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' LIVE LONGER

K.K. Bajaj

NAGEMENT
LEADS TO
SUPER-SUCCESS
You TOO CAN BE A DHIRUBHAI e cannot see or Divisions of time
AMBANI. DON'T SAY YOU DON'T feel time. Time A day comprises of 24 hours. An
HAVE ENOUGH TIME. You HAVE just passes away. hour consists of 60 seconds. There
EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBER OF We even say, are 80,400 seconds in a day.
. . "how time Scientists have divided a second
HOURS PER DAY AS WERE
flies." Each and every human into the following parts:
GIVEN TO MOTHER TERESA,
being has a 'bank account,' the 1. Oecisecond (one-tenth of a
THOMAS EDISON, HENRY FORD,
name of which is 'Time.' Every second): the blink of an eye.
.JRD TATA, DHIRUBHAI AMBANI 2. Centisecond (one-hundredth of
morning it credits you with
AND ALBERT EINSTEIN 86,400 seconds. Every night, it a second): The time it takes for
writes off these as lost. Whatever a stroke of lighting to strike.
of this "time" you have failed to 3. Millisecond (one-thousandth of
invest in good purpose is gone a second): A photograph taken
forever. It does not carryover any at this speed will usually stop
credit balance. Each day, it opens a all human motion.
new account for you. Each night, 4. Nanosecond (one-billionth of a
it burns the remains of the time. second): A home computer
There is no going back. There is takes 2 to 4 nanoseconds
no drawing against the 'tomorrow.' executing one software
Hence invest "today's" time wisely transaction.
and in such a manner so as to get 5. Picosecond (one-trillion of a
from it the utmost utility for second): The shortest period of
achieving success, wealth and time that can be measured
happiness. accurately.

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 LIVE LONGER
EYE-OPENER
An average person gets only 10 years of active life to make or unmake his or
her career. Here we see how an ordinary man\woman spends his\her whole
life. Active Life period=60 years, that is, till the time of retirement from work
Time spent to attain educational qualifications 25 years
and start career
Time spent in sleeping in the remaining 13 years
35 years @ 8 hours per day (one third of our life)
Time taken up in routine activities like taking bath, 9 years
getting ready for work, traveling from home to office
and back to home and for other social obligational
@ 6 hours per day
Time spent on Sundays & holidays 2 yea rs
@ two hours per day
Time wasted by illness @ 1 hour per day 1 years
Actual creative time available for making career 10 years
That leaves us with only about 10 years of creative time in our entire working
career of 60 years of active working life. So there are only 10 active years in
which one can make or unmake one's career. So every hour of the day and
every minute of the hour
Value of time cannot be person who missed the plane. To
measured in terms of money realize the value of ONE
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just
YEAR, ask a student who failed in avoided an accident. To realize the
his/her class. To realize the value value of ONE MILLISECOND,
of ONE MONTH, ask a mother the person who has lost a gold
who gave birth to a premature medal in the Olympics.
baby. To realize the value of ONE
WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly Only effective users of time
magazine. To realize the value of become successful in life
ONE HOUR, ask the mother who The first step of time management
is waiting for her child. To realize is to analyse as to how we actually
the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a spend our time. It will help us to
determine what changes we want
to make in our routine to save
time. We can reclaim a chunk of
our time each day, which will add
to our life's journey to success.
The importance, value and
peculiarity of time can be
explained by some of its unique
features, like:-
a. Time cannot be manufactured
b. Time cannot be purchased
c. Time cannot be retrieved
d. Time wasted is lost
forever
e. Time cannot be created
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whereas time can create
everything
Maintain a daily diary and
come to grip with time
One should always carry one sheet
of paper every day for all
important tasks to be done. After
going to office all these tasks can
be written in one's diay on
Priority basis. If a client asks us
to call him after3 days, 3 weeks or
3 months, we should not worry.
We can write it in our diary in
those dates. We should review our
diary at the end of each day in
order to improve your daily
productivity. All time
management begins with planning.
Time Extender-Learn
creative use of ti~e
An average person wastes one
hour a day looking for lost things.
We should make permanent place
for our daily necessity items like
keys, specks, pen, shoes and daily
mail etc. and thus we will save lot
ask of time. If we get organized, we
can clear the entire work within
short time and use the time thus
saved for some creative work.
Interruptions waste lot of time
Almost 80 percent of us look at
our e-mail messages as soon as we
receive them. Efficiency experts
calculate that we lose about two
minutes for every single e-mail
interruption, which can spoil the
day. We should set aside two times
a day such as the first thing in the
morning and after lunch for
reviewing our e-mail.
Interruptions during peak hours of
work result in waste of time and
loss of opportunities.
Delegation saves time and is
the key to time management
and success
Learn to delegate effectively and
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tremendous rewards. If somebody

1/ asks us to do some work which we
are not sure of doing, we should
not jump to say "yes". But if we
can conveniently do it, without
wasting much of our time, then
we should say 'yes' or else we "
should learn to say 'no'. and the
time thus saved can be put to
better use for our own self-
development or gain.

Accomplish important tasks

first when energy level is high
Time only needs effective
management, we never seem to be
able to "find time" for those and productivity on the ne,xt day.
you will be more efficient at important tasks unless there is an An average person keeps on
everything you do. It is not a emergency. Such emergencies working like a machine and does
matter of getting everyone else to create tension and stress that not learn from past mistakes of
do your work. Sometimes we tend spoils our health. We should wasting time and go on repeating
to waste time looking for always plan time for our the same day after day throughout
information or trying to analyse important tasks, Otherwise, we life because they do'nt review and
something which someone in our may not get time to do those tasks assess their own working.
office might have already available and even if we do, they will get
with him. Get to know your staff only our left-over time, when Time- Management: Follow the
and colleagues better; find out energy and focus are at its lowest. footprints of super successful
who does what and what each achievers
person's strengths are. Use your The difference between Every week we should make a
staff and colleague's knowledge sucessful and unsuccessful detailed time plan, which can be
and abilities to your advantage. person is only 15 minutes modified each day as needed.
According to Napolean Bonaparte, Except in times of crisis, we
Half of the problems of life are the difference between successful should not disturb our time
because of saying 'yes' quickly and people and unsuccessful person is schedule. The first step in effective
another half of the problems of life 15 minutes. Successful people time management is not to disturb
are due to not saying ''no'' in time spend 15 minutes in the evening our set schedule. These list of time
Saying "no" for some people is a to review and make balance-sheet priorities form the foundation of
very hard thing to do but it has of their time for better utilisation our success. It should be followed
- --- -- every day of the week and every
Time management Tips by highly sucessful people week of the month and every
month of the year and every year
All over the world people are trying to improve their performance and of our life in order to make us
productivity by managing their time effectively. They are learning new
techniques for better utilization of the limited time at their disposal. super-successful in all walks of life
Some of these tips are: for attaining health, wealth,
happiness and prosperity. Proper
1. Fix a deadline for every work in hand.
2. Schedule our time everyday. time management will save us
3. Use 'Do Not Disturb' sign to avoid unnecessary interruptions. time
4. Use assistants to attend telephone calls, e-mails and handle gatecrashers for adequate rest, sleep, exercise,
(persons coming without appointments).
5. Stay focused. We should avoid getting side-tracked by an overwhelming meals, social engagements and of
number of options of else we will end up doing less important tasks first course, fun. The bad news is time
and miss the urgent ones. flies. The good news is you're
the pilot. II

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