From time to time there are moments when we require much more than twenty four hours to fulfil all our tasks. In the majority of cases we find time to accomplish just urgent tasks, and every day we hear complaints that there is no time to meet friends, or to visit the family, or even to devote a couple of hours to ourselves. Is that familiar to you? Fancy that you are able to slow down the time. It is possible if you follow three simple recommendations listed below. 1. Do not postpone your tasks. Procrastination is not only postponing all the duties, sometimes it's just failure to give privilege when people convince themselves that the triffles they do are very important, but putt off those tasks that are really require to be done. It occurs if these duties are not very pleasant, or if a person doesn't know what to begin with. Take into account that procrastination does not solve your problems, it may only make them worse. That's why it is reasonable to make a schedule of your urgent tasks in order of decreasing importance, and start with the most essential duties. Do not postpone important duties till late evening, it's just a psychological trick. 2. Complicated things to do are to be carried out first. In case you have several things to do with same priority, begin with the most complicated task. It is human nature to procrastinate the duties that seem difficult or unpleasant. It's not practical both because you waste your time and because the longer you postpone the more unrealizable the task would seem. That's why be honest to yourself, and begin with difficult duties. 3. If it is possible multitask. Take into account the words: if it's possible. For example, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that's why do not try to solve your business problems on the telephone while driving. It's a good idea to combine mental tasks with mechanical ones. When you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may begin with these tasks whilst talking on the phone. But be sure that your efforts to multitask don't slow down your activity. Try these recommendations on practice, and you'll save lots of time. But still, take into consideration that no strategy will work if you waste time on nonproductive activity. 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 attention on our obligations. Remember a famous proverb: business before pleasure. |
