Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Busiest People Have More Time

The busiest of people have the most time because of four key elements in their life. These elements while are not always ingrained in their genetic make-up they are often instilled over time. Only those who have the discipline to adhere to these four elements have the time many of us wish we had.

The article The 4 Reasons Why the Busiest People Are Always on Tim found at http://ezinearticles.com/?The-4-Reasons-Why-the-Busiest-People-Are-Always-on-Time&id=1920288 gives a step by step approach to always being on time. Below is only a piece of the article, but enough to give anyone the jump on time.

# 1 Plan Ahead.
Busy people have a plan. They write it down on a Day-Timer or calendar. They have a schedule and they have personal things scheduled months in advance and meetings planned days and weeks in advance. They make sure there's room for impromptu meetings, hallway chats, paperwork, research and whatever they need to do because it's on the schedule. The kid's soccer games, dates with their spouse,,,it's all written down on the schedule and planned.

# 2 Prioritize
They respect their plan and prioritize accordingly. Busy people put a good deal of thought into their time and schedule. Isn't it interesting that the more time you spend thinking and planning about how to use your time, the more time you have?

# 3 Delegate
Busy people effectively delegate tasks both at the office and at home. If a busy person volunteers to organize or chair a fundraiser event, they eagerly delegate to others so as not to clog up their personal or business plans.

# 4 Don't Procrastinate
More importantly they don't put off tasks they can do right now, I mean right here and right now, today, not after lunch, now.

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