| At night before you sleep you often tell yourself that | | | | need or not. So the next time you have an |
| you'll do this, then you'll do that, then you'll buy this, and | | | | unexpected additional appointment, keep your head |
| you'll buy that, then you'll finish this before that, and you'll | | | | cool rather than feel the pressure that is not even |
| go there to submit this. The next morning, your boss | | | | there. |
| called you and said that you have some emergency | | | | Once you can perfectly see those unexpected events |
| work to do, then your girlfriend called you for | | | | as they really are, then, it is the time for you to think |
| something special (which you have no idea about) and | | | | about your schedule's flexibility by knowing how to deal |
| then you checked your mail and one of the messages | | | | with those changes. When people tell you that they |
| there said that you have to be present for a stock | | | | need some of your time, think about your own |
| holders' meeting. Now, with all those injections in your | | | | schedule first, and then tell them your response politely, |
| schedule, how can you do this and do that, buy this | | | | of course. The mouth isn't just designed to say "Yes," |
| and buy that, finish this before that, and go there to | | | | so when people - whether your boss, colleague, or |
| submit this? | | | | whoever they could be - try to negotiate, tell them that |
| Unexpected insertions always come, no matter how | | | | you're planning to do this and that and be reasonable |
| tight your schedule is. As the age-old wisdom says, | | | | enough to sacrifice your own schedule if the two of |
| expect the unexpected. How convenient would it be if | | | | you aren't able to compromise with each other. |
| the universe is just kind enough to follow your schedule | | | | Some people just find it hard to reject those kinds of |
| and help you in managing your time? How nice would | | | | requests, so if you happen to be one of those people, |
| that be? But, enough of those wishful thinking, just be | | | | just take a moment of silence, and sooner, you are |
| thankful that you are reading this so you can have a | | | | going to be asked what your response is, and after |
| little time management training that can help you face | | | | that, you will just find yourself speaking truthfully. |
| the reality that life always makes changes in your | | | | Starting is the most difficult part in time management |
| schedule. | | | | training. Some people are just natural procrastinators. |
| The first phase of your time management training is | | | | Fortunately, human nature is not the only basis for |
| dedicated to the improvement of your schedule's | | | | behavior; nurturing could also shape an individual. So, if |
| resistance to change. Exercise an objective perception | | | | you find yourself having difficulty in starting what you |
| of the changes in your schedule. Try to see those | | | | have planned to do, train yourself not to even bother |
| unexpected insertions in your schedule, as they really | | | | about arguing with yourself as to why you should start |
| are - just plain unexpected insertions. The world is not | | | | something or how you should do it; just start what you |
| trying to mess with your time, it just needs your time, | | | | have planned to do and the rest just follows through. |
| and you get to decide whether to respond to that | | | | |