After assessing
my time management skills I am in need of many improvements even though I am
already practicing many efficient skills. Some of my skills are that I am a
very organized person and create to do lists that are number by priority. I am
great at multitasking and always meet my deadlines. I use any free time I have
to be productive and tend to break up larger projects so that I can always have
a fresh outlook. I usually try to attack my busier work in the morning right
after a nice coffee with my phone on silent.
Although I have
many efficient strategies I am still very inefficient as time is my greatest
stressor. I am in need of many improvements in my current approach in managing
time if I want to become a successful manager, as the textbook explains this
can be a manager’s greatest source of stress. After reading about efficient and
effective time management I have learned an effective way of managing time is
to keep a calendar or to do list which I currently do. Using these resources
has helped me throughout my life stay on track and get the things I need to
accomplish, however I have realized that I tend to focus more on urgent matters
rather than the important ones. I also learned that I tend to procrastinate spending
too much time in “never never land” temporarily relieving my stress.
After learning the
difference between what is important and what is urgent I have began to
reevaluate my current to dos. Becoming more aware of my core values has helped
me become more aware of my actions I take when addressing an issues at hand. I
have a problem saying “no” to people and usually like to please others instead
of pleasing myself. This is a tendency I need to continue to work on as I still
to this day find myself thinking “no”. but not actually saying it aloud to
people. This is also why I focus more on what is urgent whether it be to
others, or me and not on what I find important. If I could address the
important issues I feel I would greatly reduce my stresses I am faced with everyday.
Since reading the
chapter in Developing Management Skills I have become more aware of some of my
flaws and ways to improve them. One way I am going to improve is to become more
of a selective reader. Before reading about efficient time management I always
thought reading every word on the page was better, however in managing my time
I have learned to be more of a selective reader when the sources are not of
great importance. I have also
decided to procrastinate less by setting smaller goals to enable myself to feel
small wins. I feel this will help eliminate some of the overwhelming feelings I
get when I know I have a major project to accomplish while in return also motivate
me as I accomplish these smaller tasks. I will also learn to say “no” if the
issue at hand doesn’t seem important to me.
After assessing my
current time management I have learned that although I currently posses many
skills in efficiently managing my time I am still very far from managing it
efficiently. In order to become a better leader one day I need to develop
better strategies now. From now on I will prioritize each goal according to its
importance to me and not others. I will then break the goal down into smaller
goals to reinforce myself with small wins along the way. When urgent matters
arise I will not jump to resolve them instead incorporate them within my
current to dos according to their importance to me. Finally I will continue
becoming more aware of my core values. These skills will take practice however
the end result will be a better outlook on life with a better way in managing
my time reducing my level of stress.
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