Focusing on the Big Picture in Managing Time
Are you focusing on the big picture when you are
managing your time? If you are focusing on the smaller picture rather than the
bigger picture, you might want to sit down and review your time management
scheme, plans and actions again. There are two types of goals in time
management. There are short-term goals and long-term goals and both require
planning, action, and timeframes. Our short-term goals are often what we want
to achieve in two or five years, but our long-term goals are our ultimate
destination to success. Of course, we must look at our short-term goals through
out the process of time managing our way to achieve our goals, but the big
picture is where it is. Your can’t ignore one or the other. Goals are something
set for our self, and strive hard every day to reach those goals. Notice I said
“every day.” I am a firm believer of standing up for what I believe in. If we do
not take that stand, no one else is going to do it for us. Therefore, if you
want to achieve your goals, then you better be looking at the big picture,
while you are working hard every day to reach the smaller picture. This means
you will not slack. I am not saying you can’t take a break, but that break had
better be a rejuvenation to get back on track. Time management is tricky in
most cases, yet it is simple in all cases.
If you are aware of your goals and abilities to
achieve those goals, you have two main elements to obtaining those goals. If
you are slacking in an area that delays your goal, then you have to find a
solution to meet those goals requirements. For example, if your goal is to be a
successful business owner over the course of ten years, and you are lacking
knowledge, education and skills to obtain that goal, you know what you have to
do. When you create that time management solution, then you will need to
consider all aspects of life. This means you will factor in the good and bad in
that time management scheme.
All right, now we are on a journey to open our own
business in the next ten years. What do we need to meet those goals
requirements? We need to focus on finance, time, energy, plans that work to
meet the goals deadline, and what we need within to get what we will not from
that goal. Let the journey begin!
Time management starts with goals, which is the
terminal point of a competition. Keyword: Competition: we must strive very hard
each day to reach our goal since we are in constant competition. If you have
laid out a business plan, as the years progress you might find that the
competition level has increased. We must also consider competitive price
increase-decrease. In other words, you are saving money to reach a goal and
realize that you have competitors. In your time management scheme is your plans
to meet that goal, and your financial savings and budgeting is listed in this
plan. Did you factor in increase in advertising and marketing? How about the
overhead of your business in the next ten years, once your business is up and
running. What about the financial
expenses to run your business smoothly, which will almost certainly increase
over the next ten years as well as the expenses of providing for your family,
and other need that may increase through this timeframe.
Now we can look at skills and education. Do you have
the skills and education required to run the type of business you intend to
open in the next ten years? If not you should deduct the cost and time of
education in your time management scheme, and increase it by including
productivity as a result of putting forth the efforts of meeting your goals.
How much energy and time are your willing to invest in
meeting your goals deadline. If you are wasting time in one area of your life,
you might want to add a year or two to your goal, and deduct money and time
from your time management scheme.
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