How To Get More From Life Each Day

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Focus on one day at a time.
Live the moment. Forget yesterday and look forward to tomorrow.
If you are guilty aboutwhat happened yesterday, or are anxious about what might happentomorrow, your ene... Habits start as consciously made decisions, eg..
what time to get up.Once established, good habits become second nature.Success is the result of habit. It depends not so much on doing theunusual, but on doing the commonplace unusually well.DON'T PROCRASTINATE - DO IT NOWDon't confuse being busy with working efficiently - activities can betension-relieving, not goal achieving.
By concentrating on fewer,priorities regularly on a fixed schedule, you can achieve a lot more inless time.IS TIME THE PROBLEM OR ARE YOU?Draw up a daily "to do" list. Rank priority tasks (the important few),as well as the trivial many.
This allows you to focus on fewer thingsand achieve more. Sort into A, B & C'sA's are important and urgent.
Must do today.B's are important and not urgent. Want to do today.C's are not important.
Today, if possible or delegate.TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS:1. LIST YOUR GOALS AND SET PRIORITIES: 2.
MAKE A DAILY "TO DO" LIST 3. Start with A's - NOT WITH C'sA's are 80% of everything.Make inroads into A's every chance you get.Use the 'Swiss Cheese' approach, ie.
Identify small tasks that will pokea hole in a big one. Do these in your odd moments.Do anything that moves A along.4.
ASK YOURSELF: WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF MY TIME RIGHT NOW?Why waste time on C's if you've an A to do?Fight habits and just filling in time.5. HANDLE EACH PIECE OF PAPER ONLY ONCEHave a C drawer6.
DO IT NOW!Decide you can do it right away.Itemise (write it down)CategorisePrioritiseCrystalliseSOME COMMON TIME WASTERS1. Telephone Interruptions2.
Drop-in Visitors3. Meetings4.
Crisis Management5. Lack of Objectives, Priorities a Daily plan6.
Cluttered Desk, Personal Disorganisation.7. Ineffective Delegation8.
Attempting too Much at Once9. Lack of Clear Communication10.
Inadequate, Inaccurate Delayed Information11. Indecision and Procrastination12.
Confused Responsibility and Authority.13. Inability to Say "No".14.
Leaving Tasks Unfinished15. Lack of Self-DisciplineMORE COMMON TIME WASTERS (IN RANK)1.
Planning (lack of).2. Priorities (lack of)3.
Telephone interruptions4. Disorganisation/cluttered desk5.
Procrastination6. Visitors7.
Lack of Self Discipline8. Ineffective delegation9.
Attempting too much10. Inability to say 'No'TIME TIPS FOR THE BUSYGet the news only once a day - in only one form - read the paper orwatch television or listen to the radio, but vary the form so you don'tget the news through one bias.
Don't worry about or spend time on things irrelevant to you, eg.. reading every bit of the newspaper.Unless it is crucial for your business, the news is not only depressing(don't worry about it, unless you can do something about it), but itgives a distorted picture of life.If you can't sleep, don't waste time lying in bed.
Get up and dosomething.Use an answer phone.Walk out of a poor movie or show. You've already wasted the money - so don't waste the time as well.Plan your leisure.
Don't expect your free time to fall into place byitself. Plan your weekends as carefully as you plan your weeks...andit's OK to do nothing.PLANNING is the key.
Make a conscious decision to plan more. Mostpeople's lives are too busy to think clearly about what they really wantout of life, yet I believe we can do our "best" thinking whilst relaxing(like when walking or jogging)Trust your instincts and BELIEVE in YOURSELFIf you have the will, you Do have the Power to change any aspect of your life...so,WHEN YOU TAKE CONTROL OF TIME, YOU TAKE CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE.
Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com Craig Lock has written extensively on the subject of time management, as well as in the field of self help. My various books* are available from:http://www.nzenterprise.com/writer/books.html and http://www.novelty-gift.com/.