Tag: “Organization”

Regardless of the system you use to manage your projects and tasks, both professional and personal, there is something that is rarely discussed when talking about personal productivity, and yet is the foundation of any healthy productive behavior: the strategic allocation of your time.

There is no doubt that time management has acquired great relevance in our society in recent decades. The feeling of “having too much to do and not enough time available” is not unfamiliar to almost anyone. We have come to realize that time is a very valuable resource and that, in order to be efficient, we need to make the best use of it, seeking the best possible result with the least possible effort.

Behaviors, situations, and environmental elements that make us waste our valuable time are usually called time thieves.

Traditional management systems, both personal and for business, are based on the assignment of priority to each of the projects or actions to be carried out. It’s so common that, to a greater or lesser extent, we are all accustomed to working that way.

If you have observed very well, distractions can come in various ways while you are tending to a particular assignment. It is so bad that even when you are bound by a fast-approaching deadline, you find yourself succumbing to some form of distraction. For example, you are in the middle of doing an article, your phone is nearby and then a notification on Facebook pops up letting you know it is a close friend’s wedding anniversary. You get tempted to send a quick message and before you know it, picture reminders of years past start popping up also and you remember you were working after an hour of being on Facebook!