Effective time management

Time is the nearest quotient to money. No wonder, they say “time saved is equal to money saved”.

But managing time, just like managing money is a difficult proposition. We often tend to over-spend or be grandiose when our pockets are full with both of these and turn panicky or crib all the way when we realise that we have none! The student fraternity suffers from this dilemma of efficient time management to the hilt.

It is akin to riding a mustang that bucks to unsaddle you while you try to control it. To compound our woes, it is the equestrian who usually wins. To get the best of time is to ride it well.

If you can manage your time well, it can, coupled with good discipline and a positive attitude, well serve the means to provide a comfortable living.

Efficient time management is evolving as a necessity in the present scenario where the race to get ahead of the pack is the foremost objective. If you can do that you win the race, else you join the gang of not-so-well-accomplished-people who have an excuse for not being able to do so.

There are also a number of people who are making good money by professing how to manage time effectively. Theories can go to great lengths to teach, but time management can be learnt through effective practice only. More often than not, the reason for not being able to achieve our goal is we are not sincere to our own selves.

We fail to plan, do wrong tasks at wrong times, procrastinate or break the rules of self-discipline. If you are able to visualize your goal you can develop an effective plan to accomplish it. This is the crux of the problem.

If you fail to plan, you lose more than half the chances to attain the desired result. An effective plan comprises concrete steps that you must take to realise your dreams—these steps, of course, have to be small achievable goals so that you do not get disheartened on your way up the ladder of success.

So plan effectively as it serves as a guideline to reach your destination. You can even fall back on  modern communication devices to manage your time well, they are helpful indeed. But the most important factors are your sincerity and efforts, that would count, as time never gives you a second chance.