Time Management

Time Management: How to deal with having too much to do

In most instances most of us are extremely busy and have 10 million things to do, (well not quite 10 million but you feel like it is).  This is why it is so important to figure out the best way to manage your time as well as manage how and when people communicate with you.  The open office door policy at management level  is definitely a must within any organisation.  Where the problem lies in when you are interrupted at the most inopportune times.  While a lot of people can compose themselves and be polite and deal with the

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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

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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

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Where do I find the time for social media?

When I was speaking at the Global Entrepreneurs event in Johannesburg for Women in Finance, someone in the audience asked this question. “How on earth do you find the time to do all these things?”

Firstly, you need  to establish how much time you are going to spend managing your social media activities.  Once you have determined this, you can decide how and who is going to be managing your social media activities.  I recommended a minimum of 2 hours a day.

Chris Brogan recently posted an interesting blog “How much time should I spend on Social Media”. In his blog,

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