TIME MANAGEMENT, a little database that could change the way you work - life may never be the same again! Many of these ideas have been gathered over a long period of time by myself, friends and colleagues. Inevitably it is impossible to pay credit to the inventors of these little pearls of time handling suffice to say that if you are the originator please get in touch and I'll put the record straight! Glenn@arsenalfc.net	1
Start the day with the unpleasant tasks that you have been putting off.	
Cut out any activities or duties you have to perform that would not be missed.	1
Invest more time in training your staff regardless of their status or ability.	3
Build into your plans an allowance for unplanned time.	4
Let people know in a polite yet firm manner if they waste your time.	5
Shorten any routes of communication you use and improve the quality of your information systems.	7
Find somewhere inaccessible to work on important things.	7
Before interrupting someone, think about whether it is really necessary.	8
LEARN TO SAY NO!!	9
Consolidate frequent short contacts with an individual into a regular planned meeting.	10
Avoid all distractions - do not sit in a place where you can gaze out of the window.	11
Keep your desk tidy!	12
Improve your storage and filing systems.	13
Cut out the joking and get down to some business.	14
Learn to accept that there are few tasks that can be performed to absolute perfection.	15
When looking at your office layout if your desk faces the door turn it around so that you are not inviting interruptions.	16
Have fewer meetings.	18
Identify the time wasters among your staff and suppliers and root them out.	19
Buy a book on rapid reading techniques, the time spent reading such a book will save you a lot of time when dealing with other written information.	20
Pay attention to those things you read all the time and decide if your performance would be worse if you did not read them.	21
Do not start many tasks over a long period, consolidate your time into worthwhile chunks.	22
Link everything you do to the job's results.	23
Stop analysing and DO something to improve.	24
Ask your staff how you waste their time.	25
Let your people know that when your door is closed it means "only interrupt if VERY urgent."	26
As soon as the business is done get rid of your visitors.	27
Handle each piece of paper only once.	28
Make more use of standard letters and memos.	29
Send hand written replies on the original (or copy) of the information that prompted you to respond.	30
Send more hand written communication.	31
Check up on your people less.	32
Learn to accept uncertainty and take a few risks!	33
Do not become obsessed with details.	34
Always finish what you start.	35
Keep a time log to regularly monitor improvement.	36
Carry your Series 5 with you everywhere yo go (as if you needed reminding!) and make sure you always have an agenda or a good to do list.	37
Leave early and take some work home.	38
Whenever you leave the office, let someone know where you are going and how long you will be.	39
Use your secretary more and get her/him to screen possible interruptions.	40
Delegate some reading. Trust people to tell you if there is something you should see.	41
Keep yourself physically fit to be alert and make the best use of your time.	42
Make more use of the phone or e-mail to cut down on making personal visits.	43
Get all the socialising done in coffee/lunch/tea breaks.	44
Get a coffee machine and manage with less breaks.	45
Live nearer the job.	46
Work longer hours.	47
Avoid people in the workplace who share your outside interests.	48
Learn how to prioritise your tasks for the day or week.	49
Try and develop then use a simple system of time budgeting.	50
Share your problems and ideas with your colleagues.	51
Use a telephone answering machine to see who is calling and decide if you want to speak to that person.	52
Find out how new technology and software developments can help you save time.	53
Use tea breaks systematically for communication with staff and colleagues.	54
Identify tasks that are related, especially those concerning the same people, and tackle them together.	55
To improve self discipline, commit yourself by voluntarily making promises to other people.	56
Negotiate time/quality bargains with people who want your services.	57
Take up relaxation, yoga or meditation exercises.	58
Draw up a who can do what matrix of staff abilities as an aid to planning delegation.	59
Lock the door.	60
Eat better food.	61
Make greater use of informal communication channels.	62
Use a wall chart to plan the year.	63
Practise being more assertive, to answer back people who take advantage of your good nature.	64
At the start of a meeting always ask what time it is expcted to finish.	65
Before starting a new task remind yourself that you have options - what other tasks could you do instead?	66
Set yourself deadlines and treat them as unbreakable.	67
For a big job set yourself intermediate deadlines.	68
Plan time for domestic, social and personal needs.	69
Stop solving all your subordinates' problems for them - teach them to solve their own.	70
Book appointments for meetings with yourself.	71
Set aside one hour a day when you do not accept interruptions and make sure your colleagues and staff know.	72
Recognise that a task's urgency is nothing to do with its importance.	73
If you get bored after an hour or two on the same task, switch to something else.	74
Before spending a lot of time on a decision, ask what the cost of getting it wrong could be.	75
Plan time for self-development activities.	76
At the end of the day, assess the tasks that you did not get around to doing and re-assign their priority for the next day.	77
The best way to kill time is to get busy and work it to death!	78
In 48 hours tomorrow is going to be yesterday.......	79