Organization: secrets to organize your time at work

In any company, there are standouts who always seem to contribute more than their fair share to the success of whatever team they find themselves on. These achievers are the ones who know how to manage their time. If you don’t have these skills, don’t worry. it’s a process. Just pick one or two at a time to get better. If you encounter resistance to doing things, find a way that works for you or consider hypnotherapy to release the subconscious resistance.

How they did it? The following are some secrets that will help you become the welcome person on any project or job.

o Choose a scheduling device that works for you: a journal, calendar, PDA, or software package.

o Keep your daily to-do folder within easy reach.

o Limit the number of important and time-sensitive deadlines you commit to.

o Do not take on tasks that belong to someone else.

o Learn to say “No.”

o If you feel like all you’re doing is putting out fires, it’s time to make some changes.

o Set aside time for planning.

or weekly plan

or daily plan.

– Focus on results, not on being busy.

– Set goals and objectives and know the difference.

– Understand what you can realistically achieve at any given time.

– Allow enough time for things that absolutely must be done.

– Build in contingency time.

– Prioritize.

– Plan tomorrow’s schedule at the end of today.

o If you feel stuck, do an easy task to regain momentum.

o Do at least one unpleasant task a day.

o Minimize interruptions.

o Learn to make decisions.

o If it takes less than two minutes, it’s probably best to do it right now.

or Delegate.

o If you can’t do anything with a communication, then you have three options: throw it away, put it in a folder, or put it on an action list.

o If you receive an invitation to an event and don’t want to decide right now whether or not to attend, put it aside; but establish a firm time in which you will make the decision and carry it out.

o Consider keeping activity logs so you can know for sure where your time is going.

o Organize continuously.

o Learn from your mistakes.

Highly successful people feel good about the contributions they make to their businesses and families. Remember that when you have managed your time well and have seen the results that come from it, you need to take some time to feel good about it. Savor all of your successes and reinforce the good feelings that emanate from them by accepting that you are succeeding at time management. If you allow yourself to feel good about your successes, the times when something hasn’t worked so well won’t throw you off course. Just get up and go back to your plan. In the long run, you will be one of those people that everyone wants on their management team.