Podcast – 7 Crucial Steps To Good Time Management

**UPDATE: I just found this awesome time management resource – Manage My Time. It’s pretty solid. Click here for more info.**

In Time Management Skills, it occurred to me that I didn’t really do time management any justice. I highlighed points that I felt were worth mentioning, and that’s about it.

This, on the other hand, is a list of steps to think about when you are trying to work out good time management skills.

In saving all the academic jargon, I am going to give a pretty general overview of the above graphic, and then I am going to attach a more in depth pdf for anyone interested in reviewing it. There is also a podcast accompanying this, so if you would rather listen, feel free!

For starters though, let’s dig in. The Time Management Matrix above has seven steps:

1. Set Goals – This includes everything from starting a company to making $10,000 a month on your blog. In order to have a clear set of steps you need to have a clear goal.
2. Formulate an Action Plan – This is where you break those goals down into smaller pieces. If you want to make $10,000 a month on your site, first you need to write content and apply to the various ad networks.
3. Set Milestones – Many small successes equal one big one. Set your first milestone at $1,000. When you acheive it, take yourself out to lunch or buy that latest video card.
4. Frame it in the Workflow – This is where you take your actions, and apply them to your current schedule. For instance, each day you go through your feed reader for two hours. Cut it down to one hour, and use the other hour to learn about advertising programs online.
5. Breakdown into To-Do lists – Now that you have a plan of combining your actions with your schedule, break those actions down into small to do lists. For instance, Monday you will apply to Commission Junction and Adsense. Tuesday, you will check out Text Link Ads and ReviewMe.
6. Act on the To-Do List – Put the to-do list into action. Not much explanation there.
7. Evaluate Your Progress – This is the crucial part. After your to-do lists are completed and you hit a couple milestones, look back and think of what you could have done better.
8. Repeat the Steps.

This set or rules can be applied to any profession or event, across any industry. I did the example of website monetization because a lot of us can relate to that for the most part.

If you are interested in checking out the PDF, click below. It is a bit more wordy and academic, but worthwhile nonetheless.

**UPDATE: I just found this awesome time management resource – Manage My Time. It’s pretty solid. Click here for more info.**

 

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