# The key to personal time management By [world](https://paragraph.com/@world-3) ยท 2022-07-04 --- A person's achievement depends on what he has done in 24 hours. The focus of time management is how to allocate time, to do the most productive things every minute, and to achieve more goals in a shorter time. Now, let's learn the ten keys to good personal time management: 1. The first key: have a clear goal First of all, clarify everyone's goals! Now, please take out your paper and pen, and write your clear goal on this paper. If you don't have a clear goal, time can't be managed. The purpose of time management is to let you achieve more goals you want to achieve in a shorter time. We all know that success equals goals, so the more you can set goals clearly, the better your personal time management will be. 2. Second key: you must have a "personal list" You have to list everything you want to do this year. Now make a list of every goal you want to achieve, not only the main goal, but also some small goals to achieve, and also list them. When you have a "personal list", the next thing you need to do is cut your goals. For example, in order to achieve every goal of this year, what must I accomplish in the first half of the year? The next step is to cut it into seasonal goals. List all the things I need to do this season, and then launch what I need to do every month. Suppose you can't have a year-round "personal list", you must have a monthly "monthly list" at least from now on. Of course, we all know that the plan of the day lies not in the morning, but in last night, so we should list the things we want to do the next day the night before. Remember, you never have time to do everything, but you always have time to do what is most important to you. When you make a list, prioritize and set a deadline for completion, then you are on the road to success. 3. The third key: that is, the familiar two or eight laws, or the eighty or twenty laws If you want to manage your personal time well, you must know what is the most important to you and give it the highest productivity. If you don't know these things very well, your personal time management will never be very good. So you must spend the most time on that one thing every day. Personally, I will list everything I want to do the next day. At the same time, I will divide these things into small periods so that I can master my time 100%. Another point is to use the power of vision. Procrastination is often the cause of poor personal time management. When "act now" is placed in front of you, and you look at it clearly, it will stimulate your subconscious mind, enter your mind, and force you to act immediately. So you should put a big word "act now" in front of your desk. To do a good job in personal time management, you must have a clear and detailed plan. The more detailed the plan, the easier it is to manage, and the easier it is for you to succeed. 4. Fourth key: there should be at least half an hour to one hour of "undisturbed time" every day If you can have one hour without any interference, shut yourself in your room, start thinking about something, or do something you think is the most important, this one hour can equal your work efficiency in one day, and sometimes even better than your work efficiency in three days. So remember, the time without interference should be at least 30 minutes, and the best time is almost 60 minutes, that is, 1 hour. It is best to set a time when you are not disturbed when you get up, from 5 o'clock to 6 o'clock. At this time, your mind is very clear, and you will play a very, very powerful role. If you can't do it at this time, there is another time you can try, that is, at noon. Or between 3 and 4 p.m. My own personal time management is after I go home in the evening. 5. Fifth key: your goals should be consistent with your values and should not contradict each other You must establish your personal values. If your values are not clear, it is difficult for you to know what is most important to you. When your values are not clear, your time allocation must be bad. So you must find a time to determine your values. What is the most important for you? It's health, career, family and friends. Allocate it well. Remember that the focus of "time management" is not on managing time, but on how to allocate time. 6. Sixth key: sit still for an hour every day You can find a chair and sit there. Remember, you must be completely undisturbed, without any music or noise, and just sit on the chair alone. Of course, at the beginning, you must want to move very much. At that time, you should urge yourself not to move until one hour. If you can sit still for an hour every day, your work efficiency will certainly improve. 7. Seventh Key: do everything right from the beginning Make it perfect at the beginning and make it the best, so you don't need to do the same thing repeatedly. 8. Eighth key: you must control your phone time A person who is good at managing time is usually asked by his secretary to help him find out who is calling or ask him to leave a message. When leaving a message, you must remember when it is the best time to call back, otherwise you call him and he is not here, in vain. Generally speaking, accumulate the phone call to a certain time and finish it all at once. 9. The ninth key: it's best to finish the same kind of things at one time When you do the same thing repeatedly, practice makes perfect, so your efficiency will increase. 10. Tenth key: make a "time log" How much time did you spend doing those things? Write it down in detail, and record what you did every day. You will find, alas! Waste so much time. When you find the root cause of wasting time, you can change it. --- *Originally published on [world](https://paragraph.com/@world-3/the-key-to-personal-time-management-2)*