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TIME THOUGTS

Posted by: " Pratibha Samuel " pratibha_samuel

pratibha_samuel

Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:58 am (PST)

 

Time management best practices

 

Effective to-do list

Master project list

Project plans

Project files

Effective filing

First things first

Inflow management

Scratch pad

Time charts

Reminder systems

Handling interruptions effectively

Identify bad habits

Use a time management system

Time management worst practices

 

(Bad Habits)

Always saying yes

Attempting too much

Drifting into trivia

Inadequate inflow management

Management by crisis

Overscheduling and overorganization

Perfectionism and gold-plating

Piles of paper

Poor planning

Using your memory to keep track of things

Wishful thinking

 

Time Management Worst Practice: Using Your Memory to Keep Track of

Things Many people use their memory to keep track of active

projects, things they need to do, and commitments they've made.

They behave as if their brain is a computer capable of storing and

recalling every detail of their work and personal life.

The reality is that our brain is not like a computer at all. When

you rely on your memory to " remind " you of things you are working

on, commitments you've made, things that still need to be done, or

where you need to be at some future time, you are putting a

tremendous strain on it.

 

This is increasingly true as our work shifts away from the

predictable routine of manual work into the highly variable

knowledge work. Your memory is just not made for storing and

recalling this type of information. Your brain has to work extra

hard to try to remember all these things, and there is a point at

which it cannot handle it any more. This is where the common

feelings of overwhelm and anxiety come from. Relying on your memory

to keep track of your projects and tasks is a worst practice for

several reasons:

 

It leads to feelings of anxiety and overwhelm well before you reach

your real limit. Most people are capable of working productively on

several large projects and an assortment of smaller tasks and

errands all at the same time. However, by keeping all this

information in your head, your memory places an artificial limit how

much you can handle. Having to remember a large number of small

details can easily overwhelm most people.

You might forget important projects, tasks, or commitments. When you

keep track of things using your memory, it is easy for them to fall

through the cracks. Sometimes they are trivial things, but they can

easily be important or even critical. The more stuff you need to

remember, the more likely it is that you will forget something

important, and the harder your brain has to work to make sure that

doesn't happen.

 

It is difficult to plan things solely in your head. It may be

possible to do it for small projects, but for any reasonable sized

project, it becomes increasingly difficult. Even if you could plan a

complex project in your head, why would you want to? Could you

remember all the details the next day? How about the next week?

You waste time recalling previous decisions and plans. People waste

countless minutes trying to remember where they left off on a

project, or what they need to work on next. Even more time is wasted

rethinking decisions and plans that they've already made but can't

remember in detail. These lost minutes can add up to hours and weeks

over the course of a year.

 

It creates distractions and preoccupation. Using your memory to keep

track of details can make it difficult to get fully focused and

absorbed in your work. It is difficult to concentrate when your

brain keeps nagging you about something you need to do.

This " nagging, " or general feeling of preoccupation, is your brain's

natural way of trying to make sure it doesn't forget something

important. When we are concentrating, we can only focus on a couple

of things at most. When your brain is nagging you about something

completely unrelated, it has the side & #8209;effect of breaking your

concentration and prevents you from being as productive as you could

be.

 

http://www.timethou ghts.com/ time-management. htm

DR. PRATIBHA SAMUEL

 

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