improve and manage is ourselves. In essence then, true time management now becomes management of ourselves self management!
So being aware of this, we now know that it’s not the amount of time we have that’s important; its how effectively we use that time that makes the difference. Successful people have exactly the same amount of time in the day as each of us. The only difference is they use their time differently more effectively.
You might say I dont have the time to commit to learning some time management skills. I hear this a lot during life coaching sessions, but the fact is if this were true, do you really think you have the time not to?
Time management principles and techniques are usually quite simple to learn. They do not require deep thinking, a high I.Q or lots of preparation. In fact if you were to put the search...