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Creating A Productive Day Using Basic Time Management Techniques

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Creating a Truly Productive Day Using Basic Time Management Techniques
By Carl Huffman | Submitted On February 23, 2011

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So you don 't have time to attend a Time Management seminar, then here are four ideas to help you create a more productive day. First, the key to such a day is to create more discretionary time and use it more wisely. Second, remember you are not paid for work, you are paid for results. Third, you need to control your day instead of it controlling you. The number one idea is to begin by analyzing your typical day. To do this you need to do a simple Time Log. This is done by taking an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and numbering each line in fifteen minute increments starting with the time you arrive at work. (Note; do not start when you are supposed to be there but when you actually arrive.) Then, throughout the day, record your activities. You need to do this for two weeks. Then, look for time wasters and ways to create more discretionary time.

There are two kinds of time; discretionary - meaning you have a choice of how to spend it, and non-discretionary - that which is taken up by job functions, meetings, and appointment. Your time

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