The biggest reason why people are let off their jobs is they do
not manage their time. For every business, deadlines are of vital
importance. If they fail to meet their deadlines then the person who did
not manage his time properly is the one who gets the blame. No matter
how good you are with your skills, you are likely to be laid off if you
do not manage your time properly.
Unrealistic calculations
Time management is not just how quick you are at doing a job, but accurately calculating how much time you will take in doing it. You have to be realistic about your time calculations. Most people, who fail to calculate their traveling time from one place to another, are usually the ones who also misjudge their time in completing a task. If your time calculations are inaccurate, you should try to focus your attention on how much time you usually expect yourself to complete a job and how much you actually take. You should start doing this with routine chores. This will give you a fair idea how off track you usually go. Start correcting your time calculation with a yardstick by adding those few extra minutes in your calculation in future. You can do this for calculating you travel time to your workplace and back.
Keep space for inevitable
There will be variables that will affect your estimate, which you will have to take in to account in the future so that you become realistic. Traffic jams, accidents on the road are few inevitable occurrences that you may not be responsible, but they will affect your travel time. In the same way, when you are performing a task and the boss calls you to a meeting with the client, you cannot refuse and you cannot stop the clock. This you have to keep in your estimation
Keep down time in your estimates
Not counting your downtime in your estimate will eventually cause you a burnout and make you fall behind the schedule. If someone asks me to give a time estimate for completion of a job, I always include my downtime. This helps me in being realistic and usually I complete the task before time. This gives me time to review and improve.
Organize workspace
The biggest snag that I see very frequently in time management is ill-organized workspace. People who do not organize their workspace eventually end up wasting time in looking for things they need to work. This can be documents on your computer, or tools that you need to perform your job. If you organize your workspace and create a better working environment for you, you will find that your work will become lot easier than you think.
Time management is one of the most important facets of life. If you are not managing your time right, you are losing a lot more than you realize.
Unrealistic calculations
Time management is not just how quick you are at doing a job, but accurately calculating how much time you will take in doing it. You have to be realistic about your time calculations. Most people, who fail to calculate their traveling time from one place to another, are usually the ones who also misjudge their time in completing a task. If your time calculations are inaccurate, you should try to focus your attention on how much time you usually expect yourself to complete a job and how much you actually take. You should start doing this with routine chores. This will give you a fair idea how off track you usually go. Start correcting your time calculation with a yardstick by adding those few extra minutes in your calculation in future. You can do this for calculating you travel time to your workplace and back.
Keep space for inevitable
There will be variables that will affect your estimate, which you will have to take in to account in the future so that you become realistic. Traffic jams, accidents on the road are few inevitable occurrences that you may not be responsible, but they will affect your travel time. In the same way, when you are performing a task and the boss calls you to a meeting with the client, you cannot refuse and you cannot stop the clock. This you have to keep in your estimation
Keep down time in your estimates
Not counting your downtime in your estimate will eventually cause you a burnout and make you fall behind the schedule. If someone asks me to give a time estimate for completion of a job, I always include my downtime. This helps me in being realistic and usually I complete the task before time. This gives me time to review and improve.
Organize workspace
The biggest snag that I see very frequently in time management is ill-organized workspace. People who do not organize their workspace eventually end up wasting time in looking for things they need to work. This can be documents on your computer, or tools that you need to perform your job. If you organize your workspace and create a better working environment for you, you will find that your work will become lot easier than you think.
Time management is one of the most important facets of life. If you are not managing your time right, you are losing a lot more than you realize.
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