Planning of activities is one of the secrets of successful people!
Plan of activities is a map of the day, which helps to win at least 1 hour of productive time. Every minute spent on creating the plan saves 10 minutes of its implementation. This provides a huge return on mental efforts, emotional and physical energy, which you have invested.
It takes 10-12 minutes to plan a work for the next day. This will save you 100-120 minutes, which provide an increase of productive time by two hours a day or that is a 25% increase of your daily productivity. It turns 2000-2400 minutes a month or 4-5 full working days!
Planning of activity also helps to set priorities. A list of main areas of work will allow organizing time and achieving your goals.
The process of drawing up a work plan programs our minds. When you formulate your wishes clearly they come true. This process helps us to understand what we want and what we strive for. And this makes the universe fulfill your wishes faster.
Time planning methods
You just need a piece of paper and a pen for a very simple plan.
Each night make a list of all things that you need to do the next day in the order you are going to perform them. Some points will be repeated over and over again, day after day, until they finally disappear. In the morning start with the case № 1 and deal with it till the end. Do not move on to the case № 2 until you finish the case №1. Continue working this way with the entire list and do not move on to the next project until you finish a previous one. You can suspend this activity only in one case: if you are prevented by circumstances beyond your control.
Cross out what you have made. The method is very simple and effective. It lets you see and plan your life only for 1 day ahead but it is already a great advantage because 95% of people do not live this way.
For more detailed planning you will need:
- Diary
You can record useful information and wise thoughts in a diary. Everybody can tell about his/her revelations. You can be struck by a great idea at any time, so be ready for this and do not let good thoughts elude you. Such an approach can change your life. Always have a diary with you, no matter where you are.
- Organizer
Buy an organizer, which can be a great tool for scheduling meetings and recording your plans. Use it for fixation of the main points of the day or week. It has enough space to record important ideas and make other notes. Consider it as the main storage where all the information is stored on a daily basis.
Do not forget to plan every day. It is a priceless element of your life strategy in the way to happiness and wealth.
If you do not plan your day the evening before you will lose at least 2 hours. At worst, you will waste the entire day. A person does unimportant things if he/she does not have certain priorities. At the end of the day it appears that time has been spent in vain.
- Planning Calendar
This calendar is used for setting goals for a longer period. When you learn to schedule a day you will be ready to extend this principle to a week planning. The rule is not to start doing things of next week until you finish scheduling them.
Then start making a plan for a month. Ask yourself: "What I have to do during this period?" The rule is the same: do not start a project of next month until you finish scheduling it.
Then you will learn to co-ordinate short-term tasks with your goals for 3-6 months and for a year.
A planning process definitely causes tension and takes some time. But I assure you that doing this you will achieve more. All your actions will be more effective and meaningful. They will become extraordinary clear. You will need to demonstrate a high discipline. But if you do this you will become the master of your time.
The act of planning makes you think carefully about your options. The more you think about them, the more quickly you reach a goal.
Regular planning allows you to spend more time for the most important activities. This will increase the efficiency of your work, whatever you're doing. The advantage of a calendar is that you can depict a holistic vision of your life writing down your goals for 5, 10, 20 years ahead.
Thus,arrange your life making a detailed list of everything you have to do tomorrow, in a week, in a month, in a year and in several years.
Carefully analyze the list and set clear priorities for each item before you act.
Teach yourself to deal only with the most important things. Do your work well and quickly. If you develop the habit to plan and prioritize your productivity will increase significantly and it will have a positive impact on your career and personal life.
Time management is not just a time recording, it also implies taking care of the right way of life and working to achieve goals.
Your success depends on the efficiency of using the time. Time management implies control of everything, that is why take care of your time.