Personal Planning and Time Management Tips

Always ask yourself, Is what I am working on right now the best use of my time? How will you know if it is the best use of your time? It will be the best use if:

· It is going to help you achieve your goals

· It is the item with the highest value to you, your customers, or your company

· It can’t be delegated

· Rather than focusing on when you need to finish something, focus on when you need to start Then start when you need to

· One reason projects and tasks don’t get finished on time is that we think we have plenty of time, so we put off the important work in favor of the urgent items—until the important becomes urgent.

· Schedule the most important work during the time when your energy is highest. The earlier in the day, the better. Take control of the day before it takes control of you. Don’t put off doing things you don’t like doing but are necessary.

· Plan what you will work on. If you don’t have a plan you will tend to allow yourself to be interrupted, distracted, and delayed from accomplishing what is most important to you. You would usually not consider taking a vacation without planning it out. Why does your work deserve any less?

· Recognize that you will need to make adjustments. There will always be some interruptions. There will be changes in the work that must be done. Build into your schedule some time for interruptions and new or unexpected work. When you have a “margin of safety” it helps you maintain control.

· Whenever you have a choice, don’t cram things together. If one of the activities runs late, you’ll be rushing from one project to the next or one appointment to the next. That creates additional stress that you don’t need. Allow some extra minutes between appointments, for example, so that you won’t be as rushed.

· Keep your desk or work area free of clutter. Clutter distracts you from your primary task. It also creates additional stress. Keeping things in order promotes a feeling of control.

Principles of Proactive Planning

· Planning takes time; not planning takes more time

· It takes a lot less to prevent a crisis than it takes to solve it

· You can’t eliminate interruptions, but you can control them.

· Did you accomplish your most important priority?

· What trends do you notice about how you spent your time?

· What was the most productive part of your day? Why?

· What was the least productive part of your day? Why?

· What or who caused the majority of interruptions?

· What could you do to control these interruptions?

· What was your biggest time waster?

How to Accept Yourself

Too many of us have bought into negative self-images. The major social problems in our society — drug addiction, alcoholism, crime, teenage gangs, divorce and most others — begin with a poor self-image and low self-esteem. Most criminals have low self-esteem. All you need to do to confirm this is visit a prison and talk to the inmates. The first thing you will notice is that they continually look down at the floor when speaking to you. This is a dead giveaway of a low self-image.

During one of my workshops, a woman remarked how she did not like going to events and meeting new people because, as she put it, “Then they will know how dumb I’m” The truth of the matter is that she is a very intelligent person but has developed this negative self image and allowed it to limit her experience.

Louise Hay, the best-selling author, suggests we work with the affirmation, “I approve of myself.” I urge you to try this for yourself, especially if you have a low self-image. If you want to get a quick read on your present level of self-esteem, stand in front of a mirror and say aloud, “I approve of myself.” Don’t be surprised if it makes you uncomfortable, even scared. I have seen people burst into tears doing this exercise. However, if you continue to do this, over time, you will begin to experience changes in how you feel about yourself and in your life in general. Louise suggests you recite, write, and sing these words 300–400 times a day!

Practice receiving a compliment with a simple “thank you” instead of brushing them off by saying “its no big deal.” You deserve compliments. You deserve love. You deserve happiness. Remember, God doesn’t make junk!

It’s useful to keep in mind that, while you will never be perfect, you can become a perfect you. Personally, I have always liked the concept that my life is a work of art in progress. Like an artist working on a painting, I can work on different areas of my life. I’m constantly changing, growing and evolving, refining a little at a time. Of course, it will never be fully completed. Life is about changing and growing.

By identifying the areas of your own life you want to change, you are on your way to building lifelong success. Later, we will develop definite plans for making changes, but for now, simply identify what it is you want to change.

Gary Hoover - Dreaming Your Business Ideas - Microsoft

Inspiring thoughts...

This Week Book Suggestion - 5

"The One Minute Manager" by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

Warren Buffett MBA - 3

Its warren buffet video part-3. Enjoy!!!

This Week Book Suggestion - 4

"The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani" by Hamish McDonald

Warren Buffett - 2

This Week Book Suggestion - 3

"The Small Business Start-Up Kit" by Peri Pakroo and Barbara Kate Repa

Warren Buffett - 1

He is nice, humble, importantly inspiring man for millions

Inspiring Thoughts about Entrepreneurship!

Today I came across wonderful article titled Agents of Change in Businessworld(July 23' 2007) magazine. Must read article about Entrepreneurship.

Here I give you the last paragraph of the article alone without any modification, "Entrepreneurship is all about dealing with surprises. Bowing to the winds of change, yet standing tall and proud through the storm. You might hit a boundary with your first shot, or stand at the crease with your eye on the ball and determination in your heart. You might return to the pavilion, but return in style in a second innings. Anything can happen - but at least you lived in your dream. The question is, are you willing to die for it?"

My answer is YES. What about you?

This Week Book Suggestion - 2

"The Road Ahead" by Bill Gates.

I guess the author name says it all.

Next Move in BPO

BPO sector is start moving to smaller towns in all part of India, its expected decision from big BPO companies since there is significant increase in land rate, salary and other expenses which could be cut down 30% to 50% when BPO move to smaller towns. Here we can see some of the pros and cons of this move.

Pros:

• Significant reduce in cost.
• Spreading the employment opportunity.
• Reducing environmental problems in Metros.
• Meet the cost based competition from other out sourcing countries.

Cons:

• Amount of human resource level is lower than metros.
• Lack in infrastructure of the smaller cities may cause transportation problems.

But, this is good move which will provide the opportunity for all. Here You can read about this in detail.

Technology Helps to Serve the Customers Fast and Better

Technology helping organizations to help and serve their customers in speedy way and also improve their business. You could get better picture if you read this .

This Week Book Suggestion - 1

"HOW TO SELL YOURSELF" by JOE GIRARD.

It is a wonderful book.I enjoyed, hope you too..

Fear of Failure

"One who fears failure limits his worth, failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently".

I believe it is true..Even the skilled peoples also have fear of failure, I guess that is why lot of peoples quiting their business, if its doesn't move well for some period and went to job.

If you want to win,First you've to belief yourself and what you're doing.

I always believe that,Before taking decision you should think/analyze thousands time and you can ask suggestion to hundreds of people.But,when you decided you shouldn't look back in the half way...

Motivation

" Everything in life has a beautiful ending...If the ending is not beautiful, then be sure its not yet the end..."
-By Swamy Vivekananda.

Is MBA's utilising their management skills in their work?

I'm not talking about MBA's from Intitutions like IIM,BITS PILANI and some other A+ institutions.My question is regarding MBA's from low profile colleges.The students from low profile colleges really having any aspirations regarding their career?

My answer for all these questions is,90% NO..

But why?

Because most of the MBA students really unaware what they are studying.They are failed to believe MBA is different from other tech courses..

My personal opinion is MBA's shouldn't be a employee,Unless otherwise they've some part to contribute in the org or else if they caught up with family situtation..

Most of my classmates want to be a entrepreneur,but they are complaining that money is the big problem..Yes I agree if you like to start business,you need some handful of money.But if you shoot this question to them,What's the business plan you've if I give you some $10,000? They dont have any answer..

So, I think money is not the problem,the are lacking in idea..

My request to fellow management students is, start your own business.Dont tell that you are not having enough money,if you've good plan there are lot of banks,financial firms are available to help you..

I'm eagerly expecting your comments and views...

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