| There are different books and seminars that can help | | | | persons (priorities and objectives that change, the |
| you gather some self improvement guide. All these | | | | lack of a daily working plan, lack of self imposed |
| sources are against the negative factors in your life. | | | | deadlines, the tendency to take care of too many |
| This self improvement guides are intended to offer | | | | things at the same time, disorder, lateness in |
| you the best solutions to eliminate these factors for | | | | resolving the conflicts, incapacity of saying no, lack of |
| good. Or at least to reduce it drastically. | | | | decision, tiredness). |
| Work, meetings, deadlines, appointments, telephone | | | | By reading the above enumeration, you probably |
| calls, shopping, taking the dogs out etc. - all these are | | | | pictured recalled all the similar situations that you |
| things most people have to accomplish daily. | | | | went through. Now, all you have to do is to find a |
| Most of the times, on the waiting list there are other | | | | way to defeat and eliminate them, so that you can |
| things like: family, friends and even ourselves. | | | | be the mater of your own time again. |
| Sometimes we discover too late that the points | | | | Here are three possible ways in which you can do |
| mentioned on the waiting lists are, in fact, the most | | | | that: |
| important and, unfortunately, sometimes, we don't | | | | Get used to write everything down. It is useful, |
| realize this at all, so find ourselves wondering for | | | | especially if you have a bad memory. Otherwise you |
| what reason we are so unhappy. | | | | might fail to remember to go to important meetings, |
| All these people know that time is more than money | | | | to make important phone calls, to answer messages |
| - time means, first of all, life and, more than that, it | | | | you promised you would answer. |
| means our lives. | | | | You can also write down great ideas and inspirations |
| That is way we have the obligation not to surrender | | | | that occur to you in the most unexpected moments. |
| in stressful situations and to go fighting for the joy | | | | Make a list of priorities. It takes you very little time |
| of living. | | | | to draw it and you can even do it while you're having |
| Let us not forget also that deficient management of | | | | your morning coffee. Write down, the things you |
| time can produce tremendous health problems, both | | | | need to do that day, in the order of their importance |
| at the physical and mental level. | | | | and urgency. |
| But there is good news! Time can be domesticated - | | | | Learn to say no. One big mistake that a lot of us |
| we can make it, in certain manner, obey us. First step | | | | make is that we put other people's problems in front |
| in implementing this process is to identify the | | | | of ours. Nevertheless, by helping them in a bad |
| elements that robe your time. Normally, they are | | | | moment for us, we give rise to frustration, stress |
| divided into two groups: | | | | and we find ourselves unable to respect previous |
| The external factors (unexpected phone calls, very | | | | engagements. |
| long phone conversations, unplanned visits, the policy | | | | All these advices are also present in Jean-Louis |
| of open doors, not sufficiently trained personnel, | | | | Servan-Schreiber's book New art of time against |
| frequent meetings, interruptions caused by | | | | stress and they invite us to meditate that more than |
| colleagues, friends and family etc.) | | | | a weapon against stress, time management is also a |
| The internal factors related strictly to our own | | | | philosophy of life. |