I am sure that it comes as no surprise to you that the biggest and, I believe, worst excuse I hear from some of my students is they were not able to get there homework done because they just did not have the time! As one financial coach puts it, “you make the time for that which is important to you.” One of my students, we will call him Joe, once made this excuse. When we started to look at all of the things that he did for the week. We found that he had spent about three hours that week watching TV. He had also spent about 2 hours surfing the web. When we went through everything that he did we found that he had wasted about 10 hours of his time in areas that were not necessary. As my mentor would always say, “successful people and unsuccessful people have the same 24 hours in a day, the difference is how they use it.” There are two main things when it comes to time management. First, make sure you write down what you need to get done that way. Second, make sure you do the most important things that day before you do anything else. I have found that this is one of the most important factors. Successful people are disciplined to do the most important things first. Doing the things that you have to get done is not always fun but it is critical to your success. You can prioritize what you need to get done. Write done all of the things you need to get done for the day and for the week, then rank them on a scale from one to ten on the level of importance. Make one the most important and ten the least important. Never let the tens choke out your number one priorities!
Remember, there are the two things that are going to help you get more into your day.
Write it down
Do the most important things first
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