Time Is Precious: Time Management Tips With Inspirational Quotes

By habit, we are prone to put aside tasks for a later part of the day or a week. We believe there is a lot of time left with us and no need to do everything right now. But Time does not stand still. It lapses every second.

• Time is a continuous fleeting process.
• You often experience that it is passing very swiftly leaving you unable to perform the tasks timely whenever you are overburdened. It is because of your postponement habit.
• You are unable to estimate time accurately. The right quantum of the time required to perform any activity mostly gets underestimated.
• As a result, you end up with unperformed tasks or unfinished jobs.

So, time management is important for managing your day-to-day tasks more successfully and timely. Chalk out each and every task or action that needs to be accomplished in a day and evaluate the time required to perform it. Only then can you plan things done within your available time. It allows you to prioritize and set your goals efficiently.

So, get up and plan your time smartly and manage it more productively and fruitfully.

You are the manager and the steering pilot of your own time. It is up to you to decide how to utilize your time more fruitfully and efficiently to attain the best possible fruits or satisfaction. Here, the satisfaction is not mere material satisfaction but the inner soul's satisfaction obtained by performing beautiful, wonderful jobs for the overall pleasure and happiness of humanity including yourself, your family, the neighbors, and the society. So, manage and steer your time efficiently to attain this blissful state.

Even though I am not a perfectionist in this field, I always try to manage my time prudently and make the most out of it. I visualize my schedule, plan the time frame, and perform my tasks accordingly with satisfying results.

I am sharing some of the problems and experiences I faced while managing time in accomplishing my tasks timely.

I used to experience lots of problems in reaching the office timely for many years. Even though I got up early and finished my bath in time, I used to spend more time in other activities like performing my daily puja or assisting my wife in her kitchen work and ended up being late at the office often. Thereby, I had to spend extra hours there to please my superiors even if I disliked it. Most of my co-staff used to sit until late as they had no problem with it. It was very torturous for me but I could not resist as I had been not punctual. It was only sometime later that I realized many leak points of time wastage and fixed most of them to catch up with the fleeting time. I got transferred to another unit of their company and there, I maintained punctuality and succeeded in my later life.

At present also, I am once again feeling late in performing my daily tasks (I am retired and aged 65 now) and trying to fix my lapses in maintaining punctuality at every stage of work, like the kitchen work, time spent on puja, online work, and other miscellaneous household jobs. So, I am writing this article as an inspiration to me, as well as for you all reading this article.

This poetic ( I doubt it being poetic) expression in this section is only an attempt to entertain myself and get some joy. Don't quit this article. There's much more useful information in the following paragraphs including some great quotes from successful personalities.

Time Time

Precious Time

Prestigious time

Prestantious time

Fleeting time

Sneaking time

Watch in time

Catch in time

Take time

Make time

Spare time

More time

Get time

Set time

Work time

Recess time

Wake time

Sleep time

Brush time

Rush time

Pray time

Playtime

Study time

Merry time

Create time

Manage time

Reduce time

Produce time

Time is very precious. It is the best asset and a wonderful gift from God. You have your full life's time to do your tasks. But, you need to think in terms that you have so little time left and at the same time so much remaining time with you to perform your tasks. So, value your time and know the importance of time. Do not waste or spend it carelessly and uselessly. Manage whatever you have in your hands efficiently and try to save some of your time for future benefits. Try to devote some of it to the benefit of others needing your help.

To manage time smartly and efficiently, you need to practice healthy lifestyles that keep you fit both physically and mentally.

1. Set your timetable according to your tasks, goals, priorities and your stamina. Don't overdo or underdo anything. You need to consider your health points also while doing so.
2. Get up early from bed and try to sleep at a fixed time daily according to your sleep requirements. Sleep requirements vary slightly according to the nature of the job, your body build, and even weather conditions. This habit provides a consistent timeframe for managing daily activities.
3. Have some physical exercise or some intake of fresh air that can rejuvenate your energy and keep you ready for the day's tasks free of unwarranted tensions or distractions.
4. Meditation or daily worship habits also provide stamina and freshness to your body and mind so that you can manage your tasks properly within time without any tension or frustration.
5. Take your food at the fixed proper time regularly, whether it is breakfast, meals or snacks, and fruits. This keeps your energy always well maintained and balanced improving your stamina and efficiency in meeting your goals timely.

People often find themselves complaining about the lack of sufficient time for achieving tasks, frustrations, and non-cooperation from other staff or team leaders.

• Stop complaining and look at the facts and basic roots for these hindrances or feelings. You will realize your weaknesses or faults.
• Try to find out the causes of non-compliance in achieving the tasks within time. What are the processes or actions required for performing a task and whether you are doing them perfectly? See if you are indulging in some extra unnecessary actions not required for that task.
• Most people indulge in lengthy phone talks or browsing on their mobile sets while performing their work which is a very bad habit and a drawback in achieving their targets. Avoid unnecessary actions like these that are not connected to your work.
• Do not spend time at canteens or smoking rooms that curtail your work time achievement.
• Do not procrastinate or postpone work until last minutes thinking that you may complete it easily before the deadlines set for them.
• When you are stuck in the middle of a task and are much confused as to how to proceed with it, it is better to take a light break sipping some coffee or indulging in some different activity that gives a small rest to your mind. This will refresh your mind and you can get the solution for completing the task with some fresh ideas.
• Developing nice relationships with your other staff can also help you in managing your tasks fruitfully within time schedules. You can seek the help of your companion in finding the solution for your problems at work and complete it timely.
• Don't feed your mind with any feelings of jealousy or suspicions with your co-staff or managers. Always keep friendly relations with all your associates and be frank in all your dealings with them with an open heart. This will result in the peace of mind and a tension-free atmosphere that can increase your efficiency.

Time is your self-creation. When you are the creator of Your Time, you should also be able to manage it properly and efficiently. The ten tips provided in the above video are of much help for managing your time properly and efficiently, whether you are a housewife, an employee of an organization, or self-employed. Locate your lapses and unnecessary involvements and try to fix them by avoiding or improving the procedures to reach your goals.

• Do not get tense or develop the inferiority complex.
• Plan things with a cool balanced mind.
• Think in terms of your overall tasks or actions to be performed during the day. You may keep some of the activities for the weekend.
• Segregate each activity or part of it and access the time required for each task. Then, calculate the whole time for the entire schedule for that day. If you feel overburdened, you may delegate some tasks to your colleagues or family members.
• Set your time according to the sequence of the tasks to be performed. Which task is the starting one for your day? The next one to follow, and like that plan the entire sequence of that day's work.
• Divide the available time and set your other routine also accordingly like getting up from the bed, freshen up and refresh durations, entertainment, sleep, and other activities.
• You may try to curtail or lengthen the time taken or set a sequence for some of those activities according to their importance. Set all tasks within your available time frame. Put unimportant and social activities for the weekend (off days).
• And, always remember that you need to be happy and healthy to manage your time perfectly and efficiently. So keep yourselves Healthy and Pleasant always.