Time management is the process involved in planning and regulating the amount of time we devote to some particular activities. Good time management, on the other hand, allows a person to achieve more in a shorter time frame, eliminates high level of stress, and leads to maximum perfection.
Many of us are guilty of being serial latecomers, we are, virtually, always late to everything. A person could wake up at 5 am and still be late to a 10 am meeting, which results in a query or even dismissal from your job. What people fail to understand is that someone who is chronically late to everything doesn’t do it intentionally, as they might be battling psychological warfare with anxiety or depression
Never be late again
It’s quite true that overcoming lateness can be a tough nut to crack, but it’s one of the preliminary steps towards greatness. Few methods have been proven to help you curb lateness and boost productivity.
Setting your clock a few minutes earlier.
I used to have a friend in my first year of university that did this, and I always found it strange and useless. Not until I tried it a few years ago and, I have to say, I was glad I did. I reset my clock every day so you’ll never know whether it’s 11, 13, or 20 minutes ahead of time. In the first weeks, I slipped so many times, but I adjusted. Up to this day, my wristwatch is 15 mins early. It enabled me to stop missing deadlines and rushing to meet up with an activity at the last minute.
Make sure you plan ahead
A very popular, and probably, now cliché says that “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. Proper planning gives you the tools you need in completing tasks at the required time. Draft up a to-do list in order of importance of the tasks, put the non-essentials tasks at the bottom of your list.
