6 ways to manage your time better

Do you find yourself always running late, or realizing, at the end of each day that you have not achieved what you hope? Time, they say, is money. So a person who does not know how to use his/her time well will be losing opportunities to grow financially. 

Each and every one of us has the same 24 hours to do all we can, so why is it that some can build empires and achieve so much, and others are simply lost? If you are terrible with managing your time, then this might be what is affecting you.

Here are 6 ways to make better use of your time.

1. Prepare for your day: If you have plans the next day, make the preparations the night before. Set out what you will wear, things you will be carrying and other necessities. It might seem like a few minutes work, but trust us, this can save you up to 30 minutes of your time the next day, especially on those days where you spend valuable time searching for things.

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2. Make a list: Make a list of what you hope to achieve for the day, prefarably a written list because once your plans are tangible, you are more likely to pay more attention to them. Make sure your list is reasonable. Write the limited number of things you have to do, and the maximum number. This way, when you do reach the maximum limit, you tend to feel a sense of achievement that will keep motivating you.

3. Stop wasting time: We do a lot of things during the course of the day that do not improve our lives one bit. Spending your time on useless things like gossiping will only make you spend less time on things that actually matter.

4. Giving wrong people your time: Do you have a chatty friend or coworker? Do you know someone who always demands your time but gives you nothing in return? You need to remove unnecessary people in your life because these people are time wasters. You might think they are only taking a minute of your time until you realize, at the end of the week, that you devoted hours of your time to them.

5. Wake up early: If you begin the day chasing time, you will spend the rest of the day playing catch-up. An hour difference in wake-up time will either make or ruin your day.

6. Keep long term goals in mind: You need to know what your goals are so you can understand how to manage every single second of your time to achieve it. If you do not know what you are chasing, you will only end up spending time on silly things. But when you have something you are working towards, it automatically motivates you to focus on each daily task.

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