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Time management is not a standalone skill. You cannot manage time but you probably already know that. You can only manage how you use your time and how you use your time should be driven by effective goal-setting. The most fundamental of time management skills is the ability to use your time in a manner which serves your goals.

When making decisions about what to focus your time on, you should always be aware of your goals and how each action is aimed at bringing you closer to achieving those goals.

Regardless of what you are trying to do, there will always be something else competing for your attention. It’s not easy to shut everything out and focus on the task at hand. Focus is one of those time management skills where you don’t realize how important it is until you struggle with it.

It is important to remember that no matter how many tasks need to be done, you can only work on one task in any given moment. The myth of multi-tasking causes many problems for those who wish to improve their time management but if you want to get results, you must learn to focus on one task at a time and block out all distractions.

Planning is one of the essential time management skills because it allows you to foresee all of the tasks which will be required to complete a project and, how they will best fit together. A well made plan will save you a great deal of time.

Planning is essential if you want to be prepared for whatever you have coming up! Watch the video and see how others have been prepared for the challenges and become equipped with the tools they needed.

This video is amazing for our purposes. He shares how he has organized everything for school!

It does take some time to set up a proper system but once it is set up, you save large chunks of time because you can store and retrieve information without having to think about. And, that is the ultimate benefit of organization – you only have to think about anything once. Everything has a place and, unless you are using it, you will be able to find what you are looking for in that place.