15 SECRETS Successful People Know About TIME MANAGEMENT

<h2>Tip #1 What is Your Most Valuable Asset?</h2> <p> </p> <p>What is your most valuable asset?  Is it money?  Your Family?  No, it is not either of these things.  Your most valuable asset is your "time." Time is one thing that you cannot get more. You only have 1,440 minutes available to use each day.  That is it.  You cannot increase the time you have available, so you need to make the most out of it each day. Why use minutes?  Because one minute is enough time to complete a task, like respond to an email, complete 30 push-ups, or water a plant.</p> <p> </p> <p>Once you appreciate how valuable your time is, then you can prioritize it to make those most from each day.  You need to determine and prioritize the "Most Important Task" or MIT for short that needs to get done.  Now this task needs to be one that will significantly impact your life or work.   Prioritization of your Time is a critical step and is essential to your success.</p> <p> </p> <p>For instance, you are a senior executive that needs to develop a new application.  You may determine that your "Most Important Task" is to hire a programmer to write the app. This single task will have the most significant impact on your work goal.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Tip #2.  Use a Calendar Instead of a To-do List</h2> <p> </p> <p>Do me a favor and pull out your to-do list?  How long is it?  How many items on your to-do list have been there for weeks or, even worse, months?  Does looking at your to-do list just stress you out?    Instead of using a to-do list, pull out your calendar instead.  This technique will help with your stress levels.  Researchers have determined that 41% of what is on your to-do will never get accomplished. Why is this?  Most of the items on the list do not contain the length of time needed to complete the task.  Time frames are critical as tasks without time frames tend to be ignored and are likely not to be met.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Tip #3.  Consider Using Time blocks</h2> <p> </p> <p>You may want to consider using time blocks or time boxing.  What