Time Management Techniques - How to Schedule Your Time Better

It is common for people to be looking for answers and solution for how to manage their time better. You will read a lot about making a schedule, putting time aside each day to do this task or that task. Although this is beneficial, and having a well organized day planner can be beneficial, to often people end up focusing on the wrong things and fill their day planner with a bunch of work that isn't moving them forward to their success.

A day planner scheduled down to the minute looks nice and may help you feel like you are organized, but if all those perfectly scheduled meetings and activities are not actively moving you forward to your goals for success, then you have work to do. I am less concerned with exactly when you are doing each and every thing you need to do. I am much more concerned with the way you are focusing your time for your success.

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If instead of focusing on scheduling every moment of every day with an activity, why not look at scheduling your time in percentages of time instead. By the end of the week, you should look at how you have spent your time over the week and divide it up into the following categories and time percentages. If you can get your life scheduled this way you will be well on the way to achieving success by better time management.

Before I go into the specific categories I want to state that over the week I am allotting 8 hours to sleep a night. So all off the hours for each category is after taking out 8 hours a day for sleep. (56 hours)

Category #1 - Necessities - 55% of your time - 61 Hours

Necessities is exactly what it sounds like. Necessities time is the time you spend doing what you have to in order to get by. This can include work, going to and from work, making dinner, I would even include time with family in this. I know that this may not seem like nearly enough time to get all of the necessities done (just 61 hours a week or just over 8 hours a day) but remember this is the ideal. You may not be starting at 61 total hours for the week, but this is where you want to get to.

If you have a job that has you in the office 60 hours a week, this is good motivation to work on the other categories so you can get out of a job that is that unhealthy. You need to focus on the other categories as well in order to achieve what you need and want to achieve.

Category #2 - Give - 5% of your time - 5 Hours

This is a huge category to make sure you are taking the time to do. In order to really be able to receive all of the amazing things you want to come your way. In order to receive well you need to be able to give well. Take time every week to give back to your community in some way. This could be coaching a youth team, working with Habitat for Humanity to build houses, working at a soup kitchen, etc. It is only 5 hours a week, so commit these hours to helping others and getting out of your own stuff.

Category #3 - Long Term Programs for Success - 10% of your time - 11 Hours

This is the time in the week that get to work on those big long term projects. This could be renovating the kitchen, work on writing that novel you always wanted to work on, cleaning the garage, etc. These are those projects that could take a couple of weeks to finish, but if you commit the 11 hours a week to them then the list will get done much quicker. Maybe this is your "honey do" list. How great will it be to know you have 11 hours you are specifically dedicating to getting this stuff done.

Category #4 - Education - 10% of your time - 11 hours

This is one of the most important categories. If you are not learning you are not growing, and if you are not growing you are dying, so if you are not learning you are dying. So make sure to spend 11 hours a week on educational activities. This could be attending seminars, reading books, listening to webinars or CDs, etc. In fact, this can be a great way to spend your daily commute. Instead of listening to the radio, put in an educational CD and listen to that to and from work. It is very effective use of your time and will accelerate your growth and success.

Category #5 - Financial Freedom - 10% of your time - 11 hours

This is the time each week you spend on growing your wealth and making more money. This could be doing investing, trading, writing that book to sell, working on your website to make money online, etc. it does not matter what vehicle you are working on, as long as you are spending 11 hours a week working on growing your wealth in some manner. You could start your own company and work on it for these 11 hours a week. You could be in network marketing and put your 11 hours in doing calls and hosting gatherings. It does not matter what the vehicle, just put in the time to keep growing and expanding your wealth. This will help you reduce the amount of necessity time you have to spend at work eventually allowing your more necessity time at home with the family.

Category #6 - Play - 10% of your time - 11 hours

I am willing to guess this is where the majority of your extra time is going on a regular basis. This is the time for leisure, to relax and unwind. How much time do you spend sitting in front of the TV, because those hours count here. This is going to be the toughest category to stick to with time, but you must if you want success. Do not let the excuses arise allow you to have your time sucked away by "relaxing". There is time to relax, and there is time to get stuff done. Balance them both and you will succeed.

I know that this comes out to be a total of 166 hours out of the 168 hours a week you have available to you. Those last 2 hours are a cushion to be used anywhere you want. If you are able to structure your time this way you will see accelerated success and growth and more of what you want in your life.

Time Management Techniques - How to Schedule Your Time Better

Sean is an internet entrepreneur who specializes in helping people to identify their passion and find a way to turn that passion into a monetized website that makes sustainable passive income. To learn more about how to learn the basics check out http://www.MillionaireMindForFree.com/

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