| Business today is more hectic than ever before. | | | | biggest time wasters is starting and stopping |
| Corporations are streamlining their workforce, | | | | projects. The more times you start the same |
| leaving remaining employees overwhelmed with | | | | project, the more time you'll waste repeating the |
| the extra work to make up the slack. Learning to | | | | same work over and over.7. Figure out how |
| manage your time will not only help keep your | | | | much time a project should take to complete, |
| regular work flowing, but will free up time for | | | | then schedule blocks of time during your days to |
| special projects as well.But how do you organize | | | | complete it. Some projects will have to be finished |
| your time when you are under pressure? It's not | | | | as soon as possible, while other tasks can be |
| easy when you are being pulled in several | | | | worked on over a period of time. Scheduling both |
| directions at one time. Here are some tips for | | | | kinds of tasks into your day's activities will make |
| managing your time better.1. Start managing your | | | | finishing them much easier.8. Plan your activities. |
| time today. Don't wait until next week or even | | | | Using a calendar, computer program, or even a |
| tomorrow. There is no time like the present to | | | | PDA will help you keep track of your tasks and |
| put these valuable tools into action.2. Get into a | | | | when they are due. When planning your activities, |
| routine. Take care of your normal tasks at the | | | | be sure to schedule time for breaks, lunch, |
| same time each day to help you stay focused | | | | interruptions, and meetings regarding your |
| and organized when the emergency projects | | | | projects.9. Make a master to-do list. On a pad of |
| come up.3. Don't bite off more than you can | | | | lined paper, list the things you need to do for |
| chew. Only volunteer for tasks you can work into | | | | each project you have and place an estimated |
| your schedule. If you are overworked, don't offer | | | | time of completion next to it.10. Learn to delegate |
| to help.4. Break down a large project into more | | | | as much as you can. Most of the time, your |
| manageable pieces. Organizing each project into | | | | projects will be ones you have to accomplish on |
| smaller tasks will make the project easier to finish | | | | your own, but there might be times you can |
| on time.5. Do not make a project more difficult | | | | delegate tasks like gathering information to |
| than it has to be. Perfection is expected in the | | | | co-workers.Have a good handle on your business |
| finished product, but not necessary during the | | | | projects will make you a better worker and more |
| start of the project. Look at what is expected in | | | | valuable; for your employer and for your |
| regards to the project and don't add more to it.6. | | | | career.Dawn Arkin is a freelance author of articles |
| Deal with tasks when you get them. Don't wait | | | | and fiction. This article has been submitted in |
| until the last minute to start a job. One of the | | | | affiliation with which is a site for Fax Machines. |