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THE SKILL OF MANAGING TIME
Y.C. CHOW
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Y.C. CHOW is the managing director of a large international transportation
company.
Prior to his assignment in Malaysia, he was a resident in Europe andSingapore for some 16 years during which he held various senior
management position.
During the course of his 25 years career, Y.C. Chow has had a extensive
international exposure and experience, especially in the field of sales,
marketing, logistics and general management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Wherever he worked , Y.C. Chows talent as a sales professional
and high-caliber manager was always recognized. Invariably he wasmade responsible for the training of sales, customer service and
management teams on top of his normal responsibilities.
In his current capacity as the chief executive of a Malaysian
company, Y.C. Chow still takes an active role and interest in the
sales, customer service, front line staff and managers.
Within a span of two years, he has transformed the organization
into a star performer, achieving successive years of record sales
and profit.
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Y. C. Chow is an ardent believer in performance
improvement. By becoming more skillful in the various
disciplines, one cannot but become more professional.
When one does the right things right, positive results follow.
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THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING AND
EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME.
THE QUESTION IS DO YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT
WHEN IT IS TIME TO DO SO ?
This book will guide you on how to manage your time productively
and efficiently .
You would also learn to devote your time to do what you want to do.
This books helps us to understand that time is life and therefore the
real purpose of time management is to enable you to really live, bealive and enjoy.
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Time Management - Start Here
Work Smarter. Take Control of Your Workload.
The 80:20 Rule.
Time Management Tools.
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Activity Logs
Find Out How You Really Spend Your Time
Learning from Your Log
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To-Do Lists
The Key to Efficiency
Preparing a To-Do List
Using Your To-Do Lists
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Action Programs
Becoming Exceptionally Well Organized
How to Use the Tool:
Step 1. Collection
Step 2. Pruning
Step 3. Organizing and Prioritizing
Step 4. "Working" Your Action Program
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Prioritization
Making best use of your time and resources
Simple Prioritization
Prioritization Tools:
Paired Comparison Analysis
Grid Analysis
The Action Priority Matrix
The Urgent/Important Matrix
The Ansoff & Boston Matrices
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Eff ective Scheduling
Plan Your Time. Make Time for Yourself
Scheduling is then a five-step process:
Identify the time you have available.Block in the essential tasks you must carry out to succeed in
your job.
Schedule in high priority urgent tasks and vital "house-
keeping" activities.
Block in appropriate contingency time to handleunpredictable interruptions.
In the time that remains, schedule the activities that address
your priorities and personal goals.
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Personal Goal Setting
Find Direction. Live Your Life Your Way.
Achieving More With Focus
Starting to Set Personal Goals
Your Lifetime Goals
Starting to Achieve Your Lifetime Goals
Goal Setting Tips:
1.
State each goal as a positive statement:2. Be precise
3. Set priorities
4. W rite goals down
5. Set realistic goal
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SMAR T Goals:
A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART
mnemonic. While there are plenty of variants, SMART usually
stands for:
S -Specific
M -Measurable
A- Attainable
R -Relevant
T -Time-bound
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1.Count all your time as time to be used and make every attempt to get
satisfaction out of every moment.
2.Find something to enjoy in whatever you do.
3.Try to be an optimist and seek out the good in your life.
4.Find ways to build on your successes.
5.Stop regretting your failures and start learning from your mistakes.
6.Remind yourself, "There is always enough time for the important
things." If it is important, you should be able to make
time to do it.
Time Tips
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7.Continually look at ways of freeing up your time.
8.Examine your old habits and search for ways to change oreliminate them.
9.Try to use waiting time---review notes or do practice
problems.
10.Keep paper or a calendar with you to jot down the things
you have to do or notes to yourself.11.Examine and revise your lifetime goals on a monthly basis
and be sure to include progress towards those goals on a
daily basis.
12.Put up reminders in your home or office about your goals.
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13.Always keep those long term goals in mind.
14.Plan your day each morning or the night before and set
priorities for yourself.15.Maintain and develop a list of specific things to be done each
day, set your priorities and the get the most important
ones done as soon in the day as you can. Evaluate your
progress at the end of the day briefly.
16.Look ahead in your month and try and anticipate what isgoing to happen so you can better schedule your time.
17.Try rewarding yourself when you get things done as you had
planned, especially the important ones.
18.Do first things first.
19.Have confidence in yourself and in your judgement of priorities and stick to them no matter what.
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20.When you catch yourself procrastinating-ask yourself, "What am
I avoiding?"21.Start with the most difficult parts of projects, then either the
worst is done or you may find you don't have to do all the
other small tasks.
22.Catch yourself when you are involved in unproductive projects
and stop as soon as you can.23.Find time to concentrate on high priority items or activities.
24.Concentrate on one thing at a time.
25.Put your efforts in areas that provide long term benefits.
26.Push yourself and be persistent, especially when you know you
are doing well.27.Think on paper when possible-it makes it easier to review and
revise.
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28.Be sure and set deadlines for yourself whenever possible.
29.Delegate responsibilities whenever possible.
30.Ask for advice when needed.
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K eys to Successf ul Time Management
Self knowledge and goals: In order to manage your time
successfully, having an awareness of what your goals are will assist
you in prioritizing your activities.
Developing and maintaining a personal, flexible schedule: Time
management provides you with the opportunity to create a
schedule that works for you, not for others. This personal attention
gives you the flexibility to include the things that are most
important to.