Lessen slacking at work
THE QUICKER an employee is able to do his or her share of work, the more reliable the employee gets because it shows his or her efficiency.
When it comes to doing work or in maintaining a business, time is of the essence, which is why time management is a valuable life skill.
We are told to be quick in doing work and to avoid the distractions that get in the way when it comes to doing work but are we told how aside from being focused?
Yes, there are also other obvious ones like making a schedule of what we should do and how much time should be given in doing a particular task, using a timer either in a smart phone or a separate timer to develop the habit of doing things on time, and knowing which task should be prioritized sooner rather than later.
A major concern I see that younger individuals have is setting their priorities. I really observe that problem with them because they feel or experience this “cramming” and they start to tell people that one task piles on top of the other, there is an overwhelming amount of information that they have to absorb despite their overwhelming number of tasks and the weariness that it brings as an effect of doing the many tasks, and they cannot do these tasks anymore. They would end up doing any or all of the following: release uninspired output, have a poor academic performance, and intentionally or unintentionally do not other tasks in which time constraints become a factor as to why it happened.
What is helpful when it comes to setting the priorities for today or for a particular period is to determine the urgency of each matter.
Another thing that is helpful is to determine which task takes more time to do and which tasks take less time to do. It is not only about the amount of time that must be spent in doing each task, it is also about the number of specific things to do to accomplish the general task.
In the end, we need to consider the overall time of each task, so if there are five things that you need to do but all of these take two minutes or less to accomplish and compare that to doing three things that take ten minutes each, you would choose the quicker task unless it gets in the way of accomplishing a more urgent task. ( Paid article)