How to Effectively Manage Your Time.

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Time is what our day is measured in. The difference between the successful people and those who are not successful lies in how they manage their time. I have read alot about time management and I have also had a fair share of my own failure when it comes to mismanagement of time.

By the end of last year, I was elected my department's President, been a student who combines business and Academics, I knew this was definitely going to be a heavy task for me. Been the front man[CEO] of the company I founded(cresthub) and the CEO of the second company which is currently in progress of launching into the market, I knew if I was going to be effective without breaking down, I will have to manage my time more effectively than ever. After the first few months of combining my Academics, my business [ including the two companies I founded ], and the newly leadership role that I found myself in, I broke down! Yes you heard me right, I totally broke down that it was as if all my success habits left me. I became a procrastinator to the core, I barely even write my to-do list again and I was back to the basics. To cut the story short, with the help of God and my Mentor, I was able to get back on track and below are the methods I apply.

Plan your day ahead of time and keep it flexible.
With so much activity to attend, I had to plan my day ahead in order to attend to the necessary ones. However in order to keep my to-do list flexible, I spaced out the time attached to the tasks in my to do list in order to attend to urgent but important task that might erupt.

Focus in one work alone and move on to the next when you are done.
Being someone that is productive conscious, I wanted to achieve multiple things at the same time, but I have come to understand that the secret to productivity lies in focusing on a particular work for a specific period of time in order to achieve the desired results. You will end up achieving an average results when you multitask alot.

Cut down unnecessary activity
There are certain meetings that waste our time. Productive individuals are super selective in activities they involve themselves in. Activity is not productivity Your activities should be arranged according to order of Importance not order of priority.

Delegate when necessary
Good leaders knows how to delegate to the right persons. When I started out, I wanted to carry out everything by myself . What was the result? Break Down!

Shun Procrastination
I personally think I should be tagged the greatest procrastinator of all time, you know why? This because of the fact that I postponed the writing of business plan for my startup company for a period of one year for no concrete reason.

Time management is not something you learn in a day but with time you grow better and better and better, until people ask you; hey man! How the heck did you do that?

Thank you for reading.