We can progress toward more achievement and drive for different outcomes, yet we cannot expand the measure of time we have on whatever day.
Have you already taken your mind off time management? If you still do not know, time management does not exist. It is a myth. There is no way to manage time. You will always have 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 12 months a year. Once you realize this, you see the importance of managing your attention instead of managing time.
Today I want you to learn to manage your attention. And to start managing your attention, what if you take the opportunity to stop managing time? When they want to start improving their productivity, many people tell me: I do not have time! Once again, focus on time.
It is not a matter of time but of what you want to achieve in your life. Mainly, what are you paying attention to? If you are not productive, you will never have time, but at some point, you must start. In this article, I will tell you how to improve your productivity by stopping managing time and moving on to managing your attention.
Three Essential Steps to Manage Your Attention
Analyze your day-to-day, your habits, and your way of choosing what you do
If you do not have time, the best way to know why is to stop and analyze your life. It is complicated; I know when you are full, stressed, and out of time, the least important thing you see is stopping and analyzing your life, but it will allow you to stop worrying and have more time for yourself.
In that sense, one of the things that can work for you is to analyze what you do for several days, even a week. I do it occasionally, and I write down everything I do in a document with an approximate time of dedication. It is a perfect step to achieve compliance with point 2.
Decide what you can take away from your life, and set aside things that are not important
If you have a list of everything you have done for several days or weeks, it will be much easier to decide what you can remove from your life. It will be as easy as reviewing your entire list but as difficult as deciding what to do with each point you have listed.
If something is not essential in your life, try to remove it from the environment. If it is not crucial, stop doing it. If it could be significant, try delegating it if you can. When it is not your responsibility, but you are doing it, get rid of it as soon as possible!
Please choose a new productive habit and implement it in your daily routine
You have removed many things from your life, but if you do not change your way of being, acting, and working, you will never improve your productivity and will not effectively manage your life. In that sense, an essential first step is to implement new productive habits in your daily routine so that you can gradually improve every day.
And what habit to start with? It does not matter; the important thing is to start with some. If you cannot think of where you can start, I leave you some ideas:
- Get up half an hour before to play sports, work on a project that makes you excited, or just read for a while.
- If you need more and better sleep, go to bed half an hour before.
- Never take work home: if something is urgent, manage it before leaving the office.
- Do a daily review, every day a quarter of an hour before leaving the office, to prepare for the work you will do tomorrow.
In short, time management is an epitome of a successful life. If you manage your daily tasks and activities effectively, it will reflect on your life. In other words, you will witness changes that can make you a better professional and a person. So, start to manage your time, and you will be on the road to success.
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