#Weak time manager series

Streamline low-priority project tasks.ĥ9. Look for weak links in your project and have back-up plans.ĥ8.

#Weak time manager series

Create a series of deadlines for your projects.ĥ7. Have detailed lists of your project tasks.ĥ6. Add on 20% to your initial project plans.ĥ5. Run projects with detailed time plans.ĥ4. Manage your projects with time, cost and quality estimates.ĥ3. Keep your communications sweet and short.ĥ2. Send replies on the same piece of paper.ĥ1. Don’t photocopy anything unless it is essential.ĥ0. Handle every piece of paper just once.Ĥ9. Back up your computer records at fixed times.Ĥ6. Don’t encourage unnecessary paperwork.Ĥ3. Know which jobs can be speeded up and which can’t.Ĥ0. Identify the quickest work methods and then use them until you find an even quicker method.ģ8. Bunch similar tasks together, eg phone calls.ģ7. Use just-in-time systems to minimize clutter.ģ6. Identify bottle-necks and eliminate them.ģ5. Use the Shoe-shine principle of doubling-up routine tasks.ģ3. Experiment with different methods for doing routine tasks.Ģ7. Do routine tasks in the shortest time possible.Ģ6. Spend up to a quarter of your day on routine tasks.Ģ4. Ask “what is the best use of my time now?” questions.Ģ2. Do something productive and enjoyable each day.ġ6.

Use time to get results not just fulfil duties.ġ5. Be a pearl diver: look for the gifts that time brings.ġ4. Have the freedom to balance your tasks.ġ3. Decide the best work pattern for yourself.Ĩ. Negotiate more control over how you spend your time.Ħ. Assess how much time you have to manage yourself and how much is in the control of others.ĥ. Measure how you spend your time eg with a time log.Ĥ. Treat time as a resource to be managed.ģ. Practise them all and you’ll discover that you’ll get more done, improve the quality of your time with others, and have a better balance between all the demands on your work and life.Ģ. Here are 100 ways to be a better time manager.