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Time management can be best summed up in In Alice in Wonderland when the rabbit says:
- I am late!
- I am late!
- For a very important date!
Do you ever feel like that rabbit, always late, running this way and that? Trying to catch up, but truly never getting there? And when the day ends are you stressed out and emotionally exhausted?
Since time management is really an oxymoron given that you cannot manage a constant, then to improve time management skills must begin with you and your self leadership skills. One of these critical self leadership skills is just learning how to say no.
But, you are thinking, I can’t say no! If you continue to have those habits of thought, yes you will always be saying Yes instead of sometimes saying no. So, what is keeping you from saying No?
Possibly, your goals are not committed to writing and organized within an action plan? Time management is really the apex of goal setting. Without goals to support time management, time management literally implodes and the result is chaos or I am late! I am late! You get the picture.
Or maybe you have habits of thought such as I am late! I am late! that are driving your behaviors to always be late. These attitudes can be changed through the use of positive affirmation statements or what I call belief statements.
One of my clients who had been late for everything for over 20 years wrote down the following on a 3×5 index card. I am always on time for every commitment. He read this printed statement out loud at least 3 times daily, morning, noon and evening. And within 30 days, he was arriving on time and in some cases even 5 minutes earlier. Yes, you can change your attitudes or habits of thoughts.
As written earlier, your self leadership skills including the ability to say No must be improved. When you have written goals, positive attitudes and good communication skills to decision making skills, you can say No. For example, when asked to do something else by your direct supervisor or boss, you can respond with something like:
Now, that you have given me this goal which you indicated to be a top priority, what should I do with the goal that you gave me earlier today? Since I do not know the importance of this goal from your perspective and I want to keep the customer loyal and happy, which one do you want me to finish first?
By having a written business plan or personal action plan, you have the ability to see what executable actions are necessary to get you to where you want to go. You are now longer living the spray and pray life style where hope becomes your guiding strategy because you can’t say No.
Yes, you can say No to improve time management. All you need to do is to understand that you are in control of your life through goals, attitudes and great self leadership skills.
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