We have already pointed out that the importance of time management cannot be overestimated. Last week, we looked into the key vocabulary and phrases related to the topic. Now it is time to ask ourselves how good we actually are at organising our time and what strategies we could use to improve our time management. You can, for example, ask yourself whether you always complete tasks before the deadline or you leave them unfinished until the last moment. Since time is money, planning your time efficiently has become an essential business skill.
Everybody knows that we have a lot of different things that need to be done in a day. Those things have to be prioritised and this means you need to put them into a list and then decide which ones are more important, and which ones can wait. By following the rules of successful time management, i.e. by applying the ABCD prioritisation system we can go from breathing day to day to living a full, successful life in which we work actively towards our personal and business goals.
A: a task you MUST do. This is your main task. There are serious consequences of leaving it undone (e.g. handing in a report to your boss).
B: a task you SHOULD do. It implies moderate consequences if not done. (e.g. returning a telephone call of low importance or urgency). NEVER take up a B task if you haven’t completed your A task.
