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Attend any management training program or management training course and the first tip that they will give you is - Planning. ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail’, goes an old saying. That is very much true in time management. Planning involves setting time limits to your tasks. Prioritize your tasks. Obviously, you can’t do everything at once so decide on which task is most important and needs to be completed fastest. Also, set it right. For instance sometimes your personal tasks may coincide with your professional. It is up to you to decide as to which is more important; personal or professional. Or if both cannot be avoided, you can at least decide as to which can be postponed.

You are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Learn to accept total responsibility for yourself. If you do not manage yourself, then you are letting others have control of your Iife.

Look at every new opportunity as an exciting and new-life experience.

• If you catch yourself worrying about an upcoming task, go ahead and do it now so it no longer is a distraction.
• Get into the habit of finishing what you start.
• Have self-confidence and self-assurance in your potential to complete any task.
• Avoid worrying for mishaps or wrong actions.
• Have good attitude toward the upcoming task.
• Hire specialists to do those things you are not expert in.
• Take calculated risks
• Keep asking yourself, "Is what I am doing right now, makes me move towards my goal?"