How to Use Time Management in the Workplace

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Accept the truth: one day means 24 hours.

   This applies to you and anyone else you may work with.
   
   Even your boss.
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   Step 2: Get to work at least a half an hour earlier than usual everyday.

   Get a sheet of paper and sit down somewhere quiet.
   
   Take a deep breath and think about everything that needs to be done. , First of all, draw a table with three columns- tasks, due date and priority.
   
   Make the column for the tasks the biggest. , Include the respective due date. , More time should be assigned to these tasks and they should be dealt with first.
   
   Tasks to be finished within a 7- 10 days would be of medium priority.
   
   Tasks that have two or more weeks to finish would be low priority. ,, Keeping to the to- do list could feel a bit difficult if you are not used to it but stick to it for a day and it will get easier.
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   Step 3: Prepare a list of to-do activities.

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   Step 4: Write down the tasks to finish

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   Step 5: as they occur to you.

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   Step 6: Prioritize the tasks and label them with 1

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   Step 7: 3 or A

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   Step 8: C (high

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   Step 9: medium

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    Step 10: low priority): Tasks to be completed within a day or two would be high priority tasks.

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    Step 11: Once you have completed all the above steps

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    Step 12: all you need to do now is get to work and start checking off items when you finish.

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    Step 13: Any task that you do not finish on that day get carried forward to the next day and so on.

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