10 ways to create more time … or to use it more effectively anyway

As the old adage goes the one thing that we all have equally is time. I suppose the richer you are the more you can afford to pay people to do the things you don’t like doing, but ultimately it doesn’t matter how rich you are you can’t buy more time itself. I don’t know about you, but I have been on many time management courses, but it is so easy to slip back into the old ways.

This article from Skillpath has some tips you can put to use straightaway, the most important I believe being the first one. I have always believed if you don’t measure it you can’t improve it. After I carried out an exercise similar to that suggested, of logging where I spent my time, it was frightening to realise how inefficient I was. I hadn’t realised exactly how much of my time was spent looking at emails (sometimes several times over without actually dealing them), planning what to do (rather than just doing it!) and speaking to people on unimportant matters. As also suggested it is very powerful to keep continually asking yourself, ‘Why am I doing this task?’, ‘Will this help me achieve my ultimate goal?’. I am now much more focused on doing the right things.

If you aren’t already doing this, why not try it and let me know how you get on? Having taken on board a similar message to this some time ago it has certainly made a difference to me.

You can contact me on paulinew@kandh.co.uk or my direct line 0118 923 5817

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