TIME MANAGEMENT
manage other people’s demands by sharing how
you are using your time, and to say no when
appropriate.
This doesn’t mean ignoring everything that
pulls you from your task—you don’t want to
STAYING FOCUSED ON TIME
MANAGEMENT
Fostering respect for other people’s
time is the first step to nurturing an
organization committed to making the
most of the time available. Still, sav-
ing time is not of much use if people
focus whatever time they’ve saved on
the wrong tasks. The key to effective
time management is focus.
When you are focused on a goal or
task, your mental and physical ener-
gies are all applied to achieving it.
Concentrating and keeping a clear
focus on your goals, tasks, and priori-
ties helps you fend off the interrup-
tions and demands from others that
threaten to derail you from succeed-
ing. When you are focused, you are in
control of your time: You know what’s
important, you know what your pri-
orities are, and you know how to put
those priorities first.THE BOTTOM LINE