Advantages of Time Management

Advantages of Time Management

 

In order for time management training to be effective, individuals must be motivated to make the necessary changes. It's easy to teach motivated individuals, but it's difficult to provide the motivation for them. Perhaps summarizing some of the major benefits of time management may encourage people to want to change:

 

Provides a sense of control. When you are jumping from one job to another due to constantly changing priority, crises and rush jobs, you normally have a feeling of helplessness. Other peoples' plans get into your planner until there's no room for your own. Effective time management skills put you in the driver's seat so you are in control of what you do and when you do it.

 

Helps you to achieve your goals. Time management skills, which include planning and scheduling, require that you reduce your goals to writing and schedule time to work on them. Planning involves commitment to act at a specific time in the future.

 

Reduces effort and fatigue. We sometimes work so hard we don't realize we aren't getting anywhere. Time management does not promote getting more done in less time as much as it promotes doing fewer things of greater importance in the time that you have.

 

Maintains balance in your life. The tendency is to get everything done by working longer hours. But since time is finite, this means reducing time in other essential areas of your life such as family and friends. Time management includes setting goals in key areas of your life, allocating time to those areas, and through working smarter, not harder, achieving the same results at work as well.

 

Reduces stress. In many cases, stress is simply the byproduct of poor work habits. For example, trying to do two things at the same time, eating on the run, leaving things until the last minute, working excessively long hours and not taking periodic breaks. Once you learn how to manage your time, much of the harmful stress will disappear.

 

Allows you to enjoy life more fully. Time management training helps you to recognize that you have a unique purpose in life and provides the skills necessary to fulfill that purpose. Time is life; when you are managing your time you are managing your life. It's a lot more enjoyable when you are not chained to endless activities, but are able to make choices, experience progress, maintain balance and perspective, and realize that personal dreams can come true.