Mastering The Time In Order To Win Daily
One of the greatest equalizers from nature is time. That is, no matter who you are, what you are doing, your background, race, ethnicity, etc, you have the same 24hrs as every other person in a day. The only thing that makes the whole difference and will also justify your allocation of time is the way you use it. Learning to master your time is not about filling you day with activities. You can pack all the activities in one day, and still not maximise your time effectively. Rather it is by making each moment to count - aligning your daily activities with your long-term goals. You have to live each moment with the intention to make it count.
It is not what you do that makes the most sense, but how you to it. If a driver is driving over a roundabout for 1 hour, even though he is making motion and he may even be doing so with speed, yet he is not making advancements. It is true he is engaged in an activity but still no reasonable work is done because he was just going in circles. This goes to tell you that it is not about doing something, but what counts is how you do it. I have come to understand that one of the reasons why some people struggle with time is not because they are lazy nor because they are not doing anything, but because they lack clarity of what they are doing and as such, they cannot manage their time.
Trust me, if the 24 hours in a day is not enough for you to maximise your daily activities, even if it is increased to 30hours a day, it will still not be enough. To maximise your time and your day, you have to learn priorities. If you do not prioritise your activities and your time, everything will begin to look urgent to you, even the things that are not important. It is by prioritizing your activities that you will take control of your day. You will know what is important to be done at a certain time and then know in what order to do them. Moreover, you will not have divided attention on what to do or not to do.
I once observed one of my uncles some years back how he normally scheduled his day. Each night, ahead of the day, he would get a pen and paper and make a list of what he would be doing the next day. So when the day breaks, he will know the activities to do first. No wonder the kind of things he achieved in his field of endeavour. When I learnt that from him and started to practise it, it has worked for me. I realized that when I have a to-do list, it will be easier to manage time and of course, it will help me to channel my energy towards the right thing, which will also enhance productivity.
Additionally, to master time, you have to learn the act of prompt action. You may have a couple of things that you wish to do, but you still need to do them for them to be done. It does not matter how many things you have on your to-do list, what matters is what you have done from the list. What is the point of having a schedule that you cannot even follow? You need a level of discipline to be able to follow after what is in your to-do list and undertake them. Discipline is a very important and key factor towards taking prompt actions. There are times you may not feel like taking actions, but when you see the necessity in taking the action, then you will have reasons to do it - this is discipline.
In order to feel motivated to take prompt actions, there are things to help you. Firstly, do not try to do everything at once. Trying to get everything done at the same time might make you to lose the motivation to even do anything at all. Take the tasks individually and in bits. Then try to track your progress made, and know if you are on the right path. Without keeping tracks of the progress, there may not be any pointer to show you if you are actually making progress. While tracking your progress, you also need to celebrate the successes and your wins, so as to make you to do more.
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