Is the importance of time management over-rated? It seems everywhere we look today people are in a hurry. Modern society dictates a strong emphasis on wanting and getting things in the now. Is this you?

There is a difference between being busy and effective in your day-to-day activities. Many people seem to think being busy means being effective but in reality, this is far from the truth. This is where the importance of time management comes into play. You can complete less...

Most people enjoy a good nap now and then, but are you really utilizing their full power?

A correctly performed nap can give you a great boost in energy, focus, and concentration, but a poorly executed nap can leave you groggy and more tired than when you started.

Several cultures around the world use a "siesta" in the afternoon to stay productive, and many workers in the U.S. have reported success avoiding afternoon drowsiness with a nap. Some people...

1. Don’t let your paperwork mount up. Tackle it little and often. Do your filing as you go, rather than spending hours once a month. Once you have a system in place, it’s easy to keep on top of it all. It takes five minutes to reconcile your bank statement and even less to file your electricity bill. Make sure you have direct debits set up so that you never miss a payment. If you want to be super efficient, do your banking online and tell your bank you want to go...

Preparing a time management schedule is similar to preparing a budget. As the purpose of your budget is to streamline your finance, time management helps you to allot proper time.
Time is money for many people. This is well known in Business. The longer the time spent on a Business venture the more the expenditure incurred. Unproductive waste of time is not compensated to the employee by the Organization. Importance is given to persons who do the work in a specific time and...

So what exactly is time management? How do you manage time and more importantly, can time actually be managed? Well, I'm here to tell you time management is real; implement it correctly and it doesn't matter what field of work you are in, you'll attain both short and long term goals and lift productivity to a whole new level. And the best part is, it will seem as if you expend very little extra energy doing it.

Over Committment In The Work Environment

One of the biggest...

Calendar is one of the basic needs of our life. We can not even schedule a single event of our life without a looking into the calendar. Now the calendar is not only a device to identify the date but also can be used as a personal organizer. It helps us to organize our life and complete our tasks whether personal or official, on time.

Whenever a new year comes we start hunting for new calendars. Most of us first want to check out holidays and other important days like birthdays,...

end of the program, everybody who heard him was inspired. The parents flash their best smiles at their kids. After a long wait, their kids are about to complete college.
There are very few things which cold be equated with the jubilation that parents feel on seeing their kids complete their education. It makes them feel more complete as parents.
Self-discipline is vital for students. You need not necessarily go with the direction of the flow of water. It is vital to be able to...

A concept borrowed from the field of economics, but equally applicable to personal productivity is the law of diminishing returns. The law of diminishing returns states that the more unbroken time you put into any optimization attempt, the lower your net return will be.

Having been a competitive gymnast at the international level during my college years, it was not uncommon for me to devote anywhere between five to six hours in the gym a day. My mindset back then was that if I put...

POSEC time management’s basic tenet is that for one to be capable of handling things that they may face, one needs to first bring to attention their daily personal responsibilities. This involves proper time management among the other things.  The acronym POSEC stands for Prioritizing by Organizing, Streamlining, Economizing and Contributing.

The POSEC method of breaking down goals into smaller tasks works well for many people, but not all. The POSEC method teaches you...

Have you ever experience that it is difficult sometimes to say no to somebody who is good to us. Or we are afraid if we say no to that person, we might hurt her or his feeling. But in the other hand, we have many tasks which we need to accomplished on time, and we know with the additional works, this cannot be done. Find out on how to overcome these queries in this article.

Unless you want to take up from where Mother Theresa left off, you had better put your foot down and say...