Time Saving Tips – Do you need more time?
Since it’s the beginning of the year and all I thought it would be good to share some time saving tips with you.
One of the common shared experiences people had last year was an issue with time. There just did not seem to be enough time to get through it all and I’m convinced it won’t be any different this year. It seems that while technology is meant to make our lives easier it has just gone and made things all complicated because it is now easier to connect and communicate but harder to keep up.
Last year a lot of us tried to multi-task and I think for some of us it created more confusion and a whole lot of unproductivity. This year let’s get back to focus. Being in that moment where you are not multi-tasking but actually giving each task your full and complete attention.
Here are some time saving tips:
- Every day make a list of all the things you need to do for that day.
- On that list choose 2 productive tasks, this could be writing a blog, or working on your website, this is not checking email by the way, focus
Time saving tips, beginning with goals
Before I share with you some time saving tips for this year I thought it best to begin with setting goals. Now you may wonder how does setting goals save you time?
Having your goals set for the year helps you keep on track. Firstly what you want to do is decide what it is you want to achieve for this year, so ask yourself at the end of 2012 what results do I want to have?
And it would be things like:
- Financial goal. How much do you want to earn this year? Keep it real!
- Where do you want your business or career to be at the end of the year?
- Sometimes your goals can also be an improvement or an addon to last year’s events.
Once you know what it is you want to achieve then you can figure out how you are going to get there. In other words what can you do each day that will bring you closer to your goals?
This can help a great deal when it comes to saving time. For starters by knowing what results you want for the year can help you maintain focus. We have soooo
Commuting Hell!
Stuck on a train in yet another one of many train delays that occur in the UK. Running late, rushing and running to get the bus so that I can get to a meeting on time. “Why do I put myself through this,” I asked myself. Trying to make sense of what possessed me to arrange this meeting at this ungodly hour of the day. “Peak hour.”
While waiting for the bus, I grabbed the South African newspaper. Inside was the SA Property magazine with an article on “mixed use type developments” and the article contained the following facts:
The world’s average commuting time to work is 40 minutes one way. Average commuting for workers in the UK works out to 15 days every year (360 hours).
In peak hour traffic times to cross the city can take between 4 and 5 hours in London, New York, Tokyo and even Johannesburg.
A colleague of mine said that door to door each day takes him 1 hour and 15 minutes which means that he is spending 24 days a year just on commuting to work.
How crazy is this? It makes me want to scream:
VOTE FOR FLEXIBLE WORKING!!!! and
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