Create Your Own Time
How To Work 48 Hours In A Day
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If you lose
money, you can always earn it again; at least you have the possibility of
earning it back. If you don’t use your time effectively, you have lost that
time forever.
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You would say: “I am not doing a million
dollar project, why should I maintain a schedule?” What you are missing out is
that we humans have a natural tendency to plan; only we don’t apply it so
often. If you have to go to the post office and the movie theatre, you would
think: “I will finish off this work at post office by 2:00 p.m. and then join
my friends for the movie at
If you don’t plan for small
things like going to the movies, you can get away with it because any goof ups
can be mended easily. However, if the tasks are bigger and have interdependencies,
you are doomed …
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In these days of advanced technology you can do plenty of things on the internet or ‘online’. Given below are things I could think of. I am sure you can add a lot more to this list:
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Paying Bills Online Buying Online Surveying Online Looking For Deals
Online Browse Classifieds
Online |
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Shopping is one area which none of us can avoid. Some of us lucky ones shop for pleasure, but for most of us it is a necessity and part of daily or weekly routine. Shopping consumes a large part of our daily time. That is why it becomes essential to look into this area in detail and see how we can save time. Here are a few tips on how you can reduce time spent in shopping:
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Avoiding Rush Hours Avoid rush hours for shopping. If required, go to a store which is open extended hours. Shopping Quickly Knowing your Stores Planning your Route |
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About the Book
Create Your Own Time – How To Work 48 Hours In a Day
Is a book about Personal Time Management: Using time effectively and efficiently in personal life, to achieve more. The book illustrates, through simple real life examples, how you can increase your efficiency by more than 200 %. This book is for anyone who wants to take advantage of the opportunities provided by life by controlling the time and thus creating ample time for oneself.
This book explains the strategies and techniques you can use to save time in order to make an optimum use of time. The book also explains the importance of organizing and planning in personal time management. It illustrates the correlation between your self-control and time saving. The book depicts how you can control time by controlling your behavior. It also introduces you to basic concepts of time management and provides you with insight into how people waste time.
The book contains hundreds of tips on how you can save time in daily chores and around the house. It deals with the time savings using computers, internet and technology. Some of the older books published a decade ago will fail to give you insight of how to use the technology to your advantage.
Later chapters of this book give you some tips organized by the role of a person. Some roles discussed are moms, homemaker, working women, couples, teenagers and students. It also familiarizes you with some interesting ways in which you can utilize your time when you are waiting or traveling.
Included in appendix are some sample check lists and other templates like ‘To DO’ lists, travel checklist, party checklist and goals template.
About the Author
Alok has worked in different areas in Project Management and Planning. He is a PMI certified Project Management Professional and he takes pride in time management. For last few years he has been working as a computer consultant. His successful implementation of Time Management Principles at work and in personal life was a major factor in motivating him to write this book.
He is a family person with two children - one toddler and one infant. Apart from writing, the author has numerous other time consuming hobbies like golf, wood carving, photography, coin collecting and many more. After his second child was born, his schedule got totally upset. Devoting time to hobbies, work place and family had become a real challenge for him during this period. During the next few months he slowly got his life back by applying some of the time management techniques to his personal life. A number of time management tips in his book are based on his personal experience.