Be innovative

Last week's tip:

Keep learning continuously so that you are 'efficient' in handling technology. 

Reminder:

Did you get to know better ways of using any electronic equipment or software that you use regularly?

This week's Tip:

Learn, Customize and innovate your time management methods

Action items:

This week I was talking to one of my colleagues. He attended the time management presentation I gave and was highly impressed. He not only bought a planner but started using that. He made a good beginning. He realized the initial benefits and conveyed how he found it useful to his brother back in India. He was telling me his brother who is in business also found the system very useful and was thanking me for all the inspiration and motivation. 

When I gave the presentation to around 25 colleagues, I hoped at least one will find it useful and get the benefits. I was glad to find the results before me. I was trying to understand what all he has done. He basically started with daily to-do lists. Then I told him that since he has made a good beginning he should start improving. There is always scope for improvement. 

Time Management tools give you a good start. As you start following that you will feel a need to customize and tailor it to meet your special needs. 

The time management kit I started with had provision to just record goals. I found that my goals are grouped by month and I have some recurring goals. So I immediately customized the forms to divide the sheets into monthly goals. I also started using them to records various 'personal lists'. I started making lists like the movies I watched, books I read, books I want to read, create monthly financial budget and so on. 

I have been continuously innovating the ways I used the system for past 3 years. I recognize that there is always scope for improvement. 

Essence of Time Management is 'getting organized'. Capturing all our thoughts, things to do and any thing that we need tomorrow or next year in a planner that is always accessible makes us feel in control. 

Summary

Achieving success in life and becoming an effective individual at work and in personal life will be outcome once you start on your time management journey. All great people followed this in one way or the other.

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