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>> What is time?

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Well, we know it's something that keeps
on passing whether we want it to or not,

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and we know it's something that flies
by when we're doing what we love.

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Like spending time with our in-laws.

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So how do we manage that time to get
done all that we have to get done?

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That, my friends, is time management.

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Time management is the act or process of
planning and exercising conscious control

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over the amount of time spent
on specific activities.

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You can't possibly implement a
good time management strategy

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if you don't know how you're spending your time.

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Study yourself for a couple days.

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What do you focus your attention on?

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What distracts you?

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What eats away at your precious time?

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>> I think if you can sort of
lay out what your priorities are,

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what you really need to get done.

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Try not to delay those things
and get them off of your table.

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You'll find that you have a lot more time.

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It's also important to sort of audit your
time like you might audit money and find

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out during the course of the day what you do.

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You know, if you sleep seven
hours or eight hours,

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it means you got 16 hours left in the day.

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How are you spending that?

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>> You want to use a day planner to schedule
specific tasks for specific times of the day.

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Whether it's in an actual
schedule book or on a smartphone,

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this will keep you focused and on track.

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>> Utilize technology.

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I'm a very pro-technology type person, but
really that would be my personal recommendation.

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If you're not a technology person,
then I'd say get a Day-Timer.

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Get something -- if you're the type
of person who needs to write it

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down to remember it, write it down.

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Learn what works for you and then
implement it on a daily basis,

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because then it will become a habit and then
you can rely on it when it's crunch time.

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>> We recommend you avoid using
Post-It notes or loose sheets

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of paper that you could easily lose.

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When you sit down to evaluate your time, give
priority to the most important task of the day,

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some professionals even suggest
doing the most difficult task first

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or the ones that you dislike the most.

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>> What I try to do personally is, before I
go to bed at night, is look at my next day

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and plan it accordingly, say, "Okay, if
these are the three things I have to do,

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and I prioritize, from this time
to this time I'm going to do this."

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But what I really try to do is the thing I
hate the most, do that first, get it over

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and done with; it's off your back.

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It's like a big rock rolling off your
shoulder and then you can do everything else.

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>> You might want to try physically
crossing off completed tasks.

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Many people say that those little victories
give them motivation to keep on going.

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There's no sense making a schedule
if you're easily lured away from it,

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so you want to avoid distractions, whether
it be putting your cell phone away,

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shutting a door if you have one or
even using noise-cancelling headphones.

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Find out what works best
for you and stick to it.

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>> What I do is I'll come into the office
and I'll do like a "must do," "can do"

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and like "would be nice to do" list.

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The must-dos have to get done, and so
if that means that am there until seven

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to get them done, they have to get done.

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The can-do is, "I can do this today,"
but if I get to part of it and if I get

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to part of it tomorrow, that's okay.

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And then the "would be nice to
do" would be nice to do today,

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but if it gets pushed to
another day, that's okay.

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We've all heard the cliche "There's
not enough time in the day."

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There is enough time; you just need
to manage it well and stay on track.

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