Time management is the act or process of training to consciously control the time spent on specific activities, which deliberately increases efficiency and productivity.
Economist Peter Drucker wrote that management will increasingly go beyond commercial enterprises, where it appeared in an attempt to organize the production of things.For example, if you are overwhelmed with work, and you do not know what to do in the first place, you should prioritize. The Eisenhower Matrix helps you figure out which tasks are urgent and important, and which are just distracting.
1. Prioritization. To complete a task, you need to determine how urgent, complex and important it is, and only then proceed with its implementation.
2. Planning. To complete a task, you need to figure out when it should be done and how long it will take.
3. Structuring. To complete a task, you need to understand how to track its progress and results.
The method helps to cope with procrastination - postponing tasks "for later", even if they are important or urgent matters. If you don't want to do anything, try starting with at least a few minutes per task: five or ten. According to Julia Müller, a professor at the University of Leipzig, this leaves a person with the right to change their minds and increases their sense of control over the situation. He stops thinking that he is being forced to do something that he does not want to do at all , so further work is easier.
Business coach Brian Tracy suggests eating a frog every morning - doing the most difficult and unpleasant task the very first. In the morning, the brain is less loaded with information, so it will be easier for you to cope with a difficult task. After such a task, everyone else will seem trifling and they will still have strength.