How important is to manage time?

The key to success is how well a person manages his/her time? Get a knob on why managing your time effectively is important, and what you stand to gain from it. It is an important aspect of everyone’s life but if a child learns it initially it can drastically turn them into a responsible citizen and the whole chaos of complaints "running short of time" would end up soon. It involves skill such as planning, setting goals and prioritizing for a better performance.

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Basically time management is a set of principles, practices, skills, tools and systems that help you use your time to accomplish what you want. School plays a major role in shaping up the future of children. Class periods are the best examples to execute the concept of managing time. All the subjects and activities are well planned within the frame period of time which gets over as per plan. Schools should conduct a drive time and again for realizing the importance of time to students.

Effective Time Management Tips                                 

The key to good time management is not to work more, but to work more efficiently. This means that children should structure their time so that they get more done in less time. People who work more hours (more than 60 hours per week) do not actually get more done than those who work less than that. Here are some tips to teach the students and kids how to manage time more efficiently and effectively.

Children can get started by reviewing the following tips how time management is crucial.

1. Time is limited- It is important for a child to know that there are only 24 hours in a day. So slice activities well in advance keeping buffer time for unforeseen events. If they want to rise, they should acknowledge the importance of finding a way to manage their limited resource which is “Time”.

2. Avoid diversions- They should be taught wisely to take control of their time, by improving their focus through avoiding distractions. With increased focus comes enhanced efficiency, this way they will learn not to lose momentum. Through right time management, they can “create” the time they need, and not just wait for it to come. By planning time wisely, they will have more time to do more things. Ask yourself, is watching a TV program, gossip or participating in a certain activity is going to add anything to your life? Is the time spent on a particular activity well spent, or is just a waste of time and energy?

3. Track time accurately priority wise- Time management will help children in setting up their priorities. It will help them to make conscious choices. They will come to know gradually which tasks require their valuable time and which do not.

4. Improves productivity leading to a balanced life-  Children will become more prolific and self reliant using improved time management skills and tools, and can bring about  more with less effort and time. Time management can help them reduce wasted time and energy, becoming more creative and productive, and enable them to do the right thing at the right time. This will of course lead to more balanced and rewarding life.

5. Reduces stress and brings harmony-  A certain degree of aloofness is essential to attain inner peace which is useful in managing the time effectively. It will help them to avoid spending too much time on avoidable social commitments and on what people say and think about you. This saves lot of time and energy, which they can spend on better and more worthwhile activities. When we loose control over time, it’s easy to end up feeling rushed. Instead having control over it, will eliminate the pressure that comes from feeling like you don’t have enough time. When the time comes to make a decisions, instead of rushing through the process, you can take time to carefully consider each option. And when you’re able to do that, you diminish your chances of making a bad decision.

6. Become more successful in your career- Time management is the key to success. It allows the children to take control of their life rather than following the flow of others. As they accomplish more each day, make more firm decisions, and feel more calm and in peace. Will enjoy more leisure time between the hard pressed day activities.

But before making children understand  the importance of time management, we being parents and teachers,  should first comprehend the importance of it and step ahead in becoming a role model for them.

As far as I am concerned, time is a commodity for me which is never enough, but I got to know  well where it  is to be spent and where is to be saved? I always make sure to get up early in the morning, by ditching watching TV late at night.

Even waking up only 20 minutes earlier would be great. It is a time of quietude, which i devote to meditating, exercising, or planning my day. It has really made me to focus on the important issues of life rather wasting time on useless matters. I rarely postpone things and do everything in the best way I can, with focus and attention. We should try inculcating the importance of time into our children as early as possible to see the magical effects in their later lives!!!!!!!!!