Do More With Less

 

“If we take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves.” - Benjamin Franklin

“So many phone calls to make, so many clients to please, and so many things to do. How am I going to get all these things done? If I only had more time...” Time is something most project managers can never get enough of. The first rule I learnt in project management is that there will always be more things to do than there are hours in a day. But even if we were given more time to do all our things, we would just find more and more things to do. Which takes us back to square one. And nowadays, the word is out that we have to do more work with much less time and resources. It’s just enough to drive you nuts.

There is a way out of this vicious cycle and that’s managing your time. Just as you manage your projects to deliver results on time and on target, you need the same discipline and commitment in managing your time. The trick to getting things done is to organize your limited time in the most efficient manner. Start by asking yourself these simple questions:

Do you know what you have to do?

Here’s a piece of common sense that often gets ignored: Nothing gets done if you don’t know what you have to do. Personal productivity is all about completion. And you can only complete things if you know what you have to work on, and are able to keep track of the steps you have to …

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