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6. Target to be early. When you target to be on time, you’ll either be on time or late. Most of the times you’ll be late. However, if you target to be early, you’ll most likely be on time. For appointments, strive to be early. For your deadlines, submit them earlier than required.
Are you punctual to your obligations? Do you strive to be early? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Focus. Are you multi-tasking so much that you’re just not getting anything done? Give an example of how you’ve multi-tasked recently:
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How can too much multi-tasking lessen your productivity? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Block out distractions. What’s distracting you in your work? Instant messages? Phone ringing? Text messages popping in?
Your biggest distraction? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ What will you do about it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Delegate. If there are things that can be better done by others or things that are not so important, consider delegating.
List 1 mind-numbing, time-consuming task you do daily or weekly that can be delegated: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Who’s the lucky individual that will be taking over and sparing you to pursue greatness? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Leave buffer time in-between. Don’t pack everything closely together. Leave a 5-10 minute buffer time in between each task. This helps you wrap up the previous task and start off on the next one.
Give an example of 2 tasks that need a 5-10 minute buffer between them when you do your planning: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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“I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It’s good time management.” – Michelle Williams
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