Despite working hard, you regularly end each day feeling like you haven’t accomplished much. You’re pretty sure poor time management skills are to blame because you often get so caught up in what you’re doing, you forget to look up at the clock.
Thankfully, regaining control of your day isn’t as difficult as it sounds. Here’s some advice to help you better manage your time so that you can become an even more valuable asset to your team.
3 Time Management Skills to Boost Your Productivity
Prioritizing Your To-Do List
Every project on your desk doesn’t carry the same weight — at least right now, in the moment. It’s important to decide which ones need to be completed first so that you can pace yourself accordingly. You might take factors like deadlines, significance, and difficulty into consideration when deciding the order you’ll complete them. This will also help you maintain a manageable workload because you’ll know when you’re at capacity and need to say no to new projects for a while.
Scheduling Your Day
Your time is valuable, so it’s important to make sure your workday is scheduled in the most efficient manner possible. Meetings are one thing that often takes up a lot of your day without adding much value. Avoid spending your day in endless, unnecessary meetings by blocking time off on your calendar each day to work and pushing back if you don’t think you really need to attend.
Setting Project Goals
If you have trouble meeting project deadlines, you’re not alone. Since projects have so many different components, it can be hard to stay on track. The secret to getting everything done on time is to create objectives for each step.
Making your goals SMART — specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound — is a great way to do this because it leaves no room for interpretation. You’ll know exactly what you need to accomplish by a certain deadline, and you can measure your progress along the way.
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