Reassess Yourself
Time management isn’t a once-and-done process. Even if you track your time, follow a detailed and smart plan, time box your tasks, and avoid common pitfalls, continue to assess and reassess your progress.
As your priorities shift and your schedule evolves, you’ll need to be both persistent and responsive in order to stay on track. These two characteristics are what separate great time managers from good ones. Great time managers don’t just prepare and then stick to their plans; they are also able to improvise. They learn from their mistakes, and make adjustments.
Are you still on track?
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle of our work lives. We can lose track of our big-picture goals. So it’s important to slow ...
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