Time management has been a concern for me and I am sure for many of you out there, after setting your goals. At the end of the week, can you account for what you did? A little here, a little there and before you know it, you have not taken the massive action needed to meet your goals.

Before changing how I handled this problem, I would lay out a guide as to what I needed to do during the week or month, for example, however, I found out that I got distracted very easily. Every day, the first thing I would do, was to log into my e-mail. I would go to my inbox and before I knew it, I had spent hours going through e-mails. By the time I was ready to get to work, I had little or no energy left.

Using recommendations from my mentors (who were all saying the same thing), I am now using a simple system, which has helped me greatly. As long as I stick with this system, I can effectively manage my time.

• 1) First of all at the end of each day, I would write down my action plan or most important tasks for the next day.

• 2) The next day, I DO NOT do anything else until I have completed my goal. No e-mails, facebook, twitter, returning phone calls, etc until my list is completed.

That's it! Just these 2 simple steps have helped me greatly and I know they will do the same for you if you apply them in your lives.

What about you? How do you effectively manage your time?

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