9

The Art of Time Management

“You will never find time for anything. You must make it.”

 

–Charles Buxton

Snapshot 9.1

Sheetal, a junior HR manager with PYM Computer Systems Pvt. Ltd., has been feeling very hassled of late. She has no time for anything any more. She feels as if she is on a treadmill—she has to keep running, even to stay in one place. It is rush, rush, rush.

There are not enough hours in the day to get things done. Even before she can finish a pile of work, two more piles are waiting on her desk, begging for her attention. With her deadlines and appointments falling by the wayside, she doesn’t think she will ever catch up with the backlog. She is always late—late to get up, late to get to work, late in her activities at work, ...

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