Time and Stress Management

Some of the key principles of time and stress management:

• Make a list of things to accomplish in a day.  Focus on what to achieve, not just on what to do.
• Prioritize the tasks.  Focus first on important tasks and then deal with urgent tasks.
• Do one important thing at a time and several trivial things simultaneiously.
• Divide up large projects.
• Save your best time for important matters.
• Reserve some time during the day when others don’t have access to you so that you could complete your important tasks without any interruption.
• Keep track of your time as an important time management strategy.
• Reach closure on at least one thing every day.
• Hold routine meetings at the end of the day.
• Insist that subordinates suggest solutions to problems.
• Have someone else answer telephone calls, scan e-mail and do small routine tasks.
• Delegate work, identify the amount of initiative recipients should take with the tasks they are assigned, and give others credit for their success.  Effective delegation is a key time management technique.