How To Manage your time

1.    Write down all the tasks you have to get done, if you haven't done so already.

2.    Set priorities for each task.

o    P1: Red: Today/Tomorrow (Day)

o    P2: Orange: 3-7 Days (Week)

o    P3: Yellow: 2-3 weeks (Month)

o    P4: Pink: Later this year…(Wish List)

Be realistic when assigning priorities to your tasks.

3.    Start work on any red tasks first — however awful, boring or frightening they are. The trick to keeping calm and balanced is simple: forget about all the complex planning. Work out what truly needs to be done next and do it. When it's done, repeat the procedure.

4.    Start on the orange tasks next. Don't even think about any yellow ones until all the reds and oranges are done. If any new tasks arrive, give them a color and put them on the list. Next morning, make a new list and reallocate the tasks into the colors.

5.    Keep track of your progress.

o    After one week, take 15 minutes to go through the yellow (month) items.

o    Cross all those that have solved themselves off the list. Do the same for those that you can now see were never important anyway. You'll be amazed how many there are.

Underline those you can remove by: delegating them, using technology rather than your time and attention, or creating a routine for handling them so you can delegate or pass them to someone else. Make a red item to deal with them right away by whatever means is