Effective time management - Just do it
Learning to manage yourself is an important first step in effective time management. Every day new tasks will present themselves and knowing how to deal with them will go a long way towards helping you to manage your time. Luckily, it is possible to manage everything you need to do in a practical and easy way. Let me introduce you to effective time management and the four Ds of self-management. They are: Do it - This means the tasks must be dealt with immediately and it can only be done by you alone. It is best to schedule to complete these at the earliest opportunity. Delegate it - These tasks need to be done but are not the best use of your time. These tasks should be passed on to someone who is better suited for the job. Dump it - If you think about how you can best use your time you will probably find that some things aren’t worth doing. If so, dump them. Defer it - This category is for things that need doing, but now isn’t the best time to do them so you can put them off until later.