TIME MANAGEMENT
you probably won’t be able to keep to your sched-
ule. As a result, you’ll get behind in your tasks
and, before you know it, you will be late—for an
appointment, a meeting, a conference call, or an
important deadline.
Being punctual is a gesture of respect for the
other person’s time. But the person your lateness
hurts the most—especially if you’re habitually
late—is you. Being known as a punctual person
FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THINGS
Time management and organization are
among the most widely taught skills
in corporate training. The problem
with some time-management instruc-
tion is that it typically concentrates
on teaching people how to get things
done more effectively. But unless you
consistently focus on identifying and
doing those things that have a sub-
stantial impact on your job or that are
important to you, being better orga-
nized could end up filling your time
with meaningless or unimportant tasks
that will make you more frustrated in
the long term.
SOURCE:The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time
and Life Managementby Hyrum W. Smith (Warner
Business Books, 1995).TheBIGPicture